Rainier Court Brownfield Development
From site acquisition and cleanup through construction, GeoEngineers helped Southeast Effective Development (SEED) redevelop a contaminated in-city property. The site had been contaminated from years of misuse and illegal dumping, and the redevelopment effort culminated in 18,000 square feet of retail space and 386 housing units. The project won the 2005 the EPA’s National Phoenix […]
The Bravern Foundation, Dewatering and Shoring Design
Developing an under-utilized parcel in Bellevue that maximized on-site parking was challenging, considering the groundwater and soil conditions. GeoEngineers provided construction dewatering and shoring design solutions for an excavation below the groundwater table, leading the way for this two-tower mid/high-rise facility.
Hazel’s Creek Stormwater Facility
Spokane’s South Hill is a desirable residential neighborhood in a growing metropolitan area. As the area’s residential, commercial and retail development grows, managing the increasing stormwater runoff continues to be a challenge, especially during the rainy months. The City of Spokane and Spokane County recognized the need to add stormwater management capacity with new storage, […]
Gonzaga University Kennedy Apartments
Nationally recognized for its academic and athletic programs, Gonzaga University (GU) enrolls over 7,800 students each year. With more than 105 buildings on campus, GU continuously strives to improve campus facilities for faculty, staff and students. To meet the growing need for upper-classman housing, GU kicked off the multi-use complex project in 2005. The University […]
Olympic Pipeline Span Protection
Whatcom Falls Park, a 241-acre oasis in Bellingham, Washington, features native woods and recreational trails that city residents enjoy year-round. Olympic Pipe Line Company operates a 16-inch-diameter pipeline that crosses Whatcom Creek in the park and delivers fuel products from Ferndale, Washington to Portland, Oregon. The pipeline ruptured in 1999, spilling more than 250,000 gallons […]
Electrical Transmission Line Permitting Support
GeoEngineers provided a full range of biological and geological permitting support services to upgrade 34 miles of electrical transmission line with fiber optic cabling. The magnitude of this project—which included nine jurisdictional authorities—required more complex permitting documentation and agency coordination than usual, as well as robust Geographic Information System (GIS) database capabilities to manage the […]
Olive 8 Innovative Shoring Design
Overcoming challenging design constraints, GeoEngineers designed and modeled a unique combined shoring system to significantly reduce costs for a 39-story mixed use high-rise in downtown Seattle.
Port of Anacortes Environmental Remediation
The community of Anacortes, Washington is located on Fidalgo Island in north Puget Sound, about 65 miles from Seattle. The Port of Anacortes currently owns multiple properties along Fidalgo Bay and the Guemes Channel that were historically used for industrial purposes that left behind toxic pollutants in the upland areas and shoreline sediments. In late […]
Gates Foundation Headquarters, Geotechnical Services
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a private family foundation that funds education, health and development programs around the world. The Gates family envisioned building a new world headquarters for the foundation on urban land in Seattle, Washington. GeoEngineers was fortunate to be involved from the very beginning—long before a site was selected—and remained […]
Tonquin Avenue Bridge Replacement
The Tonquin Avenue Bridge is located in a coastal town in southwestern Washington State. In 2006, the City of Ocean Shores closed the 40-year-old timber bridge over man-made Lake Minard Canal because its pilings were failing and its timbers were rotting. In 2008, the City decided to replace the old bridge, which had been a […]