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We’re GeoEngineers, Earth Science and Engineering Experts
You’ll find us where soil meets foundation, water meets land, and humanity meets environment. We work with the earth, but people are the heart of what we do. Using earth science and engineering expertise, we help our clients find a balance between human needs and the earth’s physical systems. Together we can build a better world.
Expertise
We’ve assembled a diverse team of more than 200 technical experts—and they’re all here for you. By drawing from our deep bench of experienced professionals in engineering and earth science specialties, we can bring together the perfect team for your project. Together we can build your dream team.
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FEATURED PEOPLEAbhijit JoshiPEEnvironmental EngineerEnvironmental engineering not only motivates me by the challenges it has to offer, but helping to restore Mother Nature also gives me a greater sense of contentment.At GeoEngineers, Abhijit supports complex soil, sediment and groundwater remediation projects. He investigates contaminated sites, evaluates and interprets environmental data, develops remedial designs, prepares design drawings and specifications, creates project cost estimates, implements designs and monitors construction in the field.
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FEATURED PEOPLELindsay FlangasPEAssociate Geotechnical EngineerI appreciate that GeoEngineers is a small enough firm that it is easy to get to know colleagues throughout the organization, but large enough to include professionals with a variety of talents and expertise to collaborate for creative problem solving.Lindsay has worked on and managed a variety of high-profile and technically challenging geotechnical projects, including construction work in the downtown Seattle development market. She also leads on our portfolio of dam safety projects, and manages relationships with key Puget Sound clients.
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FEATURED PEOPLEMark MillerPEPipeline Business Unit Leader, Principal Geotechnical EngineerMark’s a geotechnical engineer focusing on trenchless pipeline work. From Springfield Missouri, He manages the company’s trenchless energy group, which helps oil and gas and pipeline companies complete HDD installations of all sizes, anywhere in the world.
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FEATURED PEOPLELucy AstorgaEITStaff Geotechnical EngineerI spend a lot of time in the field being the eyes and ears for our clients.Lucy is putting her passion and expertise to work and doing her part to ensure that our projects meet technical and safety standards. She assists project managers with everything necessary to ensure that projects run smoothly and our clients’ interests are protected.
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FEATURED PEOPLEBrandon MullerSenior Environmental ScientistOnce I began doing environmental work I was immediately drawn to remediation work due to all the heavy equipment. Who didn’t own Tonka toys as a child?Brandon is a part of GeoEngineers’ growing environmental team in Baton Rouge. Most of Brandon’s work deals with evaluating environmental contaminants on a particular site, and then recommending remediation strategies to remove or mitigate harmful material.
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FEATURED PEOPLEJennifer DadismanPWSBiologistOne if my biggest priorities is making sure we get the client what they need to help them with the permitting process.As one of GeoEngineers’ staff biologists, Jennifer provides biological resources support for projects involving wetlands, including terrestrial and aquatic habitat investigations, ecological assessments and riparian restoration and mitigation projects. She also prepares applications and supporting materials for biological permits.
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FEATURED PEOPLEDana CarlislePEPrincipal Environmental EngineerMy work has always been driven by a desire to improve the world around us. In every position I’ve held, I’ve been thankful for the opportunity to work with talented colleagues who share that passion.As a technical professional at GeoEngineers for more than 25 years, Dana has extensive experience. Her early work focused on environmental remediation for oil companies, and broadened to include work for clients that require a variety of environmental and geotechnical services.
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FEATURED PEOPLECora JohnsonPESenior Geotechnical EngineerGeotechnical engineering is the perfect union of two of the things I love most—geology and math!Cora does geotechnical work for many of the large transportation and development projects around the Puget Sound and manages a group of engineers based in the Seattle and Redmond offices.
GeoEngineers in Action
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FEATURED PROJECTDirect Pipe Installation Under Sabine Neches LeveeThe City of Port Arthur, Texas needed to install a pipeline under the Sabine Neches Waterway to carry water from Port Arthur to an industrial facility 12 miles away in Louisiana. This crossing was complicated by the proximity of the Sabine Neches waterway hurricane flood protection levee, an active railroad, busy highway and residential...
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FEATURED PROJECTAllen Institute Brain Research FacilityThe Allen Institute reclaimed historically industrial land in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood for a state-of-the-art research center. The Institute’s facility is home to custom-designed robotic systems, automated technologies, laboratory space and high-powered computing hardware to process petabytes of data. Scientists will use the facility to study advanced neuroscience, learn how the human brain...
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FEATURED PROJECTWorld-Record Trinidad HDD InstallationGeoEngineers provided expert horizontal directional drilling (HDD) design and construction consulting services for a shore approach installation of a crude oil export pipeline off the southeastern coast of Trinidad. The New Oil Export Line (NOEL) project called for a 30-inch-diameter pipeline coated with 1.85 inches of concrete installed under the sea floor. The combination...
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FEATURED PROJECTI-210 Cove Lane Interchange Improves Casino AccessGeoEngineers completed a geotechnical engineering evaluation, design and construction monitoring for the new Interstate 210 (I-210) overpass of Cove Lane in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This fast-paced project required our team to mobilize five different drill rigs for explorations and staff from offices across the country in order to meet the schedule requirements. The goal was...
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FEATURED PROJECTRebuilding a Highway Destroyed by the Oso LandslideThis project was one of the fastest design-build deliveries in Washington state history, reopening approximately one mile of a critical highway exactly six months to the day after the catastrophic landslide near Oso, Washington, on March 22, 2014. The landslide flowed thousands of feet across the Stillaguamish River valley, obliterating dozens of homes and...
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FEATURED PROJECTMissouri Carbon Sequestration ProjectThe Missouri Carbon Sequestration Project, a federally funded research project being conducted under a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking to assess the feasibility of carbon sequestration at Missouri power plant sites. Missouri electric utilities must establish methods to reduce CO2 emissions or face potential carbon taxes that may double...
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FEATURED PROJECTRevitalizing Riverfront ParkHistoric Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington, has been the heart of the city for almost 50 years. It’s situated along the Spokane River and includes scenic Spokane Falls, but the area wasn’t always a public park. The riverfront was primarily used for industrial activity during the first half of the 20th century, including hydroelectric power...
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FEATURED PROJECTPalermo Wellfield Superfund SiteThe Palermo Wellfield is an underground source of drinking water for the City of Tumwater, Washington. The wellfield is situated near a residential neighborhood at the foot of a steep hillside, below a number of current and former commercial sites containing potentially dangerous contamination by chlorinated solvents. This contamination poses a risk to the...
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TOP NEWSJournal of Business Highlights Collaborative Leadership in SpokaneThe Spokane Journal of Business spotlighted GeoEngineers' Spokane office today for its collaborative approach to leadership after the retirement of Jim Harakas, the founder of our work in Spokane. Faced with the possibility of a leadership vacuum, experienced staff stepped up to share the responsibility of guiding our work in the region. From the article: "Dustin...
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TOP NEWSGeoEngineers Project Wins AASHTO National AwardThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) gave a GeoEngineers project its 2018 President’s Transportation Award in the Environment category. A GeoEngineers team led by Braydan DuRee (Boise) contributed geotechnical services to the winning Big Wood River Bridge project near Sun Valley, Idaho. The project team received the award at the...
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TOP NEWSOur Portland Office has MovedGeoEngineers’ Portland office has moved. The new building is outside of downtown in an attractive Lake Oswego neighborhood south of Portland. The location may be new, but clients can expect the same high standard of professional service. If you're in the area, swing by and say hello! GeoEngineers Portland Office 4000 Kruse Way Place Building 3, Suite...
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TOP NEWSGBA Fall ConferenceGeoEngineers' Blake Cotton and David Sauls will be joining 150+ geoprofessional executive level industry leaders for the Geoprofessional Business Association's (GBA's) 2018 Fall Conference. This two and a half day conference will offer exceptional education programs, networking and social events allowing you the opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate with major stakeholders within the...
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TOP NEWSAPWA Oregon Fall ConferenceCome see us at the upcoming American Public Works Association (APWA) Oregon Fall Conference. Greg Landau, Adrienne Lindsey and Julio Vela are attending. Swing by booth 32 and have some fun with our "Day in the Life of an Engineer" Mad Lib game. Play along and we'll inter you into a contest for a...
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TOP NEWSFree Geotechnical Engineering Study Sessions for the PE Exam!Once again, GeoEngineers is offering free geotechnical study sessions to prepare engineers for the Professional Engineering (PE) Exam this fall. The study sessions are open to local civil engineers of all backgrounds, and will cover geotechnical material for the morning (breadth) section of the exam. Our staff members volunteer their time to prepare and present...
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TOP NEWSLouisiana A&WMA Annual ConferenceTwo of our incredible environmental engineers, Joe Stolle and Mike Thompson, are heading to the the A&WMA Annual Conference in Baton Rouge. The event, hosted by the Air & Waste Management Association, is a platform for air and waste professionals to meet and collaborate. This year the conference is being held at the familiar...
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TOP NEWSNORFMA ConferenceThe Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association (NORFMA) is hosting their annual conference in September. The group focuses on water management issues, especially relating to fish, farming and flood events. Two of GeoEngineers' experts are planning to attend; Lyle Stone and John Monahan. On Wednesday at 3:30 you can hear Lyle talk about evaluating levees...
Pushing Boundaries
Our experts are leaders in their fields. We design the literal foundations on which our society is built. We use performance-based engineering and advanced numerical modeling to predict how structures will behave before construction begins. We set the standard for trenchless pipeline design. And we leverage technology and software development to creatively solve problems. We’re always looking ahead at the frontier of engineering and earth science—there’s plenty of work to be done.