Fiona McNair, MS, PWS Presents at Society of Wetland Scientists Conference
Environmental scientist Fiona McNair, MS, PWS presented a paper at East or West, Water Defines Us All, the 2012 Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Pacific Northwest Chapter conference, in Boise, Idaho on September 20th. SWS is a non-profit organization that promotes wetland science and the exchange of wetland-related information. In Fiona’s presentation, “Determining Wetland Mitigation […]
Delivering More Natural Gas Capacity to Oregon’s Willamette Valley
GeoEngineers is providing a full suite of services for Northwest Natural’s Mid-Willamette Valley Feeder project. The company’s ambitious natural gas pipeline improvements will increase capacity of a major pipeline by 25 percent to serve the energy needs of the rapidly growing population of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Stretching 150 miles south from Portland to Eugene, this […]
Geo’s Volunteer of the Year Helps Build a Better Tacoma
Tricia DeOme, LG, an environmental geologist in GeoEngineers’ Tacoma (WA) office, was honored at the spring 2012 shareholders meeting as the company’s Volunteer of the Year. Six months after that ceremony, Tricia details the latest on her volunteer activities and their impact on her community. Tricia’s answer to the question, “What have you been doing […]
Update: Geo’s Baton Rouge Office Weathers Tropical Storm Isaac
GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge, Louisiana office is closed on Friday, August 31st due to limited/intermittent electrical power. The office closed on Tuesday afternoon, August 28th, as Hurricane Isaac headed toward the Louisiana coast and remained closed on Wednesday and Thursday. To ensure continuity of service to clients, phone calls to the Baton Rouge office are being forwarded […]
GeoEngineers Builds Environmental Group in Springfield Missouri Office
GeoEngineers, Inc. continues to grow its Environmental Services Group in the Midwest with recent hires and new projects. Joining the Springfield, Missouri office are Perry Friedrich, Chuck Kroeger, CHMM and Rita Wiggin as environmental scientists and John Carter, PE, RG as a senior engineer. These hires bring the Springfield Environmental Services Group to eight employees. […]
WWU Miller Hall Renovation Achieves LEED® Gold Certification
Western Washington University’s newly renovated Miller Hall has been certified LEED® Gold by the US Green Building Council. GeoEngineers provided geotechnical engineering and construction monitoring services for the renovation. The two-year, $51.5 million-dollar project included an overhaul of all building systems and elements and renovation of general university classrooms, computer labs, instructional spaces, offices and support […]
Eric Heller, PE, LG Named to Business Examiner’s 40 Under Forty Program
The Business Examiner Media Group has named Eric Heller, PE, LG, geotechnical engineer in GeoEngineers’ Tacoma office, for its 40 Under Forty Program class of 2012. The Business Examiner Media Group (BEMG) serves readers in Tacoma and Southwest Washington State with business-oriented print and online publications. 40 Under Forty is one of five leadership recognition […]
Two Northwest Transportation Projects Win APWA Awards
Two projects in which GeoEngineers played a part have been recognized with national and regional American Public Works Association (APWA) awards. The City of Redmond NE 36th Street/ SR 520 Bridge Overpass and Roundabout Project won the National APWA Project of the Year Award for transportation projects in the $25- to $75-million category. The City […]
Design-Build Team Makes Headway on New SR 520 Floating Bridge
Construction is moving ahead on the Washington State Department of Transportation’s SR 520 Floating Bridge and Landings (FB&L) project. As part of the Kiewit/General/Manson (KGM) Joint Venture design-build team, GeoEngineers is currently working at two job sites, the east approach replacement bridge transition span and bridge maintenance facility located at Evergreen Point in Medina, and […]
Port of Anacortes Environmental Project Wins 2012 WEDA Environmental Excellence Award
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has recognized the Port of Anacortes with the 2012 WEDA Environmental Excellence Award for the Port’s environmental remediation project at the former Scott Paper Mill in Anacortes, Washington. The award was presented June 12, 2012 at the organization’s annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. WEDA promotes the exchange of knowledge […]