Tag: geotechnical

Congratulations to Intisar Ahmed, who has been recognized as the 2026 Young Engineer of the Year by the ASCE Seattle Section! The award honors early-career engineers who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and service to the engineering community. Since joining GeoEngineers in 2024, Intisar has made an impact not only through his project work, but also through his […]

The City of Bellevue, Washington’s 124th Avenue NE Corridor Improvements project was recognized with a 2026 Honor Award from the ASCE Seattle Section during its recent Local Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievements (LOCEA) Awards Night. GeoEngineers has been working alongside the city through every major phase of this project, beginning in 2013, providing geotechnical and environmental […]

GeoEngineers won 1st place in the 2026 ACEC of Idaho Engineering Excellence Award (EEA) Structural Systems Category for our hard work on the I-86/I-15 System Interchange project in Pocatello, Idaho. April Smith, Ryan Carnie, Ryan Olsen, Morgan McArthur, and partners from the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) celebrated this win at the EEA Luncheon on April 13 at the Idaho […]

The Pretty Rocks landslide has been active since the 1960s but began accelerating in 2014. This landslide occurred where ice-filled gaps in a porous volcanic tuff and perlite deposit, leading to progressive movement of weak and overlying rock. In 2021, the Pretty Rocks landslide began to speed up with movement accelerating from inches per year […]

The SR 108/US 101 Mason and Thurston County Fish Barrier Removal project was recognized with a 2025 Project of the Year Award (Environment $25 Million to $75 Million) from APWA Washington at the chapter’s annual awards banquet on April 24. GeoEngineers is proud to have provided geotechnical engineering, stream design, and environmental compliance and permitting […]

GeoEngineers will be attending the 2025 Louisiana Transportation Conference (LTC) in Baton Rouge this year from March 16-19, and we’re looking forward to connecting with partners and clients! This biennial conference attracts nearly 2,000 transportation professionals from across the state and region, including key agencies like The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). […]

Yichi Du recently appeared on The Ground Investigation Podcast, a geoscience podcast featuring interviews and insights from professionals across the industry. Yichi, a staff geotechnical engineer in our growing San Diego office, discusses his academic and professional experiences across China and the U.S., with a specific focus on his groundbreaking work with numerical modeling (i,e. […]

GeoEngineers is excited to be returning to the Transportation Engineers Association of Missouri (TEAM) Annual Conference again this year. A team of our pipeline and geotechnical staff—including Larry Sant, Jon Robison, Mike Fritz, Garrett Conrad, and April Smith—will be there, and they’d love to connect with you! If you’re planning to attend, be sure to […]

Project Geotechnical Engineer Intisar Ahmed, PE, has been honored as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2025 New Faces of Civil Engineering. This prestigious national recognition is awarded to ten collegiate honorees who are undergraduate students and ten professional honorees who are under 30 years of age. Intisar was selected as one […]

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Washington recently recognized two GeoEngineers projects with local Engineering Excellence Awards, the Fishtrap Creek Suspension Bridge and Go East Landfill Closure. The Go East Landfill Closure and Redevelopment won a Silver Best-in-State Award for Complexity, and the Fishtrap Creek Suspension Bridge received a Gold Best-in-State Award for Original […]