Baton Rouge Office Celebrates 50 Years of Service Along Gulf Coast
GeoEngineers’ Baton Rouge office celebrated 50 years of serving the Gulf Coast on October 22. The event drew about 150 people to the Capitol Park Museum – Louisiana State Museum for hors d’oeuvres, drinks and live music. Staff said it was an ideal chance to bring clients and employees together to celebrate the past and […]
GeoEngineers Ranked Third-Best Employer in Baton Rouge
This week GeoEngineers was selected as the third best large company to work for in Baton Rouge by Business Report magazine. The report highlights GeoEngineers’ employee stock options, excess time and performance bonuses, volunteer and service awards, employee subsidies and professional development programs. The annual Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge ranking relies on […]
GeoEngineers Celebrates 35-Year Anniversary
GeoEngineers celebrated its 35th anniversary Tuesday, Sept. 29, by recalling the early years of the firm. Co-founder Jack Tuttle headlined a lunch event in our Redmond, Washington office where he spoke with former CEO Kurt Fraese about the origins of GeoEngineers. The conversation was broadcast live to offices across the country. Jack served as the […]
GeoEngineers Shortlisted for NCE Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards
GeoEngineers, Inc. has been shortlisted in the Design Innovation of the Year category at the 2015 Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards for its Direct Pipe® Crossing of the Sabine-Neches Waterway and Levee Project. The awards are sponsored by New Civil Engineers (NCE), the official magazine of the global Institution of Civil Engineers that has an […]
One Year Anniversary of Oso SR 530 Reopening
Senior Scientist Wayne Wright returned to Oso, Washington, Friday in advance of the Sept. 22 anniversary of the reopening of SR 530 following the catastrophic landslide last year. Wayne toured the site and was pleased with the conditions of the waterways. “Overall it looked really great,” Wayne says. “There was no scour, erosion or downcutting […]
Media Program Students View Yesler Terrace Project Through an Earth Science Lens
Students in the Summer Youth Media Program at Yesler Terrace visited GeoEngineers’ Seattle office on July 17th to learn about the company’s role in the Yesler Terrace redevelopment project. Chris Nordfors, GeoEngineers’ marketing director, welcomed the group and principal geologist Dave Cook, LG, CPG talked with them about how Geo’s earth scientists and engineers are helping plan […]
Galan McInelly Receives Central Washington University Alumnus Award
Central Washington University’s (CWU) College of the Sciences recently presented GeoEngineers Principal Geologist Galan McInelly, LG, LEG, LHG with its first-ever Alumnus of the Year Award for Natural Sciences. Galan graduated from CWU in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in geology. The award recognizes Galan’s continued passion and interest in the study of natural sciences, […]
GeoEngineers Moves Up in ENR’s Annual Rankings of Top US Design Firms
Engineering News Record (ENR) recently published their annual list of the top 500 design firms in the country by revenue. GeoEngineers moved up two spots in the ranking from last year, coming in at 195. This is the second consecutive year of upward growth for the company, which jumped 23 spots in the 2014 version […]
GeoEngineers Designs First Successfully-Completed US Direct Pipe® Installation Under a Levee
GeoEngineers is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first Direct Pipe® crossing of a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-regulated levee. The 48-inch-diameter pipeline stretches for more than a half-mile crossing under the Sabine Neches Waterway and the levee and railroad tracks in Port Arthur, Texas. It will bring water from Port Arthur […]
How Geoprofessionals Can Help With Recovery Efforts in Nepal
Here at GeoEngineers, our hearts are with the devastated communities of Nepal after this weekend’s catastrophic earthquake. Our staff have been sharing resources and ideas of ways that engineers and GIS professionals can lend their talents to help with rescue and recovery efforts. We’re posting those links here for others in the larger geoprofessional community […]