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The AIA Seattle Committee on the Environment (COTE) has awarded the Bertschi School Living Science Building first place in its 2012 What Makes It GREEN? Awards. COTE developed the WMIG award program to recognize and learn from the best in sustainable design and promote sustainable building practices. The award winners were announced at the What […]

Douglas B. MacDonald has been appointed the newest member of GeoEngineers’ board of directors, David Sauls, PE, chairman of the board and principal geotechnical engineer, announced today. MacDonald will fill one of the two open seats the firm reserves for non-shareholder directors. MacDonald was Secretary of Transportation for the Washington State Department of Transportation from […]

GeoEngineers Principal Geotechnical Engineer King Chin, PE will give a presenation titled “Seismic Design of Foundation in Stratified Soft Clay and Liquefiable Soils” at the Practical Deep Foundation Design and Construction for Seismic and Lateral Loads Seminar on April 22, 2014, hosted by the Deep Foundations Institute at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport, Seattle, […]

GeoEngineers’ senior environmental geologist Rob Leet, PhD, LG; geotechnical engineer Dan Ciani, PE and senior hydrogeologist Joel Purdy, LG participated in the 2012 Engineering Fair held at the Museum of Flight in Seattle (WA) on February 11th. The annual fair is sponsored by the Puget Sound Engineering Council as part of National Engineers Week, February […]

GeoEngineers contributed to the success of seven of the top 10 projects included in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (DJC) Building of the Year Survey. The DJC announced the results on March 20. Swedish/Issaquah Medical Center— 1st place Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus— 2nd place Virginia Mason Jones Pavilion— 4th place Providence Everett—6th […]

One way to think about stress is simply load divided by area. This is an interesting concept to consider with regards to emotional health. But what about engineering? In the physical world and built environment, stress is all around us. That’s bad, right? Maybe not. Stress may be handled without deformation or failure if sufficient […]

The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Puget Sound Fuel Depot has won a US Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Award. Vice Admiral William R. Burke, deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics, announced the awards on February 22. The Puget Sound Fuel Depot, near Port Orchard, WA […]

GeoEngineers is pleased to announce the election of David P. Sauls, PE to the position of Chairman of its Board of Directors. The decision was ratified by GeoEngineers’ Directors at their 2012 board meeting, held in conjunction with GeoEngineers’ annual shareholders meeting on March 2-3 near its Seattle (WA) headquarters. As he accepted this new […]

On February 20, 2012, drilling commenced on a deep exploratory borehole at the sprawling 30,000-acre Thomas Hill Energy Center in north-central Missouri. The deep borehole, the second of four that are being drilled at Missouri power plant sites, will extend into the Pre-Cambrian granite and, at a projected depth of 3,500 feet, will be among […]

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Missouri has awarded GeoEngineers a 2012 Engineering Excellence Honor Award for the Interstate 44 Gasconade River Bridge Foundation Remediation project. Jonathan Robison, PE, Associate and Springfield (MO) geotechnical group leader, accepted the award on behalf of GeoEngineers. ACEC of Missouri bestows Engineering Excellence awards to its member […]