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GRL Engineers, Inc. Welcome New Engineers in Florida and Illinois

September 12, 2019

GRL Engineers, Inc. proudly announces the addition of three engineers to its team. Marshall Hagler, P.E. and Hamid Maherinia, P.E. join the GRL Florida office, while Rahul Yadav joins the GRL Illinois office. GRL Engineers was originally founded in Cleveland OH and continues to grow across the country with 12 […]

DFI’s S3: Slope-Support-Stabilization Conference a Success: Abstracts Being Accepted for S3 Conference in San Francisco, August 2020

September 9, 2019

More than 150 deep foundation professionals attended DFI’s S3: Slope-Support-Stabilization conference, August 6-9, at The Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, Minnesota. This two-day technical conference, organized by eight DFI Technical Committees, focused on the effective application of deep foundations, ground improvement and soil mixing for stabilization of slopes and excavation […]

Geopier Foundation Company Launches New GeoSpike Railway Subgrade Improvement System

August 27, 2019

GeoSpike is an innovative ground improvement method for strengthening weak railroad track subgrades Geopier Foundation Company, a world leader in ground improvement solutions, has introduced its newest Intermediate Foundation® solution: the GeoSpikeSM System. This system is a low‐cost method for strengthening weak railroad track subgrades without removing railroad tracks, ties […]

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Safety & Risk in Construction: The Importance of Technology

July 9, 2018

View the complete article here. Construction is inherently risky to limb and life. This is in part due to the fact a construction site is a mobile factory, set up quickly, dismantled at the end, and without the ergonomic repetition and lengthy planning of a Henry Ford factory or modern […]

Modern Bidding – The Warp Speed Day and its Post Opening Scramble

March 21, 2018

View the complete article here. In the new “Internet of Things” – speed is everything. The latest technology and trained technology-minded teams are key. This is perhaps most true on bid day, an already hectic if not chaotic mad rush to bid opening. Together, the technology of “Apps”, of whole […]

What the Heck is a “Type II” Differing Site Condition?

December 18, 2017

View the complete article here. Any engineer or deep foundation contractor will invariably face changed soils conditions. There is a bevy of Federal and State court cases, books, and war stories about when, expecting bedrock at 30 feet, the project team encounters “running sand”, baymud, or other gremlins and costs […]