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When a seismic event occurs, Shannon & Wilson staff are providing post-earthquake reconnaissance within hours. A railroad shut down by landslide or tunnel fire? Our staff are called to help solve the problem and return the line to service. Sought-after Shannon & Wilson experts can be found on site learning more, lending expertise and locating solutions. Here we share some of their findings. |
June 29 - July 3, 2008
The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, from June 29 through July 3, 2008, and will be hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Fairbanks is situated in interior Alaska, within the region of warm discontinuous permafrost. The Fairbanks area has a fascinating Quaternary history and contains many examples of engineering solutions to construction problems on ice-rich permafrost.
In addition to sessions lead by international permafrost scientists and engineers, extended pre- and post-conference field excursions include the Dalton Highway and trans-Alaska pipeline route to Prudhoe Bay, the Arctic Coastal Plain and the native community of Barrow, Northwest Canada.
Shannon & Wilson, whose Fairbanks office opened in 1964, welcomes you to Fairbanks and encourages you to attend this fascinating conference.
Click here for more information.
November 1, 2006
WHAT IS "ALL APPROPRIATE INQUIRY?"
All appropriate inquiry refers to the requirements for assessing the environmental conditions of a property prior to its acquisition.
WHY IS EPA ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR CONDUCTING "ALL APPROPRIATE INQUIRY?"
On January 11, 2002, President Bush signed the Small Business Liability Relief and Revitalization Act ("the Brownfields Law"). In general, the Brownfields Law amends CERCLA and provides funds to assess and clean up brownfields sites, clarifies CERCLA liability provisions for certain landowners, and provides funding to enhance State and Tribal cleanup programs. The Brownfields Law requires EPA to develop regulations establishing standards and practices for how to conduct all appropriate inquiry by January 2004.
Click here for the EPA's Fact Sheet on All Appropriate Inquiry.
June 19, 2006
The Supreme Court narrowly ruled today in favor of two Michigan property owners who have sought to develop tracts designated as wetlands. By 5 to 4, the justices overturned lower court judgments against the Michigan land owners, who had run afoul of the Clean Water Act over their plans to build a shopping mall and condominiums.
Click here for the article as it appeared in the New York Times.
Click here to read the full opinion of the Supreme Court in Rapanos vs. United States.
November 3, 2002
Shortly after the M7.9 earthquake near Denali National Park, Shannon & Wilson engineers were on the road to investigate and document geotechnical damage. The team included seismic specialists, engineers and geologists from the Fairbanks and Seattle offices.
Click here for photos and more.
For further information on the Denali event, contact Rohn Abbott in our Fairbanks office at 907.479.0600, or the Earthquake Engineering Group in Seattle at 206.632.8020.
February 28, 2001
At 10:54 a.m. on February 28, 2001, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest. Fifteen minutes after the earthquake, Shannon & Wilson dispatched a team of geotechnical earthquake engineers and geologists to investigate the geotechnical aspects of the event. The team initially focused on sites that had shown historical evidence of ground failure during 1949 (magnitude 7.1) and 1965 (magnitude 6.5) events. Most of the damage observed was located in Olympia and Tumwater and in artificial fill areas in and around Seattle. No liquefaction evidence was found in Puyallup where significant liquefaction had occurred in previous earthquake events.
Click here for photos and more.
For further information, contact the Earthquake Engineering Group in Seattle at 206.632.8020.
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