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Shannon & Wilson Receives 2006 ACEC Design Excellence Awards
Shannon & Wilson won The American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington Gold Award for Complexity for Beartooth Highway Emergency Repairs. Shannon & Wilson has been recognized for the work done on this fast-track, high profile project on a stretch of the scenic Beartooth Highway in Montana. Our team of geotechnical engineers and geologists moved quickly to evaluate the damage to the highway that was caused by one of the largest debris flows in Montanas history. Our staff provided innovative engineering solutions that were key to the success of the project which was completed 30 percent under budget and two weeks ahead of schedule.
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri also awarded Shannon & Wilson the Grand Award for their work on Old Mill Creek Sewer. Old Mill Creek Sewer, built in the late 1800s, is a 20-foot by 15-foot combined masonry sewer that was experiencing severe delamination of the brick crown. Shannon & Wilson conducted a forensic investigation into the cause of the delamination and developed an innovative design solution that will allow Old Mill Creek Sewer to provide an additional 100 years of service.
Professor Fred H. Kulhawy, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., Honorary ASCE Member, to Present 2005 Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Dr. Kulhawy has made significant contributions in the areas of foundation engineering, geotechnical reliability applications, soil-structure interactions, and soil and rock behavior. He will present an overview of how time influences the entire deep foundation evaluation process during inital planning, exploration and sampling, laboratory testing, field load testing, design, construction, post construction, and beyond. He will discuss how time issues are more important than are commonly thought and how they must be addressed more thoroughly.
Co-sponsored by the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Shannon & Wilson, Inc., the Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture was established in 1989 to foster and maintain the spirit of thoughtful and practical engineering solutions.
The lecture will be held Thursday, November 10, 2005, at the Center for Urban Horticulture, NHS Hall, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, Washington 98105, at 3:30pm. A reception will immediately follow the lecture. Please RSVP by November 3 to Shannon & Wilson at rsvp@shanwil.com or by calling (206) 695-6912.
Shannon & Wilson Announces Promotions
The Shannon & Wilson board announced promotions of senior staff in three offices. In Seattle, Chris Robertson and Scott Gaulke were promoted to Vice President; Martin Page and Bill Perkins were named Associates. Murray Meierhoff, St. Louis office manager, was promoted to Vice President; as was Stafford Glashan, office manager of the Anchorage branch.
Shannon & Wilson Expert Invited To Norwegian Institute
Suzanne Lacasse, Director of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has invited Stan Boyle, PhD, PE, a senior associate at Shannon & Wilson, Inc., to NGI's International Centre for Geohazards (ICG) in Oslo Norway, as a visiting scholar. Boyle will be working with an international team in the research of soil properties and groundwater contributions to landslide movement.
Established in 1953, NGI is a private foundation doing research and consulting in the geo-sciences, e.g. geologic and geotechnical engineering. NGI provides an international arena for geo-related research and consulting to meet industry's needs for practical and reliable engineering solutions.
The ICG was established to perform research - and educate researchers and specialists - on geohazards, including landslides caused by rainfall, flooding, earthquakes, and man-made factors. The center is performing research in seven different general areas pertaining to landslide risk in soil slopes. ICG research projects that Boyle will work on are in two of those areas: "Material Behavior and Stability Analysis" and "Slides on Steep Slopes."
Boyle's experience in these areas stems from his involvement in local projects including evaluating landslides that occurred along the Puget Sound coast between Seattle and Everett in 1997 - including the Woodway Landslide that pushed train cars into Puget Sound - and designing stability improvement measures for these and other unstable slopes throughout the Puget Sound region, Ellensburg, Skykomish, and Castle Rock. He will be able to share his existing knowledge and expand on it bringing back new ideas to apply to local projects.
Boyle previously spent 12 months at NGI in 1995 and 1996, where he was involved in a project evaluating the effects of sample quality and test procedures on engineering behavior of soft clays. He worked with NGI personnel to develop correlations to compensate for sample quality and to address issues with sampling and testing of soils retrieved from deep marine environments. This experience was recently applied on the Seattle Monorail project, to determine what was happening during sampling and testing of deep sensitive silts encountered.
While in Oslo, Boyle's research activities will include characterization of strain softening behavior of soft clays based on tests on high quality samples; and 3D modeling of transient pore pressure conditions in a ravined clay slope to evaluate the effect on slope stability of soil permeability and suction in non-saturated soils.
This research is relevant to the Pacific Northwest because soil strength and groundwater conditions are key factors in predicting and evaluating landslides in this area. A better understanding of these factors improves our understanding of landslide occurrence and behavior.
Shannon & Wilson has a strong reputation as experts in local landslides conditions, having authored the Seattle Landslide Study and its updates. Broadening the firm's knowledge base with global perspectives - as will occur through this exchange - can lead to new ways of looking at the region's perpetual geologic challenges.
Boyle will be at NGI from August through October, a time period encompassing the construction season, and allowing for snow-free access to most of the high country and landslide terrain.
Shannon & Wilson, Inc. Announces 2004-2005 Board - Seattle Office Manager Gerard Buechel Appointed President
Shannon & Wilson, Inc., announced the appointment of Gerard Buechel to President. Buechel, who manages the Seattle branch of the firm, joined Shannon & Wilson in 1980. Since that time, he has been involved in some of the firm's most interesting and complex projects including: the second Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the Seattle Monorail Project Green Line, Boston's Central Artery / Third Harbor Tunnel project, and three Corps of Engineers dams. His work has been recognized with awards from the Seattle section of ASCE and ACEC. Buechel has served as a member of Shannon & Wilson's Board of Director's since 2001, setting the firm's strategic goals, and positioning the firm to anticipate and meet the needs of a diverse and complex marketplace.
Appointed Chairman of the Board for 2004-05, was Greg Fischer. Fischer has been with the company 18 years. He is currently the manager of the firm's Denver office. Also named to the Board of Directors were Hollie Ellis (Secretary), Richard Frueh (Treasurer), Murray Meierhoff, Red Robinson, and David McDowell.
Jane Bensel Joins Shannon & Wilson
Shannon & Wilson, Inc., announced the recent addition of Jane Bensel to its Seattle marketing staff. Bensel recently worked in marketing for New York structural engineering firm Weidlinger Associates. She will serve as marketing coordinator at Shannon & Wilson.
Hisham Sarieddine Named Associate
Geotechnical engineer Hisham Sarieddine was recently promoted to associate in the Seattle office of Shannon & Wilson. Sarieddines expertise is in deep foundations, and he has recently acted as geotechnical project manager on highway, bridge and road improvement projects for Snohomish, King, Pierce and Grays Harbor Counties; and the Cities of SeaTac, Bellevue, Yakima, Seattle, and Renton. He served as geotechnical project manager on the South Park Bridge EIS and is currently assistant geotechnical project manager for the Seattle Monorail Project Green Line. With a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University, Sarieddine has been with the firm since 1988.
Martin Boivin Joins Shannon & Wilson
Martin Boivin has joined the Seattle office of Shannon & Wilson, Inc. as a vice president. Recently retired from the Coast Guards Facilities Design and Construction Center (Pacific) after 41 years of federal service, Boivin has a broad perspective of design and construction of federal facilities. He has been recognized by the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers for his outstanding engineering accomplishments. Boivin holds BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from the University of Washington, and an MBA from Seattle University. He is a graduate of The Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a registered PE in Washington state. At Shannon & Wilson Boivin will be focused on marketing and business development of the firms environmental services.
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