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Shannon & Wilson and the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are pleased to host this year's annual Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture. This year's Wilson Lecturer, Robert B. Gilbert, will present “Expect the Unexpected and Act Quickly When It Happens” on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 PM at the University of Washington Tower Auditorium. Reception to follow.

Lecture details and parking information can be found here.

In our 71 years, Shannon & Wilson has had numerous employees return to us after a brief stint elsewhere, bringing new skills and knowledge. These "boomerang" employees return to Shannon & Wilson with acquired skills, yet are still familiar with the company and culture, which is known to be a strategic hiring advantage for any business.  

Chris Russell, a Senior Geological Engineer, returned to our team after spending a decade as an employee with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).  We recently sat down with him to learn more about his decisions to leave and come back to the company, and his advice for anyone considering becoming an employee at Shannon & Wilson.
 

Congratulations to Clallam County and the entire Shannon & Wilson project team for their recognition at the ACEC Washington Engineering Excellence Awards. Our project, Lower Dungeness River Floodplain Restoration and Levee Realignment was a Gold medalist and will advance to the National ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards later this year.

From time to time, we like to shine the spotlight on our longtime senior staff members who have had an impact on Shannon & Wilson’s evolution and success.

Steve Adamczak joined Shannon & Wilson’s Fairbanks office in 1981, straight from Syracuse University. Over the past 42 years, he has worked on thousands of projects in some of the most challenging conditions and remote locations across Alaska. We invite you learn a little bit more about Steve—from his own words—as he reflects on his career at Shannon & Wilson and the challenges of working in the industry and in Alaska.

Congratulations to Shannon & Wilson’s Seattle Office Manager, Michael D. Harney! The State of Washington Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors recently named Mike as its newest Board member.

Shannon & Wilson and the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are pleased to host this year's annual Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture. This year's Wilson Lecturer, Dr. Patricia Culligan from Notre Dame’s College of Engineering, will present “Urban Water Management, Climate Change and Green Infrastructure” on Thursday, April 13 at 6:00 at the University of Washington's Kane Hall, Room 110. Reception to follow.

Lecture details and RSVP information can be found here. 

Click here to join the livestreamed event. 

In honor of Women in Construction week, check out this article by Shannon & Wilson's Kathryn Petek and Wendy Mathieson. The special "Women in Construction" issue of ADSC's Foundation Drilling Magazine features their piece, Technical Excellence, which shines a light on the industry experience of several Shannon & Wilson women, including Jessica Randolph, Stephanie Wanderer, Mashayla Combs, Kristen McFarland, Grace Paananen, Carolina Zamora, Morgan Sanger, Vonmarie Martinez-Chaluisant and Carole Leigh (and a special shout out to Sierra Wanderer, our tiniest engineer-in-training).

Read the article here. 

Check out this article in PileDriver Magazine co-authored by Shannon & Wilson’s Kyle Brennan and David Hemstreet from the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. The article, “Pile Design and Construction in Liquefiable Soils” examines work performed on Phase II of the Seward Highway MP 75 to 90 project, which involved improving the alignment and replacing five bridges in one of the most seismically active areas of the United States.

Read the full article here.

Shannon & Wilson is pleased to be ranked #42 in ENR Trenchless Technology's 2022 Top 50 Trenchless Engineering Firms in North America. 

Read the full article and rankings here.

Shannon & Wilson is pleased to announce its acquisition of Concord, California-based Hultgren-Tillis Engineers. As of October 1, 2022, Hultgren-Tillis will join Shannon & Wilson, a prestigious 68-year-old geotechnical and environmental consulting firm with a reputation for excellence in the transportation, water resources, industrial, and federal sectors.

This acquisition is a key component in Shannon & Wilson’s continued nationwide growth and expansion.  With a combined staff of nearly 20 professionals, Shannon & Wilson’s northern California operations will be a formidable resource to Shannon & Wilson’s current and future clients. 

Shannon & Wilson's Lones Levee Setback and Restoration project is featured in this recent Seattle Times article, which details King County’s successful efforts to recover natural habitats and breathe new life into one of the region’s most important bodies of water.

Shannon & Wilson’s team, including Brian Reznick, Jessica Randolph, Chris Robertson, and Stan Boyle, provided geologic assessments and geotechnical recommendations for Lones Levee setback and floodplain restoration project. The project is part of a larger effort to make the Green River more accessible as a watershed, not only to salmon, but for the ecosystem in its entirety. 

Read the full Seattle Times article here.

Congratulations to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. and the entire Shannon & Wilson project team for their recognition at the ACEC Washington 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards. Our project, TAPS-Lost Creek Thermal Improvements, received the Gold Award for Special Projects and will advance as a national award finalist. 

Read about Shannon & Wilson's solutions here.

In response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, CARE has organized a fundraising effort to reach 4 million Ukrainians with immediate aid and recovery, including food, water, hygiene kits, psychosocial support, and cash assistance. By matching our employees’ donations, Shannon & Wilson, Inc. and our staff quickly raised $28,000 for CARE’s Ukraine Crisis Fund, which will provide emergency assistance to the Ukrainian people.

Please consider adding your support: www.care.org

After a two year hiatius, Shannon & Wilson and the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are pleased to announce the return of the annual Stanley D. Wilson Memorial Lecture. This year's Wilson Lecturer, Bengt H. Fellenius, Dr. Tech., P. Eng., will present "Recent and Ongoing Advances in Analysis and Design of Wide Pile Groups in Subsiding Ground,” on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 5:30 PM in the University of Washington's UW Tower. Reception to follow. 

Lecture details and RSVP information can be found here.

An engineer's number one responsibility is protecting the safety of the communities they serve. In this month's issue of Alaksa Business, Kyle Brennan, Shannon & Wilson's Anchorage Office Manager, provides insight on how infrastructure is designed to withstand volatile natural disasters.

Check out the article, "Before Distaster Strikes" here.

Shannon & Wilson’s Anchorage office manager, Kyle Brennan, is featured in the December issue of Alaska Business magazine. The article, “2021 Construction Season Wrap Up” by Rachael Kvapil, focuses on projects moving forwards despite a year filled with challenges. 

Read the article here.

We are growing! Shannon & Wilson is excited to announce our plans to acquire American Geotechnics. On January 1, 2022, the Idaho-based geotechnical firm will join the Shannon & Wilson family. We are confident our combined talents and shared philosophies will enhance our capability to serve our clients in Idaho, eastern Washington/Oregon, northern Utah, and beyond. 

Shannon & Wilson congratulates Sound Transit on the October 2 opening of Northgate Link, expanding their northern-most route linking north Seattle to Downtown. The line expands the system by 4.3-miles and adds the U-District and Roosevelt underground stations and an elevated station at Northgate.

Shannon & Wilson’s geotechnical engineering contributions on the project included performing explorations and testing for the entire alignment and providing recommendations for a retained portal cut, retained fill, elevated guideway, elevated station, and other ancillary structures around the Northgate station.    

This week the curtains open for the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, a premier museum dedicated to the history and science of the film industry. 

Shannon & Wilson provided geotechnical and seismic engineering for the renovation and expansion of the Saban Building, formerly the historic May Company Department Store, paired with a new spherical addition. We prepared the foundation design within the La Brea tar pits and a base-isolation foundation system for the adjacent Piano designed Sphere annex.

Shannon & Wilson’s work on the Mobile Mud Spring project was recently recognized as a 2021 Railway Track & Structures (RT&S) top project. 

As part of this recognition, Shannon & Wilson’s Travis Deane and Dean Francuch were featured on the Podcast “Rail Group on Air” to discuss their award-winning work: “Protecting Transcontinental Rail Tracks from a Moving Mud Spring”.