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Update: September 2023-February 2024

Since the last blog on August 10, 2023, the following notable activities have occurred: “Staying Sharp” Article for ASCE’s Civil Engineering Magazine The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) invited […]

Update: June 2022-August 2023

Since the last blog on June 1, 2022, the following notable activities have occurred: Expert Consultation Services Naresh continues to provide expert consultation services to several local, national, and international […]

Innovative Work Saves $2.91 Million for Arizona DOT

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is designing improvements for Interstate 10 (I10), between Ina Road and Ruthrauff Road in Tucson, Arizona. The improvements include 3.6 miles of eight lanes […]

FHWA’s MSE-LASR Manual Released!

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), through its Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD), retained NCS GeoResources, LLC (NCSG) to help develop a risk-based framework for the use of non-select (also referenced as “marginal”) fills for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls. A new FHWA MSE wall manual based on the study has now been released! This manual introduces a new MSE-LASR technology that provides guidance for design and construction of MSE walls using Local Available Sustainable Resources (LASR) which could be non-select fills….

Recent Milestones

Over the past year several new milestones have been achieved. Some of these are as follows: 1. Naresh helped the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) successfully launch a new 2-day Virtual Workshop format that will be used to replace the webinar format of online delivery. The workshop allows for more in-depth interactive training. Naresh has already delivered 2 workshops in this format, one on Compaction of Soils in November 2020 and another on Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls in May 2021….

Update for November 2019-April 2020

A lot of significant milestones have been achieved over the last 6 months. Five (5) of these milestones are briefly noted below: Award of an FHWA contract to develop the […]

NCSG Starts Work on New FHWA Flagship Geotechnical Manual

In October 2019, Naresh Samtani started work on update of the FHWA flagship manual titled “Soils and Foundations” (S&F). Naresh and Dr. Edward Nowatzki of NCS GeoResources, LLC (NCSG) were the co-authors […]

Approval of AASHTO Ballot Item Related to Guide Specification for Service Life Design of Highway Bridges

Today (June 26, 2019), at the General Session of the Annual Meeting of Committee of Bridge Structures of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in Montgomery, […]

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