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 Naresh to develop an article for its new “Staying Sharp” section of its flagship Civil Engineering (CE) Magazine. The intent of the “Staying Sharp” section…

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 firms and agencies. These have included peer reviews, expert opinions, forensic evaluations, design guidance, construction trouble-shooting, and training designers, construction inspectors and contractors on a…

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 of mainline Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP) pavement and a total of four new I10 mainline bridges over the Rillito Creek and Cañada Del Oro…

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….