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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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….

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….

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

A lot of significant milestones have been achieved over the last year. Five (5) of these milestones are briefly noted below: After AASHTO approved the ballot item related to service […]

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, […]