Geotechnology, Inc. Wins Highway Project

Geotechnology, Inc., a provider of consulting services in geotechnical and environmental engineering, materials testing and drilling, has been awarded a contract for work on a major highway project in southwest Missouri.  Archer Western Contractor (of Chicago) selected Geotechnology to provide professional services for work on the U.S. 60/65 project in Greene County .

The estimated $65-million project will improve traffic flow and safety at the U.S. 60/65 interchange in southeast Springfield for the next 20 years by:
• Building flyover ramps for the two busiest movements – northbound U.S. 65-to-westbound U.S. 60 and eastbound U.S. 60-to-northbound U.S. 65. This will eliminate the short weaving area on the northbound U.S. 65 bridge over U.S. 60
• Building bridges for U.S. 60 and adjacent ramps over the BNSF railroad track serving the Springfield City Utilities power plant. High-speed traffic will no longer have to stop for coal trains at the crossing west of U.S. 65
• Building new northbound and southbound U.S. 65 bridges
• Widening and re-decking the eastbound and westbound U.S. 60 bridges over Lake Springfield, and extending the ramp lanes onto the bridges.

Geotechnology’s scope of services will include drilling, settlement gauges, Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) and Pile Dynamic Analysis (PDA). The project will be managed by the team in the firm’s Overland Park, KS office. 
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