GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Oak Brook, Illinois - SOIL BORING SUPERSTARS!

Congratulations to the fantastic staff from GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. who participated in the October 8 training, TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF THE SUBSURFACE.

Your leadership, experience, and care in your work shines brightly and that's a powerfully inspiring attribute.  Well done!

It's easy to admire the professionalism carried by everyone throughout the day.  I especially appreciate the candid questions about different techniques related to identifying soil and documentation habits.  Your openness with perfect questions gave everyone an advantage with developing routines that allow efficiencies without sacrificing quality.

Keep up the great work.  

It's easy to admire the professionalism carried by everyone throughout the day.  I especially appreciate the candid questions about different techniques related to identifying soil and documentation habits.  Your openness with perfect questions gave everyone an advantage with developing routines that allow efficiencies without sacrificing quality.

Keep up the great work.

Congratulations of the Fall 2026 Class of the Aquifer Testing Training

 Aquifer Testing Training in Fort Collins 

Tuesday - Thursday 29 Sept to 01 October 2026

In-Situ, Inc. Headquarters

Thank you to the great participants who were engaging and thoughtful with so many questions during the fall aquifer testing training.  Instructors Jim Butler, Chris Neville, and Adam Hobson noted your positive energy and all of the excellent questions, comments, and shared experiences from the lectures and field component.

Thank you to our wonderful and gracious host, In-Situ, Inc. who is now officially OTT In-Situ, Inc..  It's a collision of two great companies who serve our profession with world-class water monitoring equipment.

A big tip of the hat to Jim Butler, Chris Neville, and Adam Hobson for preparing and delivering such a fruitful aquifer testing training experience.  You each have a special gift and I'm personally grateful that you share it to help people become responsible stewards of this precious planet.

Special thanks to Heather and Anne for facilitating the on-site organizational stuff while I was away from the course this year.  :-)

Here's some photos that were sent to me from the course:

It's not too late to mark your calendars

 

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The Geology of Rock-n-Roll®

Side A: Woodstock Festival Site

https://midwestgeo.com/webinars/geologyofrockandroll-10012027.php

SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER shines bright

Boston, Massachusetts 19AUG2026

The brilliant people of SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER rose far above the average during TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF THE SUBSURFACE training.  First-time and thoughtful questions peppered the entire day, and talking through the origins of questions led to meaningful answers.  For example, what is the proper procedure for describing soil color when the soil is positioned in the "OU" Weathering Zone (that is in the Oxidized Unleached Zone, above the water table) and dry in the natural state?  

What a thoughtful question!

Other great questions included, Why did Casagrande create a separate soil classification for fine-grained soil when the plasticity index is between 4 and 7?

And another, What makes 'Well Graded Sand' and 'Well Graded Gravel' so unique to geotechnical properties?   The origin to that question was predicated on the fact that for a coarse-grained soil to qualify as "well graded", it must satisfy the requirements of both the Coefficient of Uniformity and the Coefficient of Curvature - even for field classification.  And, so how does that impact our field classification?

Again, what great questions!

I tip my hat to everyone at SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER and the great work you do.  Keep up the great work.  

Special thank you to Rakesh, Samarpan, Guiliana, Ben, Steve, Thomas, and Scott (and Robin).  Actually, I should just list and mention everyone's names!!  I can easily recall each of you because of your engagement and the positive energy that you exhibited all day.  Way to go.  

Don't change, keep doing WHAT you do, but also HOW you do it!!  -Dan