Founded in 1994, GN Northern, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary engineering, environmental consulting and construction materials testing firm with offices in Yakima, Kennewick and Spokane Valley, Washington and Hood River and Hermiston, Oregon. GN Northern is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in Oregon State. Our firm has completed geotechnical and pavement engineering, environmental consulting, materials testing and special inspection services for public and private entities throughout the Northwest, and Alaska.
GN Northern's geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and environmental staff have completed comprehensive soil explorations, groundwater investigations, hydro-geological studies, environmental site assessments, and hazardous materials surveys that have provided dependable results and design and construction recommendations. GN Northern personnel are dedicated to providing high quality engineering, consulting, testing and inspection services in today's complex regulatory environment. Our staff has provided services across the western United States for projects ranging from small-scale residential and commercial development to major industrial projects.
GN Northern's geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists have completed comprehensive soil and groundwater investigations for projects ranging from small-scale residential site studies to major industrial facility design, providing innovative and dependable recommendations to safely and efficiently complete design and construction. Working as a primary consultant or as part of a design team, GN Northern engineers provide services based on the unique needs of each project. By balancing the client's plan with the site conditions and local requirements, we are able to provide guidance and recommendations throughout the design and construction process and help our clients achieve their project goals.
Provided geotechnical and geophysical seismic studies/ electrical resistivity testing, foundation design, quality control testing and special inspection services on over twenty five (25) wind energy projects in Eastern Washington and North Eastern Oregon regions. Also provided geotechnical engineering and testing services for the construction of REC Solar in Moses Lake Washington, one of the largest solar panel manufacturing facility. Performed geotechnical exploration for Geothermal energy projects.
GN Northern provides pavement engineering services and has several years of demonstrated experience with many satisfied clients. GN Northern specializes in solving complex pavement engineering problems and offers high standards of quality pavement engineering and field testing services. We have an outstanding record for on-time and high-quality work. As part of the haul roads pavement evaluation study, a construction traffic analysis is performed to determine the frequency of the different truck loads based on the estimated operational truck traffic.