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Columbia West provides professional services for a variety of commercial, industrial, residential, and regulatory agency clients located throughout the Pacific Northwest. Columbia West’s experience includes clientele in both the private and public sector. Columbia West is respected and trusted by numerous local regulatory agencies with whom we have developed relationships while providing professional services.

The Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering

Two Geotechs Saved the World

A Review of Infiltration Standards and Practices in Clark County

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Lance Lehto, president of Columbia West and member of the 2009 Infiltration Standards Review Committee of the Southwest Washington branch of ASCE, co–authored a research paper entitled “A Review of Infiltration Standards and Practices in Clark County.”


A Review of Infiltration Standards and Practices in Clark County

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Career fairs provide important educational opportunities for students. Columbia West principal engineer Jason Ordway discussed geotechnical engineering fundamental principles and practices at the Career and College Fair at Gaiser Middle School in Vancouver, Washington.

The Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering

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The year was 1943 and the Allies were in the initial planning phase of Operation Overlord – the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during World War II. It was during this earliest phase of planning when the Allied high command ran into a problem.

A soil problem.



Two Geotechs Saved the World

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