ORLANDO, Fla. — Universal Engineering Sciences (UES), a national engineering and consulting company specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, building code compliance, threshold inspections, and environmental consulting, acquired GSI Engineering (GSI), an environmental, geotechnical, drilling, and materials testing firm based in Wichita, Kansas, with additional offices in Topeka and Kansas City as well as Grand Island, Nebraska. GSI's 70-person team serves commercial, institutional, and municipal market clients throughout Kansas and Nebraska as well as Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Significant recent projects include a 1 million-square-foot Amazon ICT2 warehouse; Schwan Food Company facility expansion; property redevelopment and remediation of Crete Carriers’ property; and the design, construction, and consolidation of smelter waste at an orphan site for the State of Kansas.
GSI joins Geotechnology in the Midwest Division of UES, led by Ed Alizadeh, P.E., JD, who will continue serving as both president of the Midwest division and CEO of geotechnology.