It’s Soil Not Dirt: A Geotechnical Engineering Podcast

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From designing solar foundations to erosion hazard assessments, It’s Soil Not Dirt focuses on all aspects of geotechnical engineering and the topics that matter most today, with an emphasis on sustainability and renewables.

PRI Engineering


    • Jan 20, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES


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    Introduction to Hydrogeology with Mike Francis: P2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 22:05


    Mike Francis, Project Manager at GEMS joins PRI Engineering to speak about hydrogeology. This second episode of two discusses Toronto and managing water in a large urban center.

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    Introduction to Hydrogeology with Mike Francis: P1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 20:15


    Mike Francis, Project Manager at GEMS joins Arash Yazdani, the Director of Engineering at PRI Engineering and Erick Thurston, also from PRI to speak about hydrogeology. This first episode of two covers the basics of hydrogeology.

    Illegal Soil Dumping with Brandon Spiller P.2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 16:46


    This is part two on Illegal soil dumping in Ontario. In the second episode, we continue the conversation with Brandon Spiller, VP Environment - Liability and Closure at Vertex and Arash Yazdani, Director of Engineering from PRI Engineering. The first episode was largely concerned with the regulations in Ontario regarding soil dumping. We focus more on the effects and possible remediation of sites.This podcast is hosted and sponsored by PRI Engineering - learn more by visiting our website: priengineering.com

    Illegal Soil Dumping Ontario Regulations with Brandon Spiller P.1.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 15:07


    Illegal soil dumping is a significant environmental and geotechnical issue in Ontario, and across North America. It risks contaminating soil and wastes a precious resource.Brandon Spiller, VP Environment – Liability and Closure at Vertex and Arash Yazdani discuss the regulations and reasons for these regulations in Part I of illegal soil dumping.This podcast is hosted and sponsored by PRI Engineering - learn more by visiting our website: priengineering.com

    Solar Foundation Design and Geotechnical Engineering with Arash Yazdani

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 22:06


    Solar foundation design is a relatively new subfield of geotechnical engineering. As such, there is a lot of room left to develop best practices and shape its future. Arash Yazdani, Director of Engineering from PRI Engineering, discusses the mistakes made in the past, some best practices and where he sees the field heading.

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