• City Creek Project, SLC, UT.
• Family History Center, SLC, UT.
• U of U Medical Center, SLC, UT.
• Mine Truck Dump, WY.
• 78th South TRAX, SLC, UT.
• Historic LDS Tabernacle at Temple Square, SLC, UT.
• US - 89, Home Canyon, ID.
• Utah State Capitol, SLC, UT.
• Olmsted Flowline Replacement, Provo Canyon, UT.
• Joseph F. Smith Building, BYU, Provo, UT.
• Main Street Parking Structure, SLC, UT.
• Deer Crest Development, UT.
• Bingham Canyon, UT.
• LDS Temple at Manti, UT.
• BYU Lee Library, Provo, UT.
• 80th South Cofferdam, SLC, UT.
• Brigham Apartments, SLC, UT.
• I-40 and I-25 Intersection, Albuquerque, NM.

Geotechnical Engineering did not emerge as a separate discipline until after WWI, when Karl Terzaghi began publishing and teaching.

Terzaghi was drawn into European politics and controversy in the 1930's. He was labeled by "Germany as a Nazi, by the Nazi's as a Bolshevik, and by the Bolsheviks as a conservative idealist." He considered himself the latter, so he limited his work to construction consulting, hoping to avoid further problems.

 

In 1938, Terzaghi came to Harvard University. As the first, true geotechnical designer, he consulted on many projects such as the Chicago Subway system and the Aswan High Dam.

 

Terzaghi is honored as the "Father of Geotechnical Engineering." He once stated, "Do not design what you must wish into the ground." At GDSI, we work hard to apply his advice.