About It’s Soil Not Dirt: A Geotechnical Engineering Podcast
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.
The remediation of soil and groundwater with Quinn Pinder
In this episode of It's Soil Not Dirt Quinn Pinder from Milestone Environmental Contracting and Arash Yazdani from PRI Engineering talk about the remediation of soil and groundwater – a topic closely tied to soil dumping, a topic we discussed a few episodes back!
15 Jan 2024
The Interaction Between Structural and Geotechnical Engineering with Tim Rupert
Join us in this episode as we delve into the interaction between structural and geotechnical engineering with guest star, Tim Rupert, and Arash Yazdani, Director of Engineering at PRI Engineering. Together, we'll unravel the challenges and best practices in this burgeoning subfield, focusing especially on solar foundation design.
Get ready to break free from the ordinary, question the status quo, and shape the trillion-dollar future of renewable energy. Don't miss out! Tune in to our captivating episodes on major podcast platforms or catch updates on PRI Engineering's website.
20 Jan 2023
Introduction to Hydrogeology with Mike Francis: P2
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.
2 Aug 2022
Introduction to Hydrogeology with Mike Francis: P1
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.
30 Jun 2022
Illegal Soil Dumping with Brandon Spiller P.2.
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 (https://priengineering.com/)
31 May 2022
Illegal Soil Dumping Ontario Regulations with Brandon Spiller P.1.
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 (https://priengineering.com/)
13 Apr 2022
Solar Foundation Design and Geotechnical Engineering with Arash Yazdani
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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