{"id":3610,"date":"2018-08-13T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3610"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:56:10","slug":"geostabilizations-founders-and-their-soil-nail-launcher-honored-by-deep-foundations-institute-dfi-with-the-c-william-bermingham-innovation-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/resources\/news\/geostabilizations-founders-and-their-soil-nail-launcher-honored-by-deep-foundations-institute-dfi-with-the-c-william-bermingham-innovation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoStabilization\u2019s Founders and their Soil Nail Launcher\u2122 honored by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) with the C. William Bermingham Innovation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-white\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3611 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Launcher-400x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Soil Nail Launcher\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Launcher-400x300-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/12\/Launcher-400x300-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>GeoStabilization International\u00ae founders, Al Ruckman and Bob Barrett are the recipients of the prestigious C. William Bermingham Innovation Award for 2018. The Deep Foundations Institute is honoring the duo for \u201ccontributing to the advancement of the deep foundations industry\u201d with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geostabilization.com\/ca\/techniques\/\">Soil Nail Launcher\u2122<\/a>. Originally developed by the British military to launch chemical weapons, the Soil Nail Launcher\u2122 is a compressed air cannon that can accelerate a 1.5-inch diameter, 20-foot-long steel or fiberglass tube to 250 miles per hour in a single shot.<\/p>\n<p>Al and Bob\u2019s creation, GeoStabilization International\u00ae, is now a leading geohazard mitigation firm operating throughout the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Today, GeoStabilization International\u00ae employs more than 400 geohazard mitigation experts and has successfully completed more than 3,300 projects throughout North America and New Zealand. In addition, seeing the opportunity to provide solutions for other geohazards, the company expanded their services to include Rockfall Mitigation, Grouting, and Bridge construction\/rehabilitation. Including the original Soil Nail Launcher\u2122, Al and Bob currently own 11 different patents for innovations which continue to positively impact the work of GeoStabilization International\u00ae, the industry\u2014and most importantly\u2014countless lives of traveling citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Al and Bob\u2019s level of dedication and their passion for \u201cgetting the job done right\u201d have been instrumental to our company\u2019s success. Their innovative approach to geohazard mitigation has saved state and local governments millions in taxpayer dollars while safeguarding the traveling public. A truly distinguished feat and a legacy that is most deserving of recognition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- End Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoStabilization International\u00ae founders, Al Ruckman and Bob Barrett are the recipients of the prestigious C. William Bermingham Innovation Award for 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3611,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-3610","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GeoStabilization\u2019s Founders and their Soil Nail Launcher\u2122 honored by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) with the C. 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