LCI Wins Contract with USACE
LCI was recently awarded 5-year contract to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Risk Management Center (RMC) for dam and levee safety services. The mission of the RMC is …
Recent News & Publications
Release of PSHA software APEX v. 1.0
APEX is a state-of-the-art code developed and maintained by LCI for performing probabilistic seismic hazard (PSHA) and related analyses. APEX is an improved and modularized C#-based code that benefits from …
LCI sponsors the annual H. Ray Taber Foundation Drill Class
For a second year in a row, LCI has sponsored the annual H. Ray Taber Foundation Drill Class. This educational event is a field seminar for graduate and undergraduate engineering …
Refining the spatial and temporal signatures of creep and co-seismic slip along the southern San Andreas Fault using very high resolution UAS imagery and SfM-derived topography, Coachella Valley, California
Chelsea Blanton of LCI has co-authored a technical paper in the journal Geomorphology. The paper presents the results of an analysis of coseismic slip and creep along the southern San …
Scott Lindvall, 2019–2020 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Applied Geology.
Scott Lindvall has been named the 2019–2020 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Applied Geology. The lectureship is supported by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) and the …
Paleoliquefaction Studies and the Evaluation of Seismic Hazard
Ross Hartleb of LCI has co-authored a technical paper, “Paleoliquefaction Studies and the Evaluation of Seismic Hazard”, with Tish Tuttle (M. Tuttle & Associates), Lorraine Wolf (Auburn University), and Paul …
LCI receives funding from CEC to improve seismic risk assessment of natural gas infrastructure
LCI is a member of two teams that recently were awarded muti-million dollar grants from the California Energy Commission to improve the seismic risk assessment of natural gas storage and pipeline …
Oroville Emergency Recovery-Spillways Project selected as 2018 Project of the Year by the Sacramento Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
LCI served as the lead geologic consulting firm supporting the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) in their response to the Oroville Dam spillway emergency, and subsequent spillway recovery work, …
Evaluating, kappa, Q(f), and stress parameter in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado
Ivan Wong of LCI has co-authored a technical paper “Evaluating, kappa, Q(f), and stress parameter in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado” with Bob Darragh and Walt Silva of Pacific …
Assessing the Seismic Hazards in Jamaica Incorporating Geodetic and Quaternary Fault Data
Ivan Wong, Patricia Thomas, and Nora Lewandowski of LCI have authored the technical paper “Assessing the seismic hazards in Jamaica incorporating geodetic and Quaternary fault data” with Rich Koehler of …