King County Road Services - Materials Lab strategic plan

Mission

To provide geotechnical engineering, quality control, and assurance expertise to ensure that roads and other public facilities are designed and constructed in an economical manner, meeting current quality standards.

This is accomplished by providing geotechnical engineering and quality control and assurance that supports design and construction; specifying, sampling, testing, and certifying construction materials; providing pavement designs for roadway projects; completing geotechnical investigations to delineate soil types and groundwater conditions for the design of landslide repairs, retaining walls, rockeries, bridge foundations, signal poles, and retention /detention facilities; and seismic design and remediation for project sites.

Operating philosophy

We are committed to creating a work environment characterized by teamwork, responsiveness, efficiency, precision, and professionalism. We will continue to improve our productivity by being proactive and innovative, while using our dedicated and highly skilled staff to solve problems with state-of-the-art technologies and applied creativity.

Contact us

Alan Corwin, P.E.
King County Road Services Materials Lab, Bldg D
155 Monroe Ave. N.E.
Renton, WA 98056
206-296-7711
206-296-0179 (fax)

Information from the Road Services Division's Web site is available to people with disabilities in alternate formats upon request by calling 206-263-6482 or 711 for the TTY relay service.

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