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An MBE Company
owner and company president, he remains
actively involved in the technical aspects of
Earth, Inc.’s work.
“I started the company because I
thought I’d do things a little differently,”
said Sydlik. Indeed, while Earth, Inc. works
in traditional fields such as highway and
bridge design and construction – with
notable clients such as the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation and
Allegheny County – the company is
perhaps best known for its unique
approach to solving unusual geotechnical
construction challenges.
Earth, Inc. isn’t afraid of proposing
innovative solutions that are also
technically solid and cost-efficient. Take,
for example, a 2018 Pennsylvania Turnpike
project at Milepost (MP) 40.84 WB, which
involved widening a section of the roadway
from four lanes to six.
As the geotechnical engineering
consultant working for general contractor
Trumbull Corporation, Earth, Inc. proposed
a 1,573-foot long permanent sheet pile
retaining wall as a value engineering
proposal to facilitate the widening of the
embankment. The project was a huge
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