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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4722184 remove-elem-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4722184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mary Nodine, P.E.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d18e376 remove-elem-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d18e376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Federal Highway Administration<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac72239 remove-elem-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac72239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #da291c;\" href=\"mailto:mary.nodine@dot.gov\">mary.nodine@dot.gov<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca0558c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca0558c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mary Nodine is a Project Manager in GEI Consultants\u2019 Boston office and has worked as a geotechnical engineer for 18 years. She works on a variety of geotechnical design projects, including earth retention systems, ground improvement, deep foundations, landfill assessments, stability analyses and dam remediation design. Mary is the chair of DFI\u2019s Subsurface Characterization Committee and was a member of the FHWA and MassDOT\u2019s implementation teams for the Every Day Counts A-GaME program. Mary serves on the editorial board of the ASCE Geo-Institute\u2019s publication Geo-Strata, and has contributed to the magazine as the \u201cGeo-Poet\u201d since 2008.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47a646a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47a646a\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"purpose\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43f7ebf\" data-id=\"43f7ebf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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appropriate methods, including innovative technologies when suitable, and recognize appropriate standards for performing subsurface exploration and characterization.<\/li><li>Promote adequate construction observation monitoring to determine whether field modifications are necessary during construction.<\/li><li>Collaborate with similar organizations to improve the professionalism of subsurface characterization.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fdccf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fdccf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"initiatives\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fundamentals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a61c686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a61c686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our fundamentals lay the deep foundations for all our work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319eb8f center-m two-col-li elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"319eb8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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