Ben Rivers is a senior geotechnical engineer with the Federal Highway Administration. Ben has worked in both the private and public sectors and has been with the Federal Highway Administration’s Resource Center for the last 22 years. Within the Resource Center, Ben provides technical assistance to state highway agencies, provides geotechnical training, and champions proven and effective geotechnical innovations for transportation applications. Ben is currently focused in program areas related to subsurface investigations, earthwork, geohazards, geotechnical asset management and performance, and geotechnical data interchange for improved transportation project and management applications. He is also leading the current Everyday Counts (EDC) initiative on Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (The A-GaME).