Environmental Engineering:

• Our Stormwater designs reduce flooding and erosion, encourage groundwater recharge, and keep the streams more natural.


• Our building designs fit onto attractively landscaped lots with a minimum of disruption, and maximize energy efficiency.


• Our solid waste management designs reduce traffic, reduce material consumption, minimize air pollution, and maximize energy recovery and efficiency.


• Our wastewater designs reduce odors, preserve energy, and lower the fouling of our streams.

Environmental Site Assessments (ESA's):

1. identification of past and present uses of the property and adjacent land by reviewing such documents as historical City Directories, "Sanborn" insurance maps, state files, site ownership records, and available aerial photographs;


2. documentation of the environmental setting by reviewing available government records of local geology, soils information, and ground-water information;


3. review of state files for landfills, RCRA treatment, storage and disposal sites, and other potentially important sites within one-mile;


4. the identification of nearby RCRA hazardous generators;


5. review of state files for the presence of registered, and/or leaking, underground storage tanks on the property and within 1-mile;


6. site visit(s) to observe site conditions on and nearby, noting the presence of discolored or stained soil, underground storage tanks, vent pipes, unusual mounds, debris, storm water runoff, wells, sumps, grease traps and wetlands;


7. documentation of the site with photographs in the ESA report; and


8. assessing the probability of wetlands being present on the property.