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DRILLING SERVICE CODES (HOME-SITE)


1DH)   Engineers report - Reports include a description of the parcel, the on-site soil capabilities, load capacity, and bedrock characteristics.

2DH)   Lab testing - Include grain size analysis, Atterberg limits, expansion index, classification, compaction, density, hydraulic conductivity, moisture content, organic content and pH.

3DH)   Soil boring - Geologic engineering tests to determine the capability of the soil to support proposed improvements or to determine the strength and properties of a required building foundation. Expansive clay soil or rock outcroppings may affect the required foundation.


DRILLING SERVICE CODES (COMMERCIAL)

 

1DC)   Barge drilling capabilities - Unique mounting system allows for barge drilling capabilities.

2DC)   Bedrock coring - Investigation used to analyze bedrock characteristics.

3DC)   Environmental drilling - Environmental Drilling is used to determine the existence of contamination in soil or groundwater.

4DC)   Hand auger borings -Technique used in limited access sites, also used to create detailed soil descriptions and hydrology characteristics.

5DC)   Hollow stem auger capabilities 2 1/4" -10  1/4" - are commonly used to set groundwater monitoring wells for environmental and geotechnical applications.

6DC)   Low clearance drilling - Unique equipment allows for the capability of drilling in low clearance situations.

7DC)   Monitoring and recovery well installation - Any cased excavation or opening into the ground, with greater depth than width, made by digging, boring, drilling, driving, jetting or other methods for the purpose of determining the physical, chemical, biological, or radiological properties of groundwater. A recovery well is a unique device which allows for the removal of the well.

8DC)   Off-road drilling capabilities (ATV) - Unique ATV equipment offer the ability to drill on sites that would otherwise be inaccessible.

9DC)   Piezometer and inclinometer installation - A Piezometer is any cased excavation or opening into the ground, with greater depth than width, made by digging, boring, drilling,      driving, jetting or other methods for the primary purpose of determining the depth to, or elevation of, the water table or potentiometric surface. An inclinometer or clinometer is an instrument for measuring angles of slope (or tilt), elevation or inclination of an object with respect to gravity. It is also known as a tilt meter, tilt indicator, slope alert, slope gauge, gradient meter, gradiometer, level gauge, level meter, declinometer, and pitch & roll indicator.

10DC) Pressure testing - The casing pressure test evaluates the mechanical integrity of the well casing. The well casing has mechanical integrity if there are no significant leaks in the casing.

11DC) Probe sampling capabilities - Drive samplers into the subsurface without the rotary action associated with more conventional auger stems.

12DC) Professional oversite - Oversight of drilling operations focuses on ensuring that  appropriate equipment is used and appropriate practices are followed

13DC) Professional soil profile and bedrock description - A sequential record of the   soil  and geologic materials penetrated during the drilling of a borehole.


14DC) Pump testing - To determine the sustained pumping capacity of a well a pump test must be performed on the well. Pump tests are designed to establish the long term equilibrium rate at which water will flow towards and enter the well.

15DC) Shelby tube and piston tube sampling - A shelby tube is a  single-piece  of metal tube, of  thin gauge, which is forcefully driven into the soil or sediment at the bottom of a borehole to collect an undisturbed subsurface soil or sediment sample. The piston sampler is designed to collect discrete (interval specific) samples in difficult sampling conditions, such as flowing/heaving sands and swelling clays. The system also works    well in soils below groundwater.


16DC) Split spoon soil sampling - A multi-piece sampler which is threaded onto the end of a drill rod or hand auger and forcefully driven into the soil or sediment at the bottom of a borehole to collect an undisturbed subsurface soil or sediment sample.

17DC) Registered NY State well drilling co. with exam certified employees - Since January of 2000, NYS Environmental Conservation Law requires that "No person shall engage in the business of water well drilling in the state of New York without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Department". Registration is required where drilling activity includes "construction and reconstruction of water wells, the establishment or repair of a connection through the well casing and the repair of water wells including repairs which require the opening of the well casing".

18DC) Test pits - These pits are used to determine the level of the seasonal high water table and/or the depth of impermeable substratum.


19DC) Thin wall concrete sampling - Specialized drill tips allow for the analysis of concrete.

20DC) Vane shear testing - Vane shear testing is used in the determination of the un-drained shear strength of the soil.

21DC) Well development - The process of agitating, surging and pumping a well to remove fine grained particulate sediment from the well and filter pack, stabilize the filter pack, and remedy any damage to the screened water-bearing formation resulting from drilling activities.





 

WETLAND SERVICE CODES

1W)   Preliminary Wetland Investigations - Perform a site investigation to identify approximate size and location of jurisdictional wetlands. Deliverable includes letter summary and preliminary wetland location map.

2W)   Detailed wetland delineation - Investigation to identify limits of jurisdictional wetlands and drainageways in accordance with federal criteria.

3W)   Section 404(b)(1) analysis - Analysis of alternatives required for regulatory compliance which is to Identify the least environmentally damaging practical alternative. Deliverable includes in depth report compliant with Section 404(b)(1) of the clean water act.


4W)   Wetland functional assessment - Assessment of wetland functions & values which is used to determine compensatory mitigation required.

 

5W)   State and federal wetlands permitting - Gather, organize and submit information necessary for permit issuance. Correspond with respective agencies as they pertain to the project and permit issuance.

6W)   Stream geomorphology assessment - Evaluate geomorphology of drainage features and classify. Predict potential effects of proposed project and the level of compensatory mitigation required.

7W)   Wetland and stream mitigation planning and design - Identify areas suitable for wetland creation and design mitigation area to plan correct hydrology to support hydrophytic vegetation, and satisfy the requirements of compensatory mitigation. Design wetland basin and/or stream reach plans. Create Mitigation Plan for submittal to regulatory agencies. Deliverable includes in depth report compliant with Section 404(b)(1) of the clean water act.

 

8W)   Mitigation construction monitoring - Oversight of wetland mitigation construction to ensure compliance with regulatory permits.

9W)   Wetland mitigation monitoring and management - Monitoring required by federal permit standards, through documentation of target success criteria (generally vegetative diversity). Compliance is maintained through the physical management of desirable and undesirable vegetative species and yearly reports that are submitted to the respective agencies.

10W) Stream mitigation monitoring and management - Monitoring to ensure regulatory compliance set forth within an issued permit, through documentation of target success criteria (generally vegetative diversity). Compliance is maintained through the physical management of desirable and undesirable vegetative species and yearly reports that are submitted to the respective agencies.

11W) Project review & general wetland permitting consulting - Review of pre-existing and or in progress wetland permit applications and associated project.

12W) Deed restriction covenant - Exhibit “C” - Analysis of environmental factors of preservation areas required for regulatory compliance. Deliverable includes completed exhibit to be included into the filed deed restriction covenant.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING

SERVICE CODES

1E)   Environmental assessment - Analyze any tract of land with respect to plant and animal communities, wetlands, land-use history, and other natural resource related issues. These surveys are necessary for Environmental Assessment and/or Environmental Impact Statements.

2E)   Ecological boundaries GPS mapping services - Gather GPS coordinate data of boundaries of ecological communities. Create ecological communities AutoCAD maps.

3E)   Threatened & Endangered species habitat analysis - Investigation of the habitat to determine its suitability for the threatened/endangered species.

4E)   Threatened & Endangered species surveys - Investigation for the possible occurrence of rare and threatened species. Determination of likelihood of impact by proposed actions. Surveys are in accordance with established protocols.

5E)   Forest inventory & GPS mapping services - Inventory and rating of trees, woodlots and forests based on direct counter random sampling and performed in accordance with established protocols, ordinances and regulations. Creation of forest community maps.

6E)   Land equity management services - Design management plans to preserve and increase the value of the property.

7E)   Environmental interpretive signage services - Develop interpretive signage to fit environmental permitting and/or educational needs.

8E)   Habitat restoration & enhancement services - Develop restoration and enhancement plans for a range of purposes including but not limited to threatened & endangered species habitat and/or for inadvertent regulated wetland impacts, NYSDEC Order on Consent violations, and NYSDEC Part 182 requirements.

9E)   Invasive species management plans - Develop management plans for the eradication and control of invasives species.

10E) Litigation support - Provide expert environmental testimony.

 

11E) SHPO project cover review packet – Develop project review packet in compliance with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for their review to evaluate the impact on the properties significant materials and character to determine if there will be any significant impact to the state determined historical qualities of the site.