S&EC prepared restoration design plans for approximately 1,000 linear feet of mountain stream and approximately 3 acres of wetlands that were inadvertently impacted as a result of development activities within an 1,800 acre residential property near Black Mountain, in McDowell County, NC. The project scope included evaluation of existing impaired/impacted site conditions, the development of [...]
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S&EC performed hydraulic analyses for a proposed crossing within the Franklin County Industrial Park to determine water surface profiles for various design storms for the proposed Hub Road Extension. Working directly for the Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development Corporaiton, S&EC’s project scope included the development of representative U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) HEC-RAS (River Analysis System) models to [...]
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S&EC was responsible for the restoration design plans for restoration of approximately 5,000 linear feet of piedmont stream and its associated riparian buffer. The project also included the restoration and creation of a combined total of approximately 14.5 acres of riverine wetlands. Services also included evaluation of existing impaired/impacted site conditions, the development of construction [...]
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S&EC prepared restoration design plans for approximately 7,500 linear feet of piedmont stream and its associated riparian buffer and wetlands on the Gray Farm property near Statesville in Iredell County, NC. Project performed as part of a full-delivery project for the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) with a North Carolina mitigation banking firm (American Wetlands). [...]
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S&EC performed hydraulic analyses for a stream crossing at the proposed Apex Town Park to determine water surface profiles for various design storms for a planned community park service road within the Town of Apex, North Carolina. S&EC’s project scope included the conversion of available hard-copy HEC-2 (Water Surface Profiles) models into U.S. Army Corps of [...]
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S&EC worked with the developer by providing all wetland and stream evaluations, permitting phases, listed species surveys, suitable habitat assessments, public meeting representation and coordination with local, Federal and State agencies. The Westpoint at 751 site (+/-17 acres) involved surveys for Regionally Rare Species along the ridge and floodplain of the New Hope Creek Sub-impoundment, [...]
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S&EC provided site location, environmental permitting, design, construction supervision, and monitoring for two sites related to the mitigation for the Triangle Town Center Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Deporter site works included the preservation and enhancement of 1.82 acres of existing freshwater marsh (beaver swamp), a permanent wet detention site, and creation of 17.75 [...]
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S&EC prepared design recommendations for the repair and reconstruction of the spillway system, the embankment, and various appurtenances for Gammon Lake Dam in Edgecombe County, NC. This small-size, low-hazard, earthen dam approximately 475 feet long and roughly 20 feet in height had fallen into disrepair and was in need of an overhaul. Our engineers evaluated a variety of spillway [...]
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S&EC prepared design plans for the restoration of approximately 650 linear feet of piedmont stream and its associated riparian buffer along an unnamed tributary to Wildcat Branch in south Raleigh, NC. The project also included the restoration of approximately 0.30 acres of riverine wetlands. Project services included evaluation of existing impaired/impacted site conditions, the development of a conceptual [...]
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S&EC prepared the restoration design plans for restoration of approximately 2,550 linear feet of piedmont stream and its associated riparian buffer in Warren County, NC. The project also included the enhancement of approximately 750 linear feet of stream as well as the restoration, enhancement and creation of a combined total of approximately 18.5 acres of riverine [...]
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