NATURAL RESOURCES
A.D. Marble provides a wide variety of natural resources services. Our services include National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, Section 4(f) evaluations, wildlife and forest management, landscape architecture, wetlands, ecology, farmland assessments, CADD/GIS, historic structures, archaeology, public involvement, and agency coordination. Our goal is to consistently guide projects through the environmental process effectively, ensuring that the needs of the project are weighed appropriately against current environmental constraints.
A.D. Marble is an expert in natural resource studies. When our clients’ options cannot avoid wetland or waterway impacts, we assess the proposed impacts and work closely with the design engineers to minimize impacts as much as possible.
Our natural resources services include:
- Wetland Delineation and Functional Assessment
- Wetland Condition Assessment/Level 2 Rapid Assessment
- Streambank Restoration, Relocation, and Stabilization
- Aids to Navigation Plans
- Wetland Mitigation, Enhancement, and Restoration Design
- Wetland Construction Inspection and Monitoring, Including Remedial Action Plans and Pesticide Application
- Fluvial Geomorphology and Natural Channel Design
- Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys
- Wildlife Habitat Assessments
- Ecosystem Restoration and Watershed Planning
- Water Obstruction and Encroachment Federal and State Permitting
A.D. Marble completes technical documents, NEPA studies, and public and agency coordination. This results in NEPA documentation that determines the effect a proposed action has on the human, cultural, and natural environment.
Our NEPA services include:
- Community Impact Assessments
- Project Scoping and Categorical Exclusions
- Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)
- Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Records of Decision (RODs)
- Mitigation Commitments and Environmental Monitoring
- Section 4(f)/6(f) Evaluations
- Traffic Noise Screening Analysis and Traffic Noise Analysis Reports
- Alternative Analyses
- Environmental Justice
- Farmlands Assessment Reports
- Sustainability, Climate Change, and Resiliency
A.D. Marble has extensive experience using GIS and CADD for environmental, cultural resource, transportation design, and database management projects. Our services include the creation, implementation, and management of geographic information and database systems using both GIS and CADD geospatial products. We use the latest technologies and a wide variety of data to provide complex analytical, as well as commercial quality, mapping and design.
- GIS Analysis
- GIS Database Design and Development
- CADD
- Cartography
- GPS Data Collection
- 3D Visualization
A.D. Marble is experienced in conducting hazardous materials investigations and provides a full range of services to meet the environmental documentation requirements of regulatory agencies and financial institutions, as appropriate.
Our staff is experienced with the preparation and coordination of the following:
- Due Diligence Investigations and Screenings
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ASTM and AAI)
- Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
- Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Investigations
- Geoprobe Investigations
- Health and Safety Plans
- Lead and Asbestos Inspections
- Soil and Groundwater Sampling
- Construction Monitoring