This project consists of a gas turbine generating plant that produces 11 megawatts of electricity for Nevada Energy. That is enough to power 6,000 homes using biofuel. This landfill is one of the nation’s largest, serving first as a quarry for the region’s roads and buildings and then as a[...]
NV5, as a subcontractor to the design-build team of AUI, Inc. and Bohannan Huston, Inc. (BHI), performed the environmental permitting (EPA 401/404), geotechnical investigation & design, and materials testing for the Gila Catwalk Trail reconstruction project. The design-build project was awarded in August of 2015, design was completed around Christmas[...]
NV5 supported the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts related to the Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository under various contracts starting in 1998. For example, we helped prepare the Environmental Impact Statement, serving as technical chapter leads, lead analysts, and key contributors in areas of short-term and cumulative environmental impacts, air quality,[...]
After publishing the 1999 “Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor (CLWR),” which had assumed permeation of tritium through the walls of the tritium-producing rods in the reactor at 1 curie/per rod/year, it was found that the actual permeation rate is 3–4[...]
An NV5 certified industrial hygienist provided safety oversight during the building of a new irrigation siphon as part of the expansion of the Grand Coulee/Columbia Basin Project. This portion of the expansion project conveys groundwater to landowners in the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District and also provides the water source[...]
NV5 provided several Certified Industrial Hygienists to support Washington River Protection Solutions, the U.S. Department of Energy’s prime contractor responsible for managing 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste stored in 177 underground tanks (“Tank Farms”) at the Hanford Site. Specifically, we supported the Tank Farms Industrial Hygiene Programs[...]
When the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) raised questions about the possible presence of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) at an oil field in the Bakersfield area, Ahtna Facility Services sought the support of NV5. Specifically, NV5 evaluated reports containing NORM survey results for human health risk posed[...]
NV5 served as Medical Radiation Safety Officer at a large university hospital in Washington, DC. The Medical Radiation Safety Officer helps ensure the safety of the hospital’s workers and patients. In this role, we conducted annual radiation safety program audits, provided consulting support to the radiation safety program, prepared license[...]
To ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety guidelines, an agricultural production facility in the northwestern United States has relied on NV5 to provide annual ambient air and noise monitoring services since 2013. Each year, NV5 sets up and collects 24-hour samples for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM)-10,[...]
An NV5 Certified Industrial Hygienist supported sound level monitoring at an automotive parts manufacturing plant in Washington State. The client requested our expertise to help ensure its facility’s compliance with the state’s regulation on hearing loss prevention (WAC 296-817). After conducting a site walk-down with the client, we determined the[...]
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Our internal innovation and development team constantly analyzes new technology and develops solutions to meet our client’s challenges. Our Technically Speaking series is one way we share our technical findings with the professional community.
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Our internal innovation and development team constantly analyzes new technology and develops solutions to meet our client’s challenges. Our Technically Speaking series is one way we share our technical findings with the professional community.
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NV5 Geospatial releases a new predictive modeling platform for vegetation management that uses existing lidar and historical data to identify the relative level of asset risk from trees by quantifying the potential for causing asset damage.
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Our internal innovation and development team constantly analyzes new technology and develops solutions to meet our client’s challenges. Our Technically Speaking series is one way we share our technical findings with the professional community.
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