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| Environmental planning is concerned with society's collective stewardship over its resources. It aims to integrate public sector planning with the concerns of environmentalism to ensure sustainable development. Wilbur Smith Associates has assisted clients with environmental planning since the field emerged in the 1970s. The firm’s environmental capabilities encompass all transportation modes including roadways, bridges, aviation, rail, transit, and ports, in addition to site development projects. Clients receive a multidisciplinary approach that promotes collaboration and creativity, streamlining processes and bringing new ideas and technologies into focus. WSA’s in-house technical staff addresses the full range of National Environmental Policy Act technical requirements. In addition to NEPA documentation and a variety of natural resource assessments, WSA provides community impact assessments, context-sensitive solutions, environmental justice analyses, public and stakeholder involvement, agency coordination, cultural and historic resources analyses, noise and air quality modeling, and geographic information services. These in-house capabilities can be quickly accessed as needs arise to develop solutions before schedule delays or budget issues occur.
Clients can expect the attention to detail necessary to provide the appropriate level of analysis to develop solutions that integrate planning with environmental concerns. WSA supports clients with environmental and technical staff who deliver forward-thinking, schedule-driven, and cost effective solutions. They understand NEPA legislation and regulatory actions related to environmental procedures for all types of infrastructure projects as well as specific state environmental legislation and procedures. Since WSA also provides award-winning transportation planning and design engineering services, clients are matched with environmental planners who have a comprehensive understanding of how NEPA requirements are integrated within the study area and throughout the project development process. Clients receive the communication, collaboration, and teamwork necessary for success.
WSA’s professionals provide expertise in all environmental disciplines including:
- NEPA and SEPA documentation
- Agency coordination
- Air quality and noise modeling
- Archaeological surveys, phases I, II, and III
- Community impact assessments
- Context-sensitive solutions
- GIS analysis, mapping, and 3-D modeling
- Greenhouse gases and carbon footprint reduction
- Environmental justice analysis
- Induced and cumulative impact assessments
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- Land use studies and land use planning
- Mitigation and enhancement development
- Natural resources assessments
- Public and stakeholder involvement
- Section 401/404 permitting and section 404 merger process
- Section 4(f) and 6(f) evaluation
- Section 6002 coordination (23 U.S.C. 139)
- Socio-economic analysis
- Stream and wetland restoration and mitigation
- Threatened and endangered species assessments and coordination
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ENGINEERING
AVIATION
BRIDGES AND STRUCTURAL
GEOTECHNICAL
HIGHWAY
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
MUNICIPAL
RAIL
SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
SITE DEVELOPMENT
SURVEYING
TRAFFIC
WATER RESOURCES
PLANNING
AVIATION
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
FREIGHT
GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES
PARKING
RAIL SYSTEMS
SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING
TRANSIT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING
URBAN AND REGIONAL
TOLL SERVICES
GENERAL CONSULTANT SERVICES
HOT/MANAGED LANES
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
TRAFFIC AND REVENUE SERVICES
VALUE PRICING
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND INSPECTION
RIGHT OF WAY
SURVEYING |
