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Ewire Featured Story: PDES Team Guides Projects for Federal Compliance and Success
November 6th, 2024
Led by an experienced and versatile group of professionals, DRMP’s Project Development and Environmental Services (PDES) team is equipped to tackle the most complex aspects of NEPA and environmental compliance for a wide range of projects. With a focus on the transportation sector, we provide a variety of services, including public engagement, traffic noise studies, community impact assessments/environmental justice (EJ) analyses, wetland and stream delineations, endangered species surveys, and environmental permitting.
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Guiding the Future of DeLand's Lake Moore Conservation Area
August 29th, 2024 by George McLatchey, PWS, CEP
DRMP’s Environmental Services Group helps clients with environmental assessments, strategic management plans, and regulatory compliance for public lands. Our expertise ensures that projects like the Lake Moore Conservation Area are planned and managed to support conservation goals and recreational use while meeting legal requirements.
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DRMP Empowers Employee Leadership in A/E/C Industry Organizations
June 6th, 2024
At DRMP, we prioritize and encourage employee involvement in professional organizations as a key part of our business strategy. This commitment is reinforced during annual reviews in which we actively support staff in joining and participating in these organizations. As a result, our staff includes several talented professionals who hold leadership roles in the A/E/C industry, sharing their expertise and knowledge to support industry advancement.
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DRMP’s Annual Monitoring Shows a Thriving Spruce Creek Wildlife Preservation Area
April 22nd, 2024 by Logan Shappell
The Spruce Creek Country Club, a retirement community of 3,250 homes between Gainesville and Orlando, Fla., hired DRMP to oversee on-going property management required by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to protect threatened species and habitat.
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DRMP’s Visualization Services Illuminate Projects with Real-World Perspectives
February 28th, 2024 by Jeff Miller
DRMP’s Visualization Services provide real-world representations of projects and translate technical data into high-level visual narratives. These visualizations can help demonstrate the potential impacts of a project and aid in building consensus among all stakeholders and the public, which is essential for successful project implementation.
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Posted in: All, Alternative Delivery, Ecological Services, NEPA , Project Development & Environment , Structural Engineering, Transportation, Transportation Planning/Project Development , Water Resources/Stormwater Management
DRMP’s Environmental Services Delve Deep into the Proposed Lake Apopka Trail Connector
December 6th, 2023 by Rachel L. Schmidt, PWS
DRMP is providing ongoing environmental services for the proposed Lake Apopka Trail as a subconsultant to WBQ. Our firm is providing environmental permitting services, wetland and surface water assessments, and threatened and endangered species surveys. One of the more interesting aspects of this project was surveying the proposed new trail limits for the presence of the state and federally protected sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi).
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DRMP Designs Living Shoreline to Protect New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Aquatic Species and Habitat
April 19th, 2023 by George McLatchey, PWS, CEP
As part of the 5th Street Bridge replacement project in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., DRMP's Environmental Services Division designed a living shoreline and relocated oyster beds and mangroves in the project area to approximately 3 acres of wetlands to mitigate impacts associated with the bridge replacement.
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Posted in: All, Ecological Services, NEPA , Project Development & Environment , Structural Engineering
DRMP Teams Up with the University of Central Florida to Study Wildlife Crossings
February 9th, 2023 by George McLatchey, PWS, CEP
DRMP’s Environmental Services Division has partnered with the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Department of Biology, to conduct an 11-month wildlife utilization study to assess the effectiveness of the Suncoast Parkway 2 wildlife crossing structure.
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The Fundamental Role Engineers Play in Sustainability Advancement
July 14th, 2022 by Scott Garth, PE, LEED AP ND
Sustainability continues to play a role in business across many industries, including the A/E/C industry. So much so that DRMP, along with other leading organizations and firms, is expanding its investment in resources to discover more ways to not only incorporate more sustainable designs in our projects but incorporate them in the way we operate and serve our communities.
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When Design Imitates the Wild: Interstate 4 at SR 557 Wildlife Crossing
June 15th, 2022 by George McLatchey, PWS, CEP
Though Interstate 4 (I-4) serves its purpose of easing traffic flow for the state, it came at a heavy cost to its wildlife population. I-4 has become a barrier to wildlife movement in Florida, inadvertently causing a population reduction among a wide range of species. Now, there’s a plan for a solution.
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Restoring the Legacy of the Space Coast's Titusville Causeway Shoreline
January 31st, 2022 by Ryan Mitchell, PE
There is so much more to the Titusville Causeway (Causeway) shoreline than meets the eye. Stretching along the Central Indian River Lagoon (Lagoon), the area is and was not only known for recreation for residents and tourists, but it has a special place in history as a viewing site for space shuttle launches dating back to the American Space Race in the 1960s.
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2021 World Environment Day
June 5th, 2021
Protecting the environment starts with our habits and activities and it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. For World Environment Day, we asked our expert ecologist and environmentalists to share the practical ways they support the environment.
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