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Services

KU Resources covers a wide array of environmental applications ranging from preliminary assessments for real estate to full-scale remediation of former industrial facilities. These multidisciplinary services allow us to develop solutions to our clients’ biggest challenges.

We pride ourselves in developing a team of professionals where each employee brings a separate, yet equally important expertise to our company. This philosophy allows our clients to conquer numerous environmental problems at once.

Our expertise allows us to quickly review the technical and regulatory implications of each project. Armed with this initial understanding, we establish specific technical requirements and staffing needs with our clients. We then develop a team of experienced professionals to meet those requirements. By continually communicating with our clients, we develop a plan of action and implement that solution from start to finish.

KU Resources’ personnel have a broad range of technical and project management experience in the following areas:



Site Characterization and Evaluation
• Environmental audits and impact assessments
• Multi-site divestiture and acquisition assessments
• Geophysical studies
• Soil and groundwater investigations
• Hydrogeologic assessments and modeling
• State voluntary action site assessments
• Brownfield redevelopment environmental assessments
• RCRA Facility Assessments and Investigations
• RCRA Corrective Measure Studies
• CERCLA Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies
• Facility structure evaluation regarding asbestos, lead paint, and chemical contamination

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Risk Evaluation
• CERCLA/State risk assessments
• Risk management/risk-driven remediation
• Risk communication
• Environmental modeling

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Site Remediation
• Pilot-scale remediation testing
• Soil and groundwater containment
• Groundwater extraction and treatment
• In-situ soil and groundwater treatment
• Product recovery (LNAPL and DNAPL)
• UST removal and closure
• Excavation and off-site treatment or disposal
• Engineered/institutional controls
• Remedial alternative review and pricing
• Soil and water remedial implementation
• Design and installation of engineered/institutional controls
• Project management/oversight

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Regulatory Compliance and Permitting
• Facility/corporate compliance audits
• Emergency Response Plans
• Pollution Prevention Programs
• EPCRA Reporting (Form R, Tier II)
• Regulatory planning and management programs
• Environmental permitting

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Liability Management
• Phase I Environmental Assessments
• Phase II Environmental Assessments
• Asbestos surveys
• Due diligence assessments
• Risk evaluations

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Air Quality
• New Source/Process Modification Permitting
• Air dispersion modeling
• Emission inventories
• Risk management programs
• Control Technology Determination (BACT, RACT, MACT)
• Emission Credits

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Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
• Subsurface exploratory investigations
• Geotechnical evaluations
• Shallow foundation design
• Piles, caissons and deep foundations
• Retaining wall design
• Slope stability/landslide assessments
• Settlement & bearing capacity evaluations
• Subsidence prediction and mitigation engineering
• Roadbed and pavement design
• Structural assessments
• Specification and bid document preparation
• Construction management, QA/QC, and certification services

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Site Development Engineering
• Grading plans
• Site layout and utilization planning
• Utility plans
• Storm water management planning and permitting
• Erosion and sediment control plans
• Wetland mitigation
• Environmental assessment
• Stream crossing and encroachment permitting
• Specification preparation and construction packages
• Municipal and regulatory permitting

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Water Resources Engineering
• Dam design and permitting
• Dam safety inspections
• Hydrologic evaluations
• Stream bank stabilization
• Stream quality assessment and restoration
• Reservoir/Impoundment design
• Water utilization modeling/planning
• Water quality assessments
• Watershed studies

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Mining and Quarry Services
• Surface mining and quarry planning
• Overburden and reserve studies
• Storm water management
• Underground mine development
• Facility layout and design
• Abandoned mine stabilization
• Water quality/NPDES permitting, monitoring and assessment
• Mine refuse disposal facility planning and design
• Environmental assessment/permitting
• Acid mine drainage treatment

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Solid Waste Management Services
• Site investigation and characterization
• Facility layout/operational planning
• Disposal facility design
• Facility closure
• Surface water controls
• Landfill construction/operation support
• Recycling programs and municipal planning
• Leachate management planning
• Environmental permitting

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Water Quality
• NPDES permitting
• Storm water permitting
• Thermal variance demonstrations
• Water quality modeling
• Biological studies

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Litigation Support
• Environmental forensics
• Engineering forensics
• Expert testimony
• Insurance cost recovery and cost allocation
• Construction damage assessments
• Soil and groundwater containment
• Groundwater extraction and treatment
• In-situ soil and groundwater treatment
• Product recovery (LNAPL and DNAPL)
• UST removal and closure
• Excavation and off-site treatment or disposal
• Engineered/institutional controls
• Remedial alternative review and pricing
• Soil and water remedial implementation
• Design and installation of engineered/institutional controls
• Project management/oversight

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