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KU Resources is committed to providing customized solutions and outstanding support in environmental management and site development engineering to a wide range of clients. From preliminary assessments for real estate to full-scale remediation of former industrial facilities, our clients value the personal attention we give to their projects and often turn to us for guidance to achieve their ultimate goals.

Many environmental projects can often become complex and time-consuming once regulations and the interests of stakeholders are taken into account. Our diverse array of services, extensive knowledge and skills, and guidance we provide allows each client to effortlessly complete their project on time and on budget.

We have a broad range of technical and project management experience in the following areas:

 

 Site Characterization and Evaluation
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  • 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
  • UST site characterizations
  • Facility structure evaluation regarding asbestos, lead paint, and chemical contamination
  • RCRA Facility Assessments and Investigations
  • RCRA Corrective Measure Studies
  • CERCLA Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies
 
Risk Evaluation
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  • CERCLA/State environmental risk assessments
  • Risk management/risk-driven remediation
  • Risk communication
  • Environmental modeling
 
Site Remediation
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  • 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
  • Engineering/institutional controls
  • Remedial alternative review and pricing
  • Long-term environmental cost development
  • Project management/oversight
 
Resource Recovery Services
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  • Industrial battery recycling
 
 
Economic Development
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  • Economic development consulting
  • Site redevelopment planning, management, and implementation
  • Project development and management
  • Grant writing/assistance
  • Regulatory facilitation and community relations
  • Added economic development capacity for public clients
 
Regulatory Compliance and Permitting
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  • Facility/corporate compliance audits
  • Emergency Response Plans
  • Pollution Prevention Programs
  • EPCRA Reporting (Form R, Tier II)
  • Regulatory planning and management programs
  • Environmental permitting
 
Liability Management
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  • Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
  • Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
  • Asbestos surveys
  • Lead surveys
  • Due diligence assessments
  • Risk evaluations
 
Air Quality
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  • New Source/Process Modification Permitting
  • Air dispersion modeling
  • Emission inventories
  • Risk management programs
  • Control Technology Determination (BACT, RACT, MACT)
  • Emission Credits
 
Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
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  • Subsurface exploratory investigations
  • Geotechnical evaluations
  • Shallow foundation design
  • Piles, caissons, and deep foundations
  • Retaining wall design
  • Slope stability/landslide assessments
  • Settlement and 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
 
Site Development Engineering
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  • 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
 
Water Resources Engineering
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  • Dam safety inspections
  • Hydrologic evaluations
  • Stream bank stabilization
  • Stream quality assessment and restoration
  • Water utilization modeling/planning
  • Water quality assessments
  • Watershed studies
  • Dam design and permitting
  • Reservoir/impoundment design
 
Mining and Quarry Services
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  • Overburden and reserve studies
  • Storm water management
  • 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
 
Solid Waste Management Services
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  • Site investigation and characterization
  • Facility layout/operational planning
  • Disposal facility design
  • Facility closure
  • Surface water controls
  • Landfill construction/operation support
  • Leachate management planning
  • Environmental permitting
 
Water Quality
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  • NPDES permitting
  • Storm water permitting
  • Pretreatment programs
  • Water quality modeling
  • Biological studies
  • Wastewater treatment technology evaluations
 
Litigation Support
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  • Environmental forensics
  • Engineering forensics
  • Expert testimony
  • Insurance cost recovery and cost allocation
  • Construction damage assessments
  • Data management
  • Spills and releases/source identification and impact definition
  • Storm water management/flooding
  • Landslides and slope failures
  • Foundation failures
  • Mine subsidence
  • Structural conditions
  • Erosion and sediment control systems
  • CERCLA cost recovery