Wind energy

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Let Hanson’s interdisciplinary experience help guide you through your wind energy project. We offer services from project inception to construction, including coordination with agencies and stakeholders, land acquisition, environmental permitting, local road design, civil design, electrical design and construction quality assurance.

We also know the compliance requirements of the federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances that are necessary for the required approvals and completion of energy projects. Contractor-friendly plans are also one of our goals to keep your site-development costs in check — which helps your bottom line. We support your wind energy projects with:

Siting and public-process support

  • alternatives analyses
  • stakeholder concurrence facilitation
  • project website and newsletter development and management
  • public informational meetings
  • expert witness and testimony services

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Environmental services

  • environmental impact assessments, investigations and remediation
  • environmental compliance audits
  • wetland delineation, mitigation and Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting, planning and monitoring
  • threatened and endangered species surveys
  • bird and bat mortality surveys

Land acquisition and surveying

  • appraisals and appraisal review
  • eminent domain assistance
  • land surveys, plats and legal descriptions
  • UAV inspection and observation services

Geotechnical, structural, electrical and civil engineering and site layout

  • collection, transmission and substation design
  • subsurface investigations
  • geotechnical engineering
  • structural and foundation engineering
  • existing foundation loading evaluations
  • advanced hydraulic modeling
  • water/stormwater storage and controls, including stormwater pollution prevention plans
  • detailed grading and drainage plans
  • cross-country access road analyses, layouts, mapping
  • critical access/bridge evaluations
  • access road planning and management
  • crane pads and equipment laydown areas
  • construction administration, quality assurance, quality control and management

Field tile location and landowner coordination

  • aerial imagery research for field tile systems
  • individual landowner parcel coordination for field tile locations
  • local tile installer communication and coordination

 

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