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FAST-TEK Engineering Support Services services
Weather Data Collection
FAST-TEK owns and operates a portable digital weather station capable of recording a variety of weather conditions including temperature, rainfall, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, wind chill, and evapo-transpiration. An option to record solar radiation is available. Weather station monitoring and data can be useful in litigation support, as well as construction projects.
Stormwater Pollution Prevention and Monitoring
FAST-TEK works with consultants who perform stormwater runoff studies and storm water pollution prevention monitoring. From that information, FAST-TEK build stormwater and erosion control related construction projects The firm installs high-efficiency, low-cost hydrocarbon filtration units in drop-in and curb-opening storm basins to capture stormwater runoff contamination. Typical projects include the assessment of potential sources of stormwater pollution at a manufacturing facility, developing a site map and inventory of exposed hazardous materials, evaluation of spills or leaks, identification of non-stormwater discharges or illegal connections, and collection of stormwater discharge data.
Environmental Investigations, Compliance and Site Closures
On behalf of consultants, FAST-TEK has assisted with thousands of Phase II Subsurface Investigations. Most of the projects relate to spill responses to surface leaks, industrial processes, or tank removals. The firm operates Geoprobe and Powerprobe sampling rigs, as wells as other state-of-the-art techniques to assess and remediate petroleum hydrocarbons, organic solvents and metals contaminated sites. The firm has several proprietary in-situ soil and groundwater remediation methods, including the Remediation Injection Process (RIPâ). Site closure is often obtained using a risk based corrective action (RBCA) computer model to evaluate possible human receptors to residual contamination, which is sometimes requested by our clients.
Remediation and General Contracting
As a licensed contracting firm, FAST-TEK has performed dozens of remediations using a variety of technologies, large earthwork and shored excavation projects as well as UST and AST removals. The firm has also been involved with fuel system upgrades, repairs and installation of fueling systems, sumps, small water treatment systems and enclosures.
Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services
As a contracting firm, FAST-TEK has provided litigation services in the investigation and analysis of cases involving contamination by hydrocarbon and solvent spills and leaks, erosion, flooding and related issues. The firm has provided testimony assisting with many settlement conferences. FAST-TEK"s work is used in the municipal, state and Federal courts.
Erosion Control
FAST-TEK develops erosion control plans and implements erosion mitigation measures, as by evaluating existing surface water drainage, mapping of vegetation, development, rock outcrops and surface soils. Techniques include stormwater and sediment detention basins, as well as increasing the roughness coefficient on existing drainage systems to decrease stormwater runoff velocities. Water retention areas are occasionally used for a permanent response to peak flow. Cost-effective temporary measures are used for short-term solutions.
Data Management Using GPS/GIS
FAST-TEK owns and operates mapping-grade Global Positioning System (GPS) survey equipment. California state groundwater reporting laws require GPS information and laboratory data for all monitoring sites. GPS is a satellite navigation tool that captures coordinate data after a differential correction. Soil or groundwater sampling, soil remediation, and even cartographic mapping, site restoration and erosion control projects are performed using GPS with sub-meter accuracy. FAST-TEK downloads the field data into Arc-View Global Information Software (GIS).
