Normandeau Associates Inc services

We have extensive experience in preparing Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) to fulfill the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related state regulations. We have developed a proven approach to evaluating practical measures for minimizing adverse impacts while enhancing beneficial project effects. This is critical to the acceptance of a proposed project by both regulatory agencies and the public.

We provide the full range of services to help public and private clients address permitting of new facilities, regulatory compliance for permit conditions of existing facilities and, we provide the expertise to work through environmental challenges at operating plants. We understand the regulatory issues you need to address for your project while maintaining the operating efficiencies of your facilities. Our staff has established excellent working relationships with regulatory agencies nationwide, and our regulatory knowledge and scientific expertise allow us to help you develop the most effective approach to securing regulatory approvals.

We provide a full range of environmental planning and analytical services for many major new road, bridge, airport, rail and port planning projects. Our planning services have also been provided for diverse client types to include: major utilities; oil and gas; waste management; mining; chemical manufacturing; pulp and paper; transportation agencies; port, rail and airport authorities; and Federal, state and local government agencies. We provide environmental science, planning, and permitting services to address increasingly complex issues surrounding the development of reasonable which meet project objectives while minimizing environmental impacts. Our scientists work closely with engineers and architects to site facilities that promote sustainability.

Today there is a greater emphasis on sustainability, ecological preservation and restoration, and more effective use of our natural resources. Normandeau has worked with many clients in the energy, industrial and private sector, as well as with government agencies, to develop and operate in a manner that promotes the protection of natural resources while meeting project objectives. We work closely with non-governmental organizations to preserve natural features and to provide recreational opportunities. The applied ecologists on our staff have a wide range of experience in a variety of environments ranging from the arctic to the tropics and that include freshwater, marine, estuarine, terrestrial, and wetlands habitats. Our scientists strive to continually provide sound scientific advice based on quality supporting data while meeting your needs.

Normandeau is well known for our ability to conduct complex field programs and to mobilize personnel and necessary equipment to complete projects on time and within budget. Field Operation Supervisors, who have up to 35 years of experience collecting samples from terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments, oversee our field teams. They have the ability to design collection programs and perform sampling activities to the exacting standards based on both regulatory and client needs.

`Strategy` can be defined as a long-term plan of action to achieve a specific goal. Strategic planning means working with the client to define that goal, identify issues, assess the resources available, measure community sentiment, provide counsel on a recommended course of action, and implement for success. Stakeholders who may hold varying interests and agendas must be considered and differences resolved. Normandeau`s public involvement team combines political savvy, deep knowledge of the communities we serve, technical expertise, and years of experience into a formidable strategic planning portfolio. Collaboration, respect for stakeholders, attention to detail, and rock-solid integrity are the hallmarks of our approach. We have applied this experience to large- and small-scale public projects and processes ranging from transportation and environmental assessment to community development.

With some projects the organization chart can be a mix of agencies, jurisdictions, and contractors with lines of authority and decision interweaving and overlapping. Normandeau is adept at identifying who needs to be on the chart and coordinating the connections among the various players. Clients depend on us to be the common source of communication, information, counsel, and team building. We make sure that everyone is engaged in the conversation and that everyone is working from the same blueprint and toward the same goal.

We like to think that all of our work, regardless of the project, falls under the banner of community development. Perhaps that`s why we`re in this business. We value communities, the benefits our work brings to them, and the opportunity to actively and effectively engage people in the decision-making process. On projects ranging from downtown revitalization to affordable housing, we use our tools and know-how to bring people together in a collaborative process to exchange ideas and opinions, work through issues, share information, craft visions, and achieve goals. We understand the processes of policy development, funding, design, and consensus building. We foster conversations, articulate challenges and goals, mediate between diverse interests, and develop success-oriented strategies for community improvement opportunities of all sizes.