Itasca Environmental Management Services Near Alabama
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based in USA
Combining experience, conventional approaches, and numerical modeling tools, Itasca can simulate mining of client’s sites first, to select mining methods appropriate to the orebody geometry, rock mass strength conditions, and stress state. Itasca understands the economics involved in any mine design and ensures that mineral recovery is optimized while satisfying subsidence criteria and ...
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based in USA
Surface subsidence (vertical deformations) or mining-induced ground deformations (horizontal and vertical) are often an inevitable consequence of many mining methods. Itasca evaluates mining-induced subsidence related to the extraction of ore from both underground and open pit mines, together with dewatering-induced subsidence. Services provided include: field investigation for acquiring ...
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based in USA
Itasca's staff is thoroughly versed in the environmental permitting process, having worked closely with different mining companies, with federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as with other consultants and subcontractors. Through these interactions, Itasca has earned a solid reputation for its ability to combine highly-defensible technical work with the appropriate level of ...
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based in USA
Methodologies for the collection of hydrogeologic and geochemical data vary, as do the ways those data are managed and presented. Itasca offers consulting services to customize solutions that meet each client’s needs related to the management and presentation of hydrogeologic and geochemical data. ...
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based in USA
Itasca is experienced in estimating the dewatering needs of a construction site or mine to temporarily lower groundwater levels below the natural groundwater level, in all seasons, to provide for safe excavation construction and working environment during operations. Itasca also predicts dewatering rates, performing numerical modeling to estimate dewatering and to design and optimize the ...
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based in USA
Itasca performs analyses for concrete/masonry dams (including arch, gravity, RCR - roller compacted concrete) and embankment dams (earth, rockfill, and mine tailings dams), including: Short- and long-term mechanical behavior analysis of dams on fractured rock. Optimizing dam design based on criteria constraints. Analyzing thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of a concrete dam subjected to thermal ...
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based in USA
Natural barriers, including geological formations — salt, argillite, sedimentary or crystalline settings — constitute the most important component of the complex multilayered system that isolates stored waste from the biosphere. Therefore, the design and performance assessment of waste repositories require a thorough knowledge and understanding of host rock behavior. Itasca has ...
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based in USA
Itasca specializes in site assessment, data analysis, the evaluation of impacts to water resources, the selection of remediation systems, the implementation of remedial actions that lead to the closure of sites where contaminated soil and groundwater are encountered, and seismology. Services are provided that range from the sampling of soil, sediment, and water to the construction of detailed ...
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based in USA
Itasca can estimate the dewatering needs of a construction site or mine to temporarily lower groundwater levels below the natural groundwater level, in all seasons, to provide for safe excavation construction and working environment during operations. Itasca can predict dewatering rates, including numerical modeling to estimate dewatering and design and optimize the dewatering and water-disposal ...
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based in USA
Itasca is particularly well-known for examining complex problems involving slope instabilities in soil and rock. One specialty is assessment of slope stability and design on scales ranging from civil engineering slopes in soil and rock, including portals, to mine benches and inter-ramps for many of the world’s largest open-pit mines. Another is analysis of both the static and dynamic ...
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based in USA
Transportation infrastructure represents the arteries of modern civilization. Itasca provides engineering and research services for nearly all aspects of transportation ...
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based in USA
Itasca has provided analysis of nearly all types of retaining structures, including slurry-supported reinforced concrete diaphragm walls, sheet pile walls, soil-nailed walls, and tieback walls. As with dams, water pressure acting within the soil mass is often a key issue. The ability to predict water pressures is an important element in understanding the behavior of retaining structures. Itasca ...
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based in USA
Itasca has over 20 years of experience in applying seismology to a wide range of engineering applications, allowing engineers to non-destructively monitor structure health and integrity and locate areas of ...
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based in USA
Itasca’s hydrogeochemists have broad experience in evaluating the chemical characteristics of soil, tailings, waste rock, groundwater, and surface water at mining and environmental sites. Comprehensive evaluation of hydrogeology and geochemistry provides an integrated approach and can facilitate a more thorough understanding of complex groundwater and surface-water systems. ...
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based in USA
Itasca has extensive experience with quantitative assessment of surface and sub-surface groundwater flow. This enables Itasca to efficiently provide clients with reliable information that is critical for attaining their operational and environmental goals as well as for navigating the complex technical, legal, and permitting aspects of water ...
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based in USA
Itasca’s finite volume (FV) approach uses the shear strength reduction (SSR) method for numerical modeling. This formulation is far superior to more traditional limit equilibrium (LE) methods and offers several advantages over finite element (FE) methods as ...
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based in USA
Oil and gas environmental and operational services includes the evaluation and permitting of deep-injection water-disposal wells, the geochemical fingerprinting of hydrocarbon sources, and the assessment of potential water-quality changes associated with road traffic/maintenance, drilling, and hydraulic fracturing ...
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based in USA
Itasca provides solutions for storage of natural gas or compressed air in lined and unlined caverns. Our diverse team with expertise in analyzing geo-structural interaction, geomechanical, thermal and creep coupled problems assesses the stability and long term performance of storage caverns due to combinations of critical loading conditions in singular and group cavern settings by means of 2D and ...
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based in USA
The conveying of granular materials is present in many industries: pharmaceuticals with helical screws, food processing with vibration systems, mining with conveyor belts, among other examples. These systems require many adjustments to achieve optimal performance, which also depends on the material used and environmental factors: size distribution, grain shape, water content, etc. It is ...
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based in USA
Itasca has been involved in the real-time monitoring, post-processing, and quality assurance of enhanced oil recovery projects using single- and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. Company experience covers a wide variety of completions, acquisition geometries, and treatments, employing novel processing techniques where necessary to improve the quality of information feedback to oil and gas ...
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