Environmental
Overview
With many experts on staff, Westwood offers decades of experience in environmental review, critical issues analysis, natural resource studies, site assessment, and permitting for projects ranging from residential and commercial developments to utility-scale wind, solar power generation, and pipeline and electrical transmission facilities. Westwood provides customized, fast-paced, client-focused environmental and permitting services. Our environmental staff teams with planners, engineers, and surveyors to optimize land use for our clients.Winning Approval Strategies
Our creative solutions win environmental approvals. When a project requires wetland strategies, environmental impact assessments, wildlife studies, permitting, creative mitigation, or sustainable stormwater management, we can help. Our client-centered service and regulatory credibility bring forth solutions that result in successful projects.
Team and Technology
We are ecological and regulatory experts who create opportunities and efficiently assess impacts and refine needs for our clients. We provide the full range of wetland, wildlife, plant ecology, cultural resources, soils, geological, GIS, and regulatory consulting services nationwide. We support our clients from the earliest due diligence through permit procurement and construction compliance monitoring. Our experts have an average of 20 years of experience and LEED accreditation. We have provided environmental and permitting services for more than 60 wind and solar energy projects, over 1,000 wetland delineations and approvals, and over 80 environmental review documents covering 18,000 acres.
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Environmental Services >
Wetland delineation, permitting, mitigation banking, and monitoring
Automated wetland hydrology studies
Regulatory review, constraint analysis and strategic compliance planning
Site and route permitting for energy projects
Public involvement and expert testimony
NEPA documents and state equivalents
Threatened and endangered species
Avian, bat, and native vegetation studies
Ecological design and native vegetation restoration
Tree surveys and woodland evaluations
Lake and stream assessments
Shoreland and nutrient budget analysis
Innovative low impact strategies
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)
Construction and post-construction compliance monitoring
FAA aviation obstruction evaluation
Soils and geotechnical assessments
Remedial investigation/site assessments
Clean-up and corrective action
Brownfields Clean-up
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Environmental Services Differentiators >
Management team averaging 20 years of experience, LEED accredited
Experienced across the country
Environmental and permitting services for more than 60 wind energy projects since 2005
Over 1,000 wetland delineations and 200 wetland approvals since 1989
Over 80 environmental review documents covering 18,000 acres for land development projects approved by 50 government agencies