Energy

S. W. Cole provides services to the energy markets throughout New England. Our clients include utilities and their design and construction teams. Projects include substations, oil and natural gas pipelines, transmission lines (overhead, buried and submarine), wind turbines, tidal (hydrokinetic) power, hydropower, and related projects. We also provide geothermal well services for commercial, educational and institutional facilities.

Our services for energy projects include some of the following:

Geotechnical & Geologic Services

• Exploration coordination and documentation

• Laboratory, soil and rock testing

• Slope stability

• Site specific seismic event mapping and evaluation

• Geotechnical recommendations for O & M buildings, switchyards and substations

• On-site septic design for O & M buildings

• Site soil resistivity testing

• Site seismic refraction testing (S-wave / P-wave determination)

• Transmission line explorations and LPILE parameters

• Soil corrosivity testing

• Recommendations for on-site soil re-use

• On-site geologic hazard observations / documentation

• Site Feasibility

• Drilling Subcontracting, Logistics and Project Management

• Log Exploration Work

• Transmission Support Structure Investigation

• Foundation Design Parameters

• Soil Improvement

• Slope Stability

• Crane Pad and Roadway Design

• Subsurface Drainage

• Cross Connectivity Drainage Design

• Geothermal Well Assessments

• Acid Drainage Assessment of Bedrock

• Evaluation of Rock for Potential Corrosion

• Potential Acid Drainage from Construction Activities

• Resistivity and Conductivity Investigations

• Third-Party Erosion Control Observations

• Seismic Risk Analysis

• Construction Blasting Assessments

• Assessment of Borrow Pits and Quarries

• Hydrogeology

• Engineering Geology

• Rock Core Classification and Logs

• Water Resource Evaluation, Sampling and Testing

Construction Quality Control Services

• Laboratory and field: soil, concrete and grout testing

• Reinforcing steel documentation

• Subgrade observations

• Rock anchor borehole, anchor installation, grouting and tensioning documentation

• Blast Monitoring with Seismographs

• Soil/Aggregate Sampling & Testing

• Subgrade Preparation Observations

• Soil Compaction Testing

• Concrete and Grout Testing

• Anchor Bolt Tension Testing

• Mobile Testing Laboratories for Long-Term Projects

• Laboratory testing of concrete, soil and aggregates

Environmental Services

• Third party erosion control documentation

• Environmental compliance documentation

• Soil, wetlands and vernal pool mapping

• Wetlands Identification and Delineation

• Vernal Pool Assessments

• Functional Assessment and Mitigation

• Wetland Permitting

• Soil Surveys and Mapping

• Site Selection / Soil Suitability Evaluations

• Dredge Spoils Permitting

• Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Consulting

• Site Evaluation for Subsurface Wastewater Disposal System Design

• Biological Assessments

• Deer Wintering Yard Identification

• Monitoring of Environmental Compliance