MACTEC awarded contract for underground storage tank program

ALPHARETTA, GA, Aug. 5, 2009 – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded MACTEC a one-year, $3 million contract with two additional one year renewal options to provide a wide variety of environmental services at various underground storage tank sites statewide. Allen Kibler, President of MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., (www.mactec.com), made the announcement.

DNR has statewide responsibilities for the management and conservation of Georgia’s natural and cultural resources. Most of this work is conducted by DNR’s six operating divisions which include: Coastal Resources Division, Environmental Protection Division, Historic Preservation Division, Pollution Prevention Assistance Division, Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites Division and Wildlife Resources Division. The Board of Natural Resources, which is appointed by the Governor, oversees rulemaking for the agency.

The contract falls under DNR’s Environmental Protection Division’s Underground Storage Tank Management Program. Major work tasks to be performed include the following;

Monitoring well installation and sampling
Local water resource surveys
Interim free product recovery
Site investigation reports
Groundwater fate and transport modeling
Pilot testing to assist in remedial design
Corrective action plans
Remediation system installation, operation and maintenance
Site closure
Outsourced document review for the state.

According to MACTEC Vice President and Southeast Area Manager David Goershel, MACTEC previously won a similar contract in 2004 which has resulted in the award of more than 30 projects including several sites with large and complicated groundwater contaminant plumes, which in some cases have impacted multiple aquifers. Goershel added that the contractor program was created to assess and remediate underground storage tank releases at facilities where either the owner/operator can’t fund the work upfront or a responsible party can’t be located.

MACTEC (www.mactec.com), based in Alpharetta, GA, is a leading infrastructure engineering firm focused on five strategic business lines: Industrial/Commercial, Transportation, Municipal, Energy, and Federal. With annual revenues over $490 million, MACTEC’s 3,000-plus employees work from over 80 offices nationwide. MACTEC consistently ranks in the top 10% of Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms.