Remediation Managers report that 75% of their budgets are directed to remediation, rather than investigation – a trend toward “hard spend” that has been growing over the last ten years. Of the remediation projects being conducted, high growth is expected in sediment remediation, as many ecological restoration projects (or portions of larger remediation projects) have been left until late in the restoration program. As a result, managers are facing portfolios of projects that are increasingly rich in ecological scenarios.
These scenarios are complex – intersecting jurisdictions and regulations, third parties and interest group involvement, increased technical challenges – with numerous pitfalls and liabilities. Managers have options to manage liability at several stages of the project, but much of the battle is won or lost in the initial scoping and planning.
We have worked through everything from simple perennial stream crossings to regional impacts from the ‘Manhattan Project’. From that knowledge base, here are the five keys to the game in the initial stages of the project:
Ecological restoration projects are significant undertakings. Read our whitepaper on understanding local conditions and how they impact your project. Also, see the video below for a brief review of this topic.