How Does the Clean Water Rule Affect You? On October 22, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) finalized a rule which repeals the 2015 Clean Water Rule. The repeal takes effect on December 23, 2019. This repeal means regulations defining Clean Water Act jurisdiction will be reinstated as they … Read More
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BHATE Geosciences Selected by DC Blox for Geotechnical and CMT Services
On July 11, 2019, DC Blox opened the first phase of the 33,760 square feet data center, which brought 18,000 square feet of white space and 13,000 square feet of office space, conference rooms, demo space, hoteling cubes, and workstations to downtown Birmingham, Alabama. According to the company, the first phase is a part of … Read More
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to Locate Underground Utilities
BHATE offers ground penetrating radar solutions (GPR) for the designation of subsurface utilities. With GPR surveys, we can quickly identify and mark the location and depth of service utilities – gas, communications, sewer lines – and other metallic and non-metallic targets including underground storage tanks and PVC pipes. When would GPR be useful? Utility detection … Read More
DC BLOX bringing possible investment of $785 million over 10 years
Birmingham has been announced as the home of a flagship data center for DC BLOX, which is based in Atlanta. The new data center is to be built on the former Trinity Steel site, located slightly west of I-65 and Railroad Park. Construction on Phase 1 of the project is expected to begin as early … Read More
Tuscaloosa County Auto Supplier on Track to Open High-Tech Facility
Truck & Wheel Group plans a 127,000-square-foot, highly automated facility in Vance that will assemble, sequence and balance wheels for delivery to automotive production lines. BHATE Geosciences will perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, subsurface exploration, stormwater monitoring and construction materials testing for asphalt, concrete, soil, steel and rebar and floor flatness/floor levelness. This is … Read More