Amazon’s first fulfillment center in Alabama (and Alabama’s first robotic center) opened in March 2020 in Bessemer with over 1,500 employees. Out of Amazon’s 175 global fulfillment centers, this is one of only 25 that uses robots to help customers get their packages on time. 350-pound robots will work with the associates to retrieve items … Read More
Congratulations to Josh Bhate on being named to Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40”! The Top 40 list honors professionals who have distinguished themselves in their careers and the community before their 40th birthday. Josh, who serves as Vice President of BHATE and manages the firm’s Environmental Team, also founded his own company Building Diagnostics … Read More
Girls Inc of Central Alabama hosted the women of BHATE Geosciences at their Eureka Teen Achievement Program which engages middle and high-school girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. BHATE talked with the girls about what it means to be a geotechnical and materials engineer, the schooling needed to become an engineer and … Read More
The newly completed Interstate 59/20 bridges and ramps in Birmingham’s Central Business District (CBD) opened in January 2020 to the relief and delight of travelers who patiently dealt with construction for nearly 5 years including a major downtown bridge closure and rerouting of traffic for 12 months. Built in the 1960s, Birmingham’s CBD bridges were … Read More
BHATE Geosciences provides environmental testing and consulting with an excellent reputation in providing cost-effective solutions to assess, evaluate, monitor and resolve environmental risks. BHATE’s environmental team includes professional geologists, engineers, environmental scientists and geophysicists. We routinely work with regulatory agencies to maintain environmental due diligence for clients. PROPERTY CONDITION & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Environmental Solutions Asbestos, … Read More
Congratulations to Jackie Northington – BHATE’s Employee of the Month for December! Jackie joined Team BHATE in 2015 and has worked in numerous roles supporting multiple departments. Officially, she serves as Project Administrative Assistant for our Construction Materials Testing Department – but Jackie does so much more than her title. Jackie is known to help … Read More
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi will expand the existing Batson Children’s Hospital by 370,000 SF with a seven-story tower that includes a 92-bed NICU, 32-bed PICU, 10 operating rooms, ambulatory services and an outpatient clinic as well as a five-level, 193,000 SF parking garage. BHATE Geosciences performed construction materials testing and … Read More
BHATE was hired by a civil engineer in Alabama that was trying to design new overhead canopies around existing fuel facilities. They had completed a topographic survey of the existing conditions at the site, but this did not yield any information about subsurface utilities. They had no idea what type, how many or how deep … Read More
BHATE has worked on numerous projects on Children’s of Alabama campus including the Benjamin Russell Hospital and central energy plant. The Lee Building at Children’s of Alabama is a 6-story, 115,00 SF medical office building with a 1,500-car parking deck connected by a pedestrian bridge to all of the hospital’s campus facilities. BHATE Geosciences provided … Read More
BHATE Geosciences has repeatedly worked on multiple projects at Grandview Medical Center campus including the hospital, two medical office buildings, two parking decks, a cancer center, and the diagnostics and emergency areas. Difficult terrain dictated that up to three floors of underground parking were required. To achieve cost savings and reliable building support, some of … Read More
