Environmental

Craven Thompson and Associates has a staff of engineers experienced in providing in-house ecological services.  With the addition of an Environmental Services department with experience in South Florida , to the CTA team, the firm is able to provide a broad range of environmental services both quickly and accurately.

With the rapid expansion of wetlands rules and ordinances and the resultant governmental maze created, expertise in negotiating land development projects through this process in a timely fashion is essential.  CTA can provide this permitting expertise along with specific products such as jurisdictional determinations for wetland boundaries, environmental assessments for determining sensitive environmental issues, environmental studies and reports for coastal, freshwater, as well as upland habitats.  Other examples include seagrass surveys, benthic studies, vegetation and wildlife including endangered species surveys, tree surveys and tree permitting, mitigation monitoring reports and assessments, and water quality surveys.  In addition, CTA can provide inventories and maps of natural resource areas and with assistance the data can be managed through state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems.  

Typical projects where CTA ecological services can be utilized are large and small environmental restoration projects, various-sized residential, commercial or recreational land development projects, marinas and docking structures, piers, various dredge and fill projects and other projects where natural resource assessments and permitting is required.