ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller Recognized With Three Awards for Engineering Excellence.Business Editors RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller, an environmental and engineering services consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , was recognized for engineering excellence by the Consulting Engineers Council of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. as part of the 2000 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition. The firm received three awards, including the Grand Award for surveying and mapping technology, an Honors Award for water and wastewater, and an Honorable Mention in the environmental category. These honors recognize ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller's efforts on three separate projects. The awards will be presented on March 8, 2000. The Grand Award for engineering excellence recognizes the firm's design of a mapping system to support the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' aggressive program to locate, protect, mitigate, and restore wetlands. The system incorporates existing state geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) data and can be used by the state to more efficiently identify, locate, and prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. potential wetland restoration sites. An Honors Award acknowledges ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller's design to modify the South Cary Water Reclamation Facility to accommodate biological removal of nutrients. An innovative design concept was used to re-configure existing treatment tanks to comply with North Carolina's Neuse River The Neuse River is a major permanent stream rising in the piedmont of North Carolina, emptying into the Pamlico Sound below New Bern. Its total length is approx. 325 km (195 mi), and its drainage basin, measuring 14,582 km² in area, lies entirely inside the state of nutrient reduction strategy. Significant reduction of effluent effluent waste from an abattoir carried away in liquid form. Disposal is a major problem because of the need to avoid pollution of waterways. See aerobic effluent treatment, anaerobic effluent treatment. nitrogen and phosphorus phosphorus (fŏs`fərəs) [Gr.,=light-bearing], nonmetallic chemical element; symbol P; at. no. 15; at. wt. 30.97376; m.p. 44.1°C;; b.p. about 280°C;; sp. gr. 1.82 at 20°C;; valence −3, +3, or +5. levels is now achieved using biological rather than chemical techniques. An Honorable Mention was awarded for the firm's project to assist the North Carolina Department of Transportation The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is responsible for building, repairing, and operating highways, bridges, and other modes of transportation, including ferries. with the identification and investigation of potential wetland mitigation sites within the Tar-Pamlico River Basin. ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller developed an innovative strategy that significantly reduced costs and increased efficiency in identifying sites for wetlands preservation, enhancement, and/or creation within the 5,440-acre river basin. ARCADIS Geraghty &Miller is an environmental and engineering services consulting firm, specializing in full-service capabilities within the environment, infrastructure, and building sectors. The firm is the U.S.-based operations arm of ARCADIS NV (Nasdaq:ARCAF) (Arnhem, The Netherlands), a multi-national engineering company specializing in consulting and implementation services for environment, infrastructure, and construction engineering. |
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