Parsons is Awarded Contracts for Range Sustainabilty Services by the Department of the Navy.Business Editors PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2003 Parsons announced today that it has been awarded two $100 million contracts from the Department of the Navy (DON) to provide the U.S. Navy with range sustainability services, including the development of Range Complex Management Plans, and environmental planning Environmental planning is a relatively new field of study that aims to merge the practice of urban planning with the concerns of environmentalism. Essentially speaking, while urban planners have traditionally factored in economic development, transportation, sanitation, and other documentation in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The first contract, awarded to a Parsons joint venture with SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. Technologies of Newport Beach, California Newport Harbor redirects here. For the MTV reality series, see . Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana. , is for services to the Navy's U.S. Pacific Fleet and will be administered by the Naval Facilities Engineering The term "facilities engineering" evolved from "plant engineering" in the early 1990s as U.S. workplaces became more complex. Practitioners preferred this term because it more accurately reflected the multidisciplinary demands for specialized conditions in a wider variety of indoor Command, Southwest Division, San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . Parsons also received an award as prime contractor for a similar contract supporting the U.S. Atlantic Fleet A number of countries currently have or previously had an Atlantic Fleet in their navies.
Known as the Navy Tactical Training Theater Assessment and Planning (TAP) Program, the range sustainability projects will create a comprehensive approach designed to protect the viability of this nation's training assets and resources, elements that are crucial to our national security program. Concern has grown over the past few years about availability of military training ranges and the challenges of encroachment faced by our military. The scope of these projects will be to provide engineering and planning services to integrate all operational and environmental considerations, consequently providing the Navy with an integrated training complex management model that will enhance operational capabilities and environmental stewardship The integration and application of environmental values into the military mission in order to sustain readiness, improve quality of life, strengthen civil relations, and preserve valuable natural resources. . Parsons will incorporate various planning processes and tools to reinforce communications between the Navy and the public, and will focus on worldwide range management, environmental products and studies, natural and cultural resource plans, and sustainability of training facilities. Parsons brings significant experience in military operations, and an integral understanding of Navy and Marine Corps operational and training requirements to these projects. This expertise, coupled with substantial environmental, engineering and project management skills, is necessary to integrate the widely varied disciplines needed to support range sustainability. Parsons' past experience and familiarity with a wide variety of Department of Defense projects provide the right background and proficiency for the development of range complex management and environmental products. Parsons' long-standing relationship with the Department of the Navy, positions the firm to become a premier range sustainability contractor. "We recognize the enormous challenge of this prototype endeavor for the Navy and the Parsons team looks forward to developing a model that will be in place for many years," says John A. Scott John Alan Scott (who has published under the names John A. Scott and John Scott) (born 23 April 1948) is an Australian poet, novelist and academic. Scott was born in Littlehampton in Sussex, England, migrating to Australia during his childhood. , President of Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group. Parsons, a leader in many diversified markets, such as facilities, industrial processes, communications, infrastructure, transportation, water, advanced technology, environmental and planning, provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as federal, regional and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com. |
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