Sediment Testing

ASci specializes in providing aquatic and terrestrial surveys. Areas of expertise include sediment quality assessment, environmental monitoring, habitat survey, and geographic information system/information mapping. ASci has conducted surveys for clients including corporations and federal, state, and local government agencies in support of environmental assessments, remedial investigations, risk assessment studies, geotechnical evaluations, ecological studies, and pre-development property assessments.

ASci staff are familiar with the pertinent state and federal rules and regulations regarding sampling and analytical procedures, analytical QA/QC, cleanup criteria, and other remedial goals.

Facilities and equipment include a mobile laboratory units, sampling vessels, and analytical testing equipment.

CAPABILITIES

ASci currently supports projects for government and industry at locations throughout the United States and abroad. Principal sites are in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Mississippi, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Washington, the District of Columbia and Guam. In addition to staffing client facilities, ASci has consulting groups which specialize in environmental surveys (Rochester Hills, MI), chemical and toxicity testing (Duluth, MN and Port Charlotte, FL). The following capabilities information applies to ASci's Environmental Surveys in Michigan.

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY SERVICES

The scientists and specialists of the Surveys' Michigan office have up to 25 years of experience with aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Specialties include:

- Sampling and Survey Design
- Watershed Assessment
- Sediment Vibrocoring
- GIS and Geoprocessing
- Contaminant Field Screening

Our long list of projects include, but is not limited to:

- Rouge River, Michigan
- Ottawa River, Ohio
- Maumee River, Ohio
- Hayton Millpond, Wisconsin
- Newburgh Lake, Michigan
- Buffalo River, New York
- Indiana Harbor, Indiana
- Saginaw River, Michigan
- Twin Rivers, Wisconsin
- New York Harbor Central, New Jersey
- Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Franklin Virginia
- Hammond Indiana
- Webster City, Iowa
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Duluth Harbor, Minnesota
- Michigan City, Indiana
- Burns Harbor, Indiana
- Calumet, Illinois
- Maumee River, Ohio
- Newburg Lake, Michigan
- Black River, Ohio
- Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota
- Roseville, Ohio
- Clark Summit, Pennsylvania
- Oscoda, Michigan
- Narayani River, Nepal
- Monroe Harbor, Michigan
- Detroit River, Michigan

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

ASci Surveys staff regularly participate in professional training courses in our areas of expertise. We are also committed to helping clients beyond the formal requirements of any project. This includes on-site training in methods or technologies that result in long range benefit to the client. We take a special interest in projects that involve some new application of our skills.

Courses:

- SETAC Short Courses, on sediment assessment and appropriate technologies for developing countries
- Enzyme Immunoassay Short Course, in Costa Rica
- Managing Contaminated Sediment Short Courses, for the University of Wisconsin-Madison (8 courses to-date)