AESI plans many types of residential, commercial and industrial projects located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Our services cover every critical project step, from initial proposal analysis and evaluation through final dedication of infrastructure to controlling agencies. Our project managers are skilled planners who compile and schedule each step to achieve the highest level of efficiency and economy. The firm conducts impact, cost analysis and feasibility studies, required by financial institutions and regulatory agencies. Among the studies performed are: 201 Facilities Plans for sewerage facilities; Land Development Feasibility Assessments for private developers (including Phase I Hazardous Materials, EISs and EIRs), and Water System Feasibility Studies to determine cost-effective improvements to existing water systems.

Land Surveying

AESI's land surveying services range from small-scale surveys of property corners and line stakeouts to large tract boundary surveys and determinations. Our services include preparation of subdivisions, topographic surveys, aerial-control surveys, construction stakeouts, and highway development activities. Clients include corporations and private-sector developers, state highway administrations, as well as municipal and local agencies.

Landscape Architecture

Our services include complete site and land planning through grading and planting. Our staff concentrates its expertise on projects ranging from single-family residences to major developments, such as PUDs, malls and industrial parks. Our landscape architects offer in-depth knowledge of and skill involving topography, geology, soils, existing and proposed vegetation, infrastructure and special site features, such as drainage and views. They consistently provide unique perspectives and resourceful insights into developments options, constraints and opportunities.

Environmental

Clients use AESI expertise for the full range of environmental Services from Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, to wetland Delineations, Forest Stand Delineations, Forest Conservation Plans, Wetland Mitigation Plans, Habitat Suitability Studies to pursuing and securing all applicable environmental permits. Our permit processing experience has been reviewed by all appropriate agencies under jurisdiction of the Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Norfolk district offices of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Civil Engineering Design

Structural

AESI's structural capabilities include design of bridges, buildings, prestressed and precast concrete, wooden structures, and foundations. Structural engineering clients range from individuals and architects to facilities manufacturers for prestressed- and precast-concrete structures. Our staff also provides on-site construction inspection and trouble-shoots special problems.

Land Development

AESI's development work comprises the design of plans for sites and subdivisions, ranging in size from one lot to hundreds of acres. Our experience, expertise and input on these projects encompass: roadway and lot layout, street and utility plans and profile design, mass- and site-grading plans, as well as drainage and erosion sediment control. AESI's land development capabilities include hydrologic and hydraulic design for storm drainage, stormwater management facilities, stream channel determination, bridge-opening computations, and 100 -year flood-plain determinations. We also provide complete construction-quantity and cost-estimating services.

Transportation

AESI designs highways and streets, as well as residential, commercial and industrial development roadways to optimize safe, efficient egress and ingress. We are experienced in design and traffic analysis for new-town transportation systems and regional-airport and railroad connection facilities. AESI has designed bridges and intersections along with providing subsequent construction services for numerous county and state highway administrations in the region.

Utilities

AESI's environmental work focuses on the analysis, design and specification of water supply, transmission, distribution and storage facilities for a variety of system types ranging from individual to municipal. The firm designs sewage collection systems, sewage pumping stations, transmission lines, and wastewater treatment plans for on-lot subsurface disposal systems, such as septic tanks and tile fields, sand mounds and deep-trench disposal beds, and also for large publicly owned wastewater treatment systems.