AMEC-BCI has participated in mine exploration, development and design activities for more than 30 years. We offer a broad range of industry services to the mineral exploration industry to reduce risk and enhance value. Our professionals’ blend of geological and engineering expertise, along with the latest computer and software technology, make it possible for us to assist with all aspects of exploration programs from drill program management through geological interpretation and resource modeling.
Services
Forensic Engineering & Science Services
AMEC-BCI’s Forensic Engineering & Science professionals provide comprehensive services and standardized reporting. AMEC-BCI provides optimum investigative engineering services, as well as litigation support. We are committed to serving as a single contact for expertise and information relating to the impartial and expeditious processing of claims. Our goal is to provide clear, concise, and comprehensive information to our clients in a professional, timely and cost-effective manner.
Geologic Services
AMEC-BCI provides comprehensive geologic support services which encompass a broad array of interdisciplinary subjects involving the earth’s materials and the processes that shape them. AMEC-BCI’s Geologic Services group is comprised of widely experienced degreed, certified, licensed or registered professional geologists with sturdy backgrounds in supporting all facets of geologic science. AMEC-BCI staff includes those with more than 30 years of geological experience who have been often recognized by their peers as leaders in the profession.
Geotechnical Engineering Services
AMEC-BCI’s geotechnical expertise spans back to our origins in the 1970s under the guidance of one of the nations leading experts in dam safety and design, Dr. Les Bromwell, PE. AMEC-BCI was originally founded with an initial focus on geotechnical and environmental projects for the phosphate mining and chemical processing industries. AMEC-BCI’s geotechnical & mining group is supported by a host of well qualified engineers, geologists, modelers, and technicians. Our geotechnical background encompasses all aspects and phases of a project from feasibility through project implementation. We have extensive experience in foundation design for structures, bridges, roadways and dams.
Mining Services
AMEC-BCI is also recognized in the industry for our expertise in Florida stream and wetland science and engineering. This knowledge has been routinely coupled with our modeling expertise in the design of reclamation and restoration plans which have helped our mining clients maximize the economic potential of their reserve holdings while providing a high level of assurance to regulatory agencies in support of their permitting decisions. Our geotechnical and material handling expertise continues to be applied to help solve the various operating challenges faced by our clients including projects such as design and construction support for earthen embankments as well as industry specific challenges such as those associated with the handling and management of highly plastic phosphatic clay tailings materials, which is a flagship service upon which the company was founded.
Water Resources Services
AMEC-BCI is extremely proud of our Water Resources team members – a select and very unique blend of experienced professionals all dedicated to protecting, safeguarding and enhancing our irreplaceable natural resources. AMEC-BCI is among the top firms in Central Florida with the expertise and experience available to provide a full complement of engineering and environmental services in the areas of water resources engineering and management. We are intent upon aiding our clients in protecting and restoring our water resources, while balancing the needs of both nature and society.
AMEC-BCI has direct and noteworthy experience in virtually every type of natural Florida watershed physiography and waterbody type, freshwater and estuarine, with unique knowledge of sub-tropical streams. Recognized as an industry pioneer in Integrated Water Management, AMEC-BCI was one of the original firms to offer solutions which successfully blend the science and engineering aspects of watershed master planning and floodplain management. Within our project designs we excel at considering both watershed and receiving water dynamics and associated restoration requirements.
The collection and disposal of solid waste represents a daily challenge for governments and private industry. AMEC-BCI’s team of professional geologists and engineers stay abreast of current technology and regulatory requirements to successfully create innovative solutions for our client’s solid waste needs. We understand that our clients are constantly faced with complex waste management decisions, the competitive nature in which waste companies operate, and the low margins available to them. Our experts are adept at most aspects of environmental compliance and permitting for solid waste facilities. We are especially skilled in characterizing, the very tough to characterize, geologic and hydrogeologic environments and have very good expertise in gas related issues as well.
AMEC-BCI has world-class credentials in the specialized geotechnical engineering discipline of designing, monitoring, and evaluating earth dams. We believe there is no other Florida-based firm with more extensive, detailed understanding of the issues involved in designing and constructing dams and impoundments in Florida’s unique environment. In addition, AMEC-BCI Team members have pioneered the use of roller compacted concrete (RCC) as a means of armoring the interior slopes of water reservoirs in South Florida. AMEC-BCI has extensive and directly applicable experience dealing with the unique character of Florida’s subsurface conditions.
Since AMEC-BCI’s inception in the mid-1970s we have been a leader in natural resource protection, preservation, and enhancement. Our clients entrust us with their most sensitive ecosystem challenges and high profile projects. Professional Wetland Scientists, biologists, hydro-ecologists, restoration ecologists, modelers, environmental and water resource engineers, and PhD scientists are a sampling of the AMEC-BCI experts who have successfully worked together to perform critical ecorestoration projects. Environmental disasters such as oil spills, deforestation, and the destruction of wetlands give us cause to reflect upon our fragile natural resources. AMEC-BCI is committed to consistently remain at the forefront of research efforts, methodology development, and the implementation of processes and tools to help ensure sustainable and flourishing ecosystems for future generations.