Mecklenburg County, NC
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. Since 2015, passengers have increased from 28 million to over 50 million. The airport has crafted a master plan that will sustain the growth and construction it anticipates will happen well into 2035.
EnviroScience—formerly known as ClearWater Environmental Consultants, Inc.—secured multiple 404 and 401 permits for the airport’s 3rd parallel runway and other master plan projects.
The third runway measures over 9,000 feet long and includes two taxiway bridges constructed on 650 acres. Total impacts of the third runway included 22,559 linear feet of stream, 1.148 acres of wetlands, and 7.522 acres of open waters.
Additional permitting included expanding a new entrance road, parking lots, and parking decks. The total impacts of these projects included 2,395 linear feet of stream and 3.035 acres of wetlands.
Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.
Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.
EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring); emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.
