CALIFORNIA WEATHER

                            & EARTH SCIENCES

Dams, Power Plants, Transmission Lines, Pipes, Oil Rigs: 

Structural Safety, Seismic Analysis, Sizing, Repair 

The recent devastating earthquake in Haiti underscores the need for preventative mitigation and restoration efforts for Haiti and for the many dams, power plants (nuclear and conventional), transmission lines, water and sewage pipelines, oil wells, and offshore oil rigs in the U.S. and around the world that my be in danger of collapse or partial destruction - in the event of an earthquake, storm, or other natural stress.

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., Principal Scientist and Primary Expert Witness of  Environmental Science & Energy, Inc., offers structural and seismic analysis of the integrity of dams, spillways, hydroelectric power plants, other power plants, transmission lines, water supply and sewage pipes (above and below ground), oil wells, and oil rigs worldwide, plus repair, reconstruction, restoration, or replacement of these structures and facilities.  These include, but are not limited to:

Structures and Facilities:

• Dams, federal, state, and local, in the United States, plus dams in Canada, Mexico, and overseas [including Haiti].

• Hydroelectric power plants - large, mid-size, and small - in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas [including Haiti].

• Nuclear power plants - U.S. and other countries [including Haiti].

• Other power plants:  coal, oil, natural gas, and other - U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas [including Haiti].

• Electrical transmission lines and telephone poles [including Haiti].

• Cell phone towers [including Haiti].

• Water reclamation plants [including Haiti].

• River levees [including Haiti].

• River channels.

• Aqueducts, open and closed [including Haiti]..

• Water supply pipelines and conduits, above and below ground [including Haiti].

• Sewage pipes and conduits, above and below ground [including Haiti].

• Natural gas pipelines, above and below ground [including Haiti].

• Other public utility facilities.

• Oil wells and offshore oil rigs.

Services Offered:

• Inspection of the structure or facility.

• Construction defects analysis.

• Structural analysis for damage, deterioration, or corrosion over the years.

• Seismic hazards and seismic safety analysis

• Protection against maximum credible earthquake.

• Protection against maximum credible wind event.

• Sizing of dams and spillways for probable maximum flood or other major storm and flood events

• Repair of defects.

• Reconstruction or restoration - partial or total.

• Demolition and replacement of entire structure or facility.

• Removal of silt and debris from reservoirs.

• Removal of silt, choking vegetation, natural debris, and man-made refuse  from river and stream bottoms.

• Research into improvement in the construction of various structures or facilities.