From saving you money on your basement drainage issue, to providing site engineering for commercial development, we're here for the Susquehanna River Valley. A great company with several generations of expertise working in the Central Susquehanna Valley. Very nice people and easy to work with. They have a lot of knowledge about Civil Engineering and Flood Zone Elevations.
The Retirement of a Legend - Leonard Meckley Meck-Tech, Inc. and Diversified Construction, Inc. announce the retirement.
The Retirement of a Legend - Leonard Meckley Meck-Tech, Inc. and Diversified Construction, Inc. announce the retirement.
Services
Prior to purchasing a property, whether it be a acre residential lot, or a 100-acre industrial site, the prospective buyer often wants the property vetted to ensure they are not buying unforeseen problems with the property too. At the very least, the buyer wants to know what site problems do exist, so they can factor any deficiencies into negotiations of the sale.
Land development or site design goes hand-in-hand with subdivision of property. We provide an experienced design group for every project. Possibly the most critical task on a land development project is establishing the finished floor elevation of a proposed building. All site design for the project is affected by the floor elevation.
Our office is experienced with stormwater management and design. Our engineers can design stormwater management solutions to meet various local, state and federal requirements. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has developed compliance regulations that must be met for all land development projects in Pennsylvania.
Collectively speaking, "wetlands" describe what are most commonly known as marshes, bogs, swamps, or shallow ponds. The State uses a more legal definition (25 PA Code, Chapter 105): "Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions."
Do you remember Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans? If you recall, New Orleans is built below sea level. After that event, Congress passed a law that greatly increased the price of obtaining Flood Insurance and enforced lending institutions to require a borrower to be covered by adequate flood insurance.
