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Geo-Marine Awarded $400M 5-year Design-Build Contract
GMI has been selected as an AFRC contractor under the new Command-wide Operations and Maintenance Project Execution Contract (COMPEC) II. The company is one of a small number of contractors selected for the 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Archaeology Fair Draws Record Crowd
Pint-sized explorers, budding artists and junior archaeologists were among those who visited this year's Archaeology Fair in Plano, TX. The event was sponsored by Geo-Marine, The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, and the City of Plano in Plano, Texas.
Beckemeyer Named GMI President
Curt Beckemeyer, Senior V.P. and Transportation Sector Manager for Applied Research Associates (GMI's parent company), has been named President of GMI. Beckemeyer takes on this position in addition to his existing ARA responsibilities.
Environmental Resources
Acoustic Monitoring • Desktop Studies • Environmental Compliance • EFH Assessments • Habitat Monitoring • Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Surveys • NRDA • Protected Species • Resource Assessments • Scientific Diving
Marine Resources
GMI’s Marine Resources Group is composed of a diverse, experienced team of marine scientists offering expertise in the fields of marine mammal and sea turtle biology, ornithology, acoustics, coral reef ecology, fish and fisheries, and biostatistics. Our scientists specialize in Federally-protected species research, conservation, and management and have served as chief scientists, principal investigators, and modelers on multiple projects.
Services
- Protected species surveys
- Marine mammal and sea turtle surveys
- Acoustics monitoring
- Natural Resource Damage Assessments
- Environmental Compliance
- Resource Assessments
- Habitat Monitoring
- Essential Fish Habitat Assessments
- Scientific Diving
The GMI marine sciences team has a wide variety of experience that ranges from field studies to environmental compliance documentation. Tasks in the marine environment have ranged from management and/or execution of large-scale survey efforts in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico to the development of marine resource documents that cover hundreds of square miles of coastal and ocean areas across the globe.
Experience
- Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Letter of Authorization (LOA) applications
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) consultation and documentation
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultations
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
- Marine Resources Assessments (MRAs)
- Threatened & Endangered (T&E) species studies
- Line transect surveys for marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds
- Protected species mitigation and compliance surveys
- Density/abundance modeling using line transect data
- Bioacoustics (PAM and sound pressure level monitoring)
- Marine resource mapping
- Geodatabase development
Science-Based Solutions
GMI provides its clients with cost-effective environmental solutions based on the application of rigorous science. Our team’s experience allows us to supply our clients with high quality products under difficult budgetary and time constraints.
We have successfully conducted marine resources assessments, marine mammal and sea turtle assessments, shipboard and aerial surveys, density estimations, protected species mitigation and compliance surveys, spatial modeling, NEPA-compliance and documentation, essential fish habitat (EFH) consultation and assessments, Section 7 consultations, take permit authorizations, seagrass restoration, marine habitat characterizations, coastal zone management planning, wetland evaluation and delineation, marine resources mapping, and collection and interpretation of remotely sensed data. Our experience has proven crucial in programs involving marine ecosystem study, conservation and management, and environmental stewardship.