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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
Marine Resources • Acoustic Monitoring • Desktop Studies • Environmental Compliance •
EFH Assessments • Habitat Monitoring • Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Surveys • NRDA •
Protected Species • Scientific Diving
Resource Assessments
GMI has developed more than 30 resource assessments, including Desktop Studies (DTS) and Marine Resource Assessments and Reviews (MRAs and MRRs) for government operating/training areas and proposed offshore alternative energy facilities.
The information found within a resource assessment is vital for environmental planning and for use in environmental compliance documentation. Areas addressed include the physical environment (oceanographic parameters and habitats), the biological environment (e.g., protected and commercial marine species), and some socioeconomic considerations (e.g., location of dive sites and fishing hotspots). More than 100 hardcopy maps accompany each report, and associated geodatabases, developed for the MRAs and MRRs, depict physical oceanography, bathymetry (2D, 3D), commercial fisheries, marine mammal distributions, sea turtle distributions, threatened and endangered species, EFHs, marine protected areas (MPAs), and recreational activities.
DTS, MRAs, and MRRs also identify data and information gaps and provide a prioritized list of recommendations for future research. These assessments also serve as the groundwork for future environmental documentation and regulatory consultations (e.g., EAs, EISs, BAs, and Section 7 consultations).
To date, we have produced the following DTS, MRAs, and MRRs:
Geo-Marine has completed over 28 MRAs and updates for the offshore regions of the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska), the Caribbean, Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic, and Pacific Islands. Our staff of marine scientists analyze and integrate both raw data and published reports into a report that provides Navy biologists and planners with a thorough description of a region's physical environment (oceanographic parameters and diverse regional habitats), biological environment (protected and commercial marine species such as fish and fisheries, marine mammals, and sea turtles), and some socioeconomic considerations (e.g., location of dive sites and fishing hotspots). Each report also identifies current data and information gaps and provides our client with a prioritized list of recommendations for future research necessary to address those deficiencies.
To date, we have produced the following DTS, MRAs, and MRRs:
- Marine resource review for the Eastern North Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Adriatic Sea
- Marine resource assessment for the Mediterranean Sea
- Marine resource assessment for the Chesapeake Bay
- Marine resource assessment for the Southern California and Point Mugu Operating Areas (OPAREAs)
- Marine resource assessment updates for the Southeast: Virginia Capes (VACAPES), Cherry Point (CHPT), and Jacksonville/Charleston (JAX/CHASN) OPAREAs
- Marine resource assessment for the Gulf of Mexico OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Southeastern Florida and the AUTEC-Andros OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Lower Chesapeake Bay
- Marine resource assessment for the Pacific Northwest OPAREA
- Seasonality and distribution of marine life at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the Guantanamo OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Gulf of Alaska OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Hawaiian Islands OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Southern California OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Japan and Okinawa Complexes OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Marianas OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Northeast OPAREA: Atlantic City, Narragansett Bay, and Boston
- Marine resource assessment for the CHPT and Southern VACAPES inshore and estuarine areas
- Marine resource assessment for the eastern Gulf of Mexico OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the eastern Gulf of Mexico OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the CHPT OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the JAX/CHASN OPAREA
- Marine resource assessment for the Puerto Rico OPAREA North, Puerto Rico OPAREA South, and St. Croix Underwater Tracking Range
- Marine resource assessment for the VACAPES OPAREA
GMI was contracted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to perform an ecological baseline study of the marine and avian resources that use state offshore waters (0-20 NM). GMI was responsible for the design and implementation of all survey protocols, oversight of field data collection on the abundance and distribution of marine mammals, sea turtles, birds; real-time oceanographic data; and the management, interpretation, validation, and analysis of all data. The project included a literature review related to all marine resources, birds, oceanography, fishes, fisheries, and habitat found within the Study Area and vicinity.