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Storm Water Management
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Storm Water Management

Storm Water Management

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Protect and Sustain Your Municipality or Industry

Capture and control storm water, a resource that needs careful management to meet ever-changing regulations, protect and improve our environment and natural resources, and provide an overall benefit for your municipality or industry. Consult with one of our project managers about our storm water management services.

Robert E. Lee & Associates provides a wide range of environmental, engineering, surveying, and overall site development services to financial lenders, buyers, sellers, developers of real estate, architects, and design-build contractors including:

  • Storm Water Management Plans
  • Best Management Practices Design
  • WDNR Storm Water Management Grant Applications and Assistance
  • Storm Water Utility Assistance
  • Property Surveys and Topographic Mapping
  • Comprehensive Municipal Storm Water Management Plans (WDNR MS4 Permitting)
  • Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
  • Computer Modeling (WinSLAMM, XPSWMM, etc.)
  • Flood Plain Determination/Analyses
  • Storm Water Collection and Conveyance Systems Design
  • Construction Bidding, Administration, and Observation
  • Storm Water and Outfall Sampling, Testing, and Analysis

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GIS / Mapping

GIS / Mapping

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Command Your World with Integrated GIS Services

Through the use of GIS, Robert E. Lee & Associates provides communities and organizations with fast, accurate access to the information needed for effective decision-making. Data from multiple sources can be integrated into a powerful management tool, allowing streets, utilities, soils, property lines, tax information, zoning, and other datasets to be monitored and maintained efficiently and cost-effectively. Consult with our project managers to discover how GIS can work for you.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geographic information systems (GIS) provides a complete solution for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. By linking precise geographic coordinates with detailed feature attribute data, GIS allows for effective visualization of patterns that could not be seen by scanning through rows and columns on a spreadsheet. Organizations of any size and industry can benefit from GIS. Implementing GIS leads to improved record keeping, clearer communication, increased efficiency, and meaningful cost savings.

Basemap and Layer Options

GIS data layers can be viewed, queried, and interactively mapped to suit your unique application needs. Data sources can include tabular databases or spreadsheets, CAD drawings, digitized features from map sheets or aerial photography, and GPS/survey data. Existing data can be implemented into a new GIS system, or you can work with our experienced surveying and engineering team to collect the necessary data and information.

Layers and Basemapping

Modernize Your Workflow

Robert E. Lee & Associates uses only the most up-to-date GIS software and methodology while adhering to proven standards and principles. We partner with world leader, geographic software designer ESRI and their ArcGIS application platform to create and edit GIS data, perform analysis, and publish printed and digital maps. ArcGIS is the industry standard, meaning your data will never become obsolete. This also allows us to integrate publicly available county GIS data layers into your project to supplement your personal project data.

In addition to ArcGIS Pro software, our firm uses ArcGIS Online to deliver highly accessible GIS products to our clients. ArcGIS online leverages the power of cloud computing, giving you access to your maps and data in a personalized application running in a web browser on any computer or mobile devices. This makes your data immediately available and usable as soon as the project is completed.

Field Data Collection and Use

Having GIS data stored online also means you are not tied to the office to access your data. Robert E. Lee & Associates can configure applications that allow you to view and locate features in the field using a smartphone or tablet device. In addition, you can update attribute data (such as the condition of a manhole) or attach photos to features, and have this data sync automatically to your GIS database.

Take maps into the field on any device, whether online or off. Staff can access maps and view real-time information to report problems, complete orders, and update records.

GIS Project Types

  • Utility system mapping
  • Street and right-of-way asset maps
  • Planning and zoning parcel maps
  • Facilities management
  • Detailed base-mapping
  • Park surveys and tree inventories
  • Wetland delineation mapping
  • Transportation and logistical analysis
  • Demographic trends visualization and analysis
  • Comprehensive plan mapping

GIS Services Provided

  • Automated mapping and cartography
  • Data capture and conversion including GPS
  • Database design and development
  • ArcGIS Online and mobile GIS configuration
  • Integration and conversion of CAD data
  • 2D and 3D site location modeling
  • Mailing address generation
  • System design, implementation, and maintenance
  • GIS system consultation, training, and support
  • Customized solutions

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Planning and Development
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Planning and Development

Planning and Development

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Adapt to Change. Plan for the Future.

Many towns, villages, cities and counties are developing and adopting plans to deal with the rapid pace of change. Robert E. Lee & Associates provides professional and technical support to help your community plan for the future. Our experienced staff tailors our services to meet the unique local needs and budget resources of each community. Consult with our project managers to keep pace with your community’s changing needs.

Thoughtful, Effective Strategies

Through an effective comprehensive planning process, your community can set goals and create thoughtful and effective strategies for land use, conservation, and development.

Our planning and development services include:

Land Use Planning Services

  • Comprehensive Plans
  • Corridor Plans
  • Watershed Plans
  • Community Opinion Surveys
  • Vision Processes
  • Public Space Planning
  • Data Profiles & Analysis
  • Resource Inventories
  • In-house GIS Mapping
  • Public Participation Programs
  • Facility Plans
  • Building Construction

  • Guidance for Goal Setting & Priorities
  • Organizational Assessment & Strategic Planning
  • Feasibility Analysis for Government Restructuring
  • Public Opinion Surveys for More Informed Decision Making

  • Zoning Ordinances
  • Subdivision Ordinances
  • Natural Resource Conservation Programs
  • Tax Incremental Finance Districts (TIF)
  • Business Improvement Districts (BID)
  • Capital Improvement Plans (CIP)

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  • Grant Application & Administration
  • Community Development Block Grants
  • Lake Planning & Protection Grants
  • Private Foundation Grants
  • Traffic Safety Study Grants
  • Household Surveys to Determine Eligibility
  • Low-interest Loans for Community Development

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Environmental Compliance
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Environmental Compliance

Environmental Compliance

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Complete Environmental Consulting Services

Robert E. Lee & Associates is a full-service environmental consulting firm providing a complete range of air, soil, and groundwater environmental compliance services for industrial, municipal, and commercial clients.

Our environmental compliance department includes experienced professionals who focus on the needs of our clients. Contact us to learn how we can help you meet your environmental compliance needs.

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Our Environmental Compliance Services Include:

Environmental due diligence is a vital part of property acquisitions, loan refinancing, business mergers, and foreclosures. Managing potential environmental risk can aid in protecting investments and ensuring viability of the future resale of a property. There are many examples of environmental issues negatively impacting the development of a property leading to unforeseen costs. REL focuses on assessing and managing environmental risk, providing straight-forward answers and assisting in the closing of transactions.

REL environmental staff have completed thousands of Phase I ESAs and hundreds of Phase II ESAs, site investigations, and remediation projects throughout Wisconsin for a variety of private sector clients, as well as projects involving the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Small Business Administration, WDNR, and U.S. EPA projects. Our expertise has not gone unnoticed, as we have been recognized as the preferred due diligence provider for many financial institutions. REL staff has successfully assisted in closing many transactions on properties with environmental issues.

All due diligence work will be conducted in accordance with applicable American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. Similarly, all investigative work will be conducted in accordance with applicable WDNR standards and guidance.

Environmental Due Diligence Services

  • Free Property Review Consultations on Potential Projects.
  • Record Search with Risk Assessment (RSRA) reports
  • Transaction Screens (ASTM E 1528-14)
  • Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)
  • Pre-construction Corridor Studies for utility construction projects.
  • Training seminars on identification and evaluation of environmental risk
  • Third-party review of environmental reports
  • Phase II ESAs
    • Soil sampling
    • Groundwater sampling
    • Vapor sampling
Note: REL owns a Geoprobe drill rig enabling fast response times in completing Phase II ESAs.

SBA Environmental Investigations

REL staff are knowledgeable of SBA environmental investigation standard operating procedure and have completed many SBA funded due diligence projects. REL offers free SBA SOP training seminars.

Lender Liability Exemptions

REL has successfully obtained lender liability exemptions for properties in the foreclosure process throughout Wisconsin.

Voluntary Party Liability Exemptions

REL has worked with prospective purchasers on the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE) process.

Robert E. Lee & Associates has completed numerous Brownfield Redevelopment projects for both public sector and private sector clients.

Below is a listing of Brownfield Redevelopment services and expertise REL offers.

  • Preparing Assessment and Remediation Grant Applications for WI Department of Natural Resources, WI Economic Development Corporation, and EPA grant programs
  • Brownfield Tax Increment Financing Plans
  • Local government Tax Increment Financing or Tax Abatement Programs
  • Federal or state designated Enterprise or Empowerment Zones
  • ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
  • ASTM Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
  • Preparing Site Investigation Work Plans
  • Preparing Remedial Action Plans
  • Determination of cleanup levels
  • Cost-benefit analysis of remediation costs
  • Demolition assistance, including, asbestos inspections, lead-based paint assessments and completion of a pre-demolition inventory to categorize substances that require special handling
  • Third-party review/expert witness
  • Evaluating buildable areas related to on-site environmental conditions
  • Assistance in structuring purchase agreements related to environmental costs
  • Providing lender assurances
  • EPA Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), Health and Safety Plan (HASP), and Sampling and Analysis Plan Preparation (SAP)

REL has been a leader in the field of solid waste management in Wisconsin. Since our first involvement in the field in 1972, REL has continued to serve our clients through cost-effective and timely siting, design, and operations management of solid waste facilities.

More recently, REL has become a leader in ensuring monitoring and reporting compliance at active and closed landfills, which includes efficiently sampling numerous points and reporting the data to the WDNR. REL has also been a leader in managing closed landfills. REL works to ensure compliance of the facilities and has also engineered solutions to landfill cap integrity issues, drainage problems and maintenance of the monitoring network. Our clients include counties, cities, villages, towns, and private businesses. REL has a sampling trailer equipped with an ATV and a climate-controlled environment, ensuring efficient sample processing.

We also have extensive experience in the management of solid and hazardous waste generated during environmental remediation projects. We have strong relationships with local disposal facilities allowing rapid approvals for disposal of solid waste. We work closely with our clients and the WDNR to minimize hazardous waste generation. We also use innovative methods to treat the hazardous waste on-site so that it meets solid waste limits, allowing it to be disposed in state at a significant cost savings.

Below is a listing of services we offer under the Solid and Hazardous Waste Management category:

  • Groundwater monitoring and reporting
  • Landfill gas monitoring and reporting
  • Construction on historic fill sites
  • Compost facilities
  • Landfill site selection, investigation, and permitting
  • Landfill gas management systems
  • Regulatory agency negotiation
  • Contaminated soil management
  • Dredged sediment handling and disposal

Our investigation and remediation project experience includes former and current farm cooperatives, gas stations, dry cleaners, machine shops, petroleum bulk plants, paper mills, historic fill sites, plating operations, manufacturing facilities, spill sites, and illegal dumping sites.

Our staff has investigated and remediated hundreds of properties throughout Wisconsin. Through our work at these sites, we have developed expertise with a wide variety of contaminants and the appropriate investigation and remediation techniques. We have also developed strong relationships with regulatory personnel.

Contaminant Site Investigations

  • Site Investigation Work Plans
  • Soil Investigations
  • Soil sampling collection via:
    • Hollow Stem Augers
    • Geoprobe
    • Hand Auger Borings
    • Test Pits
  • Groundwater Investigations
  • Monitoring well installation via:
    • Hollow Stem Augers
    • Geoprobe
    • Hand Auger Borings
  • Temporary well installation via Geoprobe
  • Private well sampling
  • Monitoring well development and sampling
  • Low-flow sample collection
  • Site Investigation Report Preparation
  • Remedial Action Planning
  • Fate and distribution of contaminant
  • Remedial action option evaluation
  • Remedial action selection
  • Remedial action option reports
  • Case Closure Requests

Vapor Intrusion Investigations

  • Passive air sampling (e.g. badges)
  • Sub-slab sample collection
  • Summa Canister sampling
  • Vapor screening using PID/FID

Hydrogeologic Investigations

  • Determine conceptual hydrogeologic framework
  • Evaluate groundwater flow patterns
  • Groundwater modeling
  • Groundwater / surface water interaction
  • Well interference
  • Quarry / gravel pit dewatering effects

Reimbursement Program Management

  • Drycleaner Environmental Response Fund (DERF)
  • Agricultural Chemical Cleanup Program (ACCP)

UST and AST Decommissioning

  • Tank decommissioning coordination and oversight
  • Tank System Site Assessment completion
  • Contaminated soil over-excavation
  • Tank closure report preparation

Environmental Compliance

Regulatory compliance can be a complicated and costly undertaking. REL’s environmental staff can assist with state and federal regulatory compliance projects including:

  • Air permitting and reporting
  • Solid and hazardous waste management
  • Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans (SPCC)
  • Storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP)
  • Wastewater treatment and compliance

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Ecological Services Division
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Ecological Services Division

Ecological Services Division

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NES Ecological Services is a natural resource consulting firm focusing entirely on issues associated with wetlands, native habitat restoration and wildlife. We have a Wisconsin DNR Professionally Assured Wetland Delineator on staff, simplifying our clients’ approval process.

Since 1996, we have offered a full array of ecological services to utility companies, municipalities, industrial & commercial businesses, non-profit organizations, state agencies, and individuals throughout Wisconsin.

Learn more at neswi.com

Wetland Services

Native Habitat Restoration

Natural Resource Consulting

Erosion Control

Funding Assistance
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Funding Assistance

Funding Assistance

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Secure Funding and See Your Project Succeed

Finding the right funding for your infrastructure needs can be challenging. Fortunately, Robert E. Lee & Associates can help. Our project planners and engineers are familiar working with several financing programs that can be used for a variety of community development and redevelopment projects. Consult with our project managers to discover ways to fund your project(s).

Some funding programs we have worked with include:

  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Site Assessment Grant
  • Wisconsin Department of Commerce (DCOMM) Blight Elimination & Brownfield Redevelopment Grant
  • WDNR Ready for Reuse Brownfield Loans/Grants
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Site Assessment & Remediation Grants
  • WDNR Green Space Grants
  • WDNR Land Recycling Loans
  • Environmental Remediation Tax Incremental Financing Districts (ERTIF)
  • US Department of Agriculture – Rural Development (USDA-RD)
  • Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA)
  • Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP)
  • Rural Economic and Community Development (RECD) Services
  • Tax Increment Financing Districts (TIF)
  • Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) Program
  • Clean Water Fund Program (CWFP)
  • Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP)
  • State Trust Fund Loans
  • Coastal Management Grants
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
  • Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
  • Community-wide and Targeted Income Surveys
  • And Many More…

Grant & Funding Success with REL

Grants

  • $855,000
    Village of Suring for Arsenic Removal Treatment System, CDBG-PF & SDWLP ARRA [grants & low interest loan]
  • $1,280,000
    Elcho Sanitary District No. 1 for Water System Improvements, CDBG-PF, SDWLP & USDA-RD ARRA [grants & low-interest loan]
  • $844,000
    Village of Suring for New Well Station, Community Center/Library/Municipal Offices, and Utility & Street Reconstruction, CDBG-PF & CDBG-PFED
  • $113,250
    Village of Denmark for Watermain Construction, CDBG-PFED
  • $142,000
    Village of St. Nazianz for Storm Sewer Reconstruction, CDBG-PF
  • $250,000
    Village of Denmark for Utility & Street Reconstruction, CDBG-PF
  • $7.2 million
    Village of Wrightstown for Water Transmission Main, SDWLP [low interest loan]
  • $4.05 million low interest loan w/additional $500k principle forgiveness loan
    Village of Hilbert for Sanitary Interceptor Sewer Replacement & Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, CWFP
  • $420,000 CWLF [low interest loan] & $716,000 SDWLP [low interest loan] City of New Holstein for Utility Reconstruction

  • Village of Luxemburg, TIF Districts
  • Florence County, TIF District
  • Village of Hilbert, TIF District
  • Village of Whitelaw, TIF District No. 2
  • Village of Pulaski, TIF Districts
  • City of Algoma, TIF Districts
  • Village of Maribel, TIF District

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Surveying Services
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Surveying Services

Surveying Services

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Serving the Community Since 1956

Since 1956, Robert E. Lee & Associates has been providing professional land surveying services throughout the state of Wisconsin. These services are offered to various types of industry such as developers, municipalities, state & county agencies, public & private utilities, commercial & residential property owners, and lending institutions.

Qualified Staff for a Quality Product

Our Surveying staff is made up of Wisconsin Professional Land Surveyors along with Technicians Certified by the National Society of Professional Surveyors. Our Survey team takes great pride in producing a quality product from field to finish.

Industry Leaders

Technology in the surveying industry is quite dynamic. Robert E Lee & Associates is dedicated to remain current with the latest technology. Our Real-Time Global Positioning System (GPS), Robotic Total Stations, Echo Sounder Sonar System, and Digital Differential Level are examples of our state of the art equipment. Our firm has been forerunners in this technology having more than 30 years of experience with Total Stations and 25 plus years of experience with GPS.

REL’s Land Surveying Services include:

Boundary Surveying

  • ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
  • Plat of Surveys
  • Certified Survey Maps
  • Subdivision Plats
  • Area Development Plans
  • Condominium Plats
  • Right-of-Way Plats
  • Cemetery Plats
  • Easement Surveys

  • Elevation Certificates
  • Letter of Map Amendments (LOMA)
  • Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)

  • Utility Layout
  • Storm Water Drainage / Pond Layout
  • Foundation / Building Layout
  • Street / Highway Layout
  • Bridge / Structure Layout

  • Topographic Surveys
  • As-Built Surveys
  • Bathymetric Surveys
  • Route Surveys
  • Ground Control Surveys

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping
  • Municipal System Maps
  • Parcel Mapping

Construction Services Include

  • Certified Survey Maps
  • FEMA LOMA / LOMR
  • ALTA Survey
  • Elevation Certificates
  • Subdivision Plats
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Construction Services

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Achieve Contracted Project Results

Robert E. Lee & Associates’ experienced construction services team ensures that our clients receive contracted project results every time. That’s because we pay close attention to every detail and work closely with our client’s representatives through every stage of construction. We also observe construction work to ensure it complies with the contract requirements.

Our Construction Services Department provides contract administration, resident project representatives, and construction observation services for a large variety of projects. Consult with a project manager today to learn how you can receive contracted project results.

Project types include water and wastewater, municipal buildings, roads, bridges, and utility systems.

REL’s Construction Services Include:

Owner’s Representative

  • Resident Project Representatives
  • Contract Administration
  • Constructability Reviews of Plans and Specifications Prior to Bidding
  • Independent Party Liaison Between Owner, Contractor, and A/E

Construction Observation

  • Full-Time, On-Site Construction
  • Observation to Assist in Quality Control, Problem Resolution and Compliance with the Contract Documents
  • Construction Photo Documentation
  • Documentation of Construction Progress
  • Provide Daily Construction Logs

Staff Certifications

  • Aggtec/I/IP/IPP
  • PCC Tec-I
  • Profilograph
  • Asphtec-I
  • Asphtec-II
  • Asphtec- III
  • Grading
  • Paint Inspection

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