Whether you’re planning a large-scale watershed restoration project or responding to the latest stormwater regulations, BCI’s Water Resources Team helps clients complete their projects cost-effectively and timely. Our team’s unique blending of engineering and scientific talent affords us the ability to evaluate and provide client solutions for complex water resource issues.

No need to stress about keeping up in an evolving technological industry – our team can help. Proficient with more than 80 programming codes, we create programs to address individual client project requirements. At the forefront of integrated ground and surface water modeling technology, BCI developed the first fully-integrated modeling system linking HSPF and MODFLOW and a next-generation, grid-based integrated model to better simulate Florida’s unique hydrologic character.

BCI is proud of our Water Resources & Restoration Team’s success as a preferred choice for federally co-funded and local government water management projects. Our team has partnered with the Southwest Florida Water Management District on several projects and is currently working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to modernize all its outdated flood studies.

In 2006, BCI was one of three companies chosen to work with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on an extensive development and assessment of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for various impaired waters throughout the State of Florida. As with many of our clients, we were chosen for our responsiveness and project management skills.

Private clients need not fret about regulation compliance or permitting, as BCI’s professionals are prepared to assist. With the support of Geographic Information System (GIS) specialists, CAD designers, programmers, technicians, erosion and sediment control specialists, and engineers specializing in a multitude of disciplines, the BCI Water Resources Team can diligently and professionally tackle your project.

Projects: Modeling/TMDL/Watershed Management | Ecorestoration | Dredging

BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. has a keen understanding of the important topics that resound through our environmentally sensitive public. We are proud to offer our clients an Ecological & Environmental Services Team of registered and certified individuals with advanced degrees in environmental engineering and science. BCI professionals bring an abundance of expertise in hydrology, ecology, limnology, fluvial geomorphology, soil science, toxicology, phycology, geology and environmental statistics. BCI offers expertise in the following environmental service areas:

While the team’s specialty centers on wetland, lake and stream restoration in rural and urban communities and surface mining operations, they are routinely called upon to develop strategies to accommodate the presence of threatened and endangered species, perform habitat assessments, and create databases. BCI’s engineers and scientists are leaders in utilizing natural channel designs and fluvial geomorphologic approaches to assess and restore streams.

We maintain a healthy rapport with numerous regulatory and permitting agencies including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and various utility owners and local jurisdictional agencies.

From providing latchkey services to working as an extension of a client’s staff, BCI professionals are deployed in any manner necessary to fulfill client needs. Some of our team’s most notable accomplishments occur alongside professionals at the SJRWMD in Palatka, Florida, where we’ve embedded more than thirty contract professionals. At BCI’s field office near Lake Apopka, the team monitors lake and water quality; performs lab work; monitors marsh flow away; identifies invasive, exotic and native plant species; takes soil samples; and even surveys bird populations. One of the team’s current innovative projects is testing the potential for SAV re-growth from reflected light by placing glass prisms in over-water structures; the team is responsible for SAV monitoring at 75 district sites annually.

From private lake enhancement and large scale wetland relocation to soil sampling and statistical modeling, clients can count on our talented professionals to resolve their environmental concerns while minimizing environmental impacts and adhering to regulations.

Projects: Ecological

Geographic Information Systems

As one of our most multifaceted teams, BCI’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Services Team provides extensive technical support to all of our other service areas. Led by a certified GIS professional, our group consists of individuals with advanced degrees in biology, geosciences and environmental science, whose combined GIS experience spans 35 years. Our team’s specializations include global positioning; ecological site evaluations; ground water, water distribution, and water quality modeling; remote sensing; and programming of preprocessors and application tools. BCI’s team regularly assists our engineers and field biologists in forming accurate conclusions and delineations of important watershed features such as wetlands and waterways.

The team is adept at field mapping (vegetation and asset inventory), aerial interpretation (wetland, land use & land cover), and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) analysis. Basic support services incorporate data collection; reprojection; development and editing of various standard data layers such as roads, political boundaries, land use, soils, topography, and hydrography; drainage basin delineations; and database design. Georeferenced aerial photography is utilized for nearly all project work. The team is proficient in conducting various overlay analyses to generate hydrologic model input datasets for use in all of our modeling needs. The GIS Team has developed a number of specialized applications that are used to simplify and streamline client compliance and management activities.

In 2006, BCI was contracted by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to perform environmental mapping of Brazilian Pepper growth along Interstates 75 and 275 in Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and Collier counties, Florida. Deliverables for the project included printed maps, and ESRI ArcMap 9.1 project, and digital photographs linked to the Global Positioning System (GPS) positions of the Brazilian Pepper infestations. With our GIS specialists working in conjunction with our other service areas, BCI offers its clients comprehensive, localized technical solutions to all of their engineering and environmental needs.

Projects: Geographic Information Systems