Our Services

Get the Job Done and
Protect Your Environmental Interests and Obligations

JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. specializes in the environmental construction aspects of large linear energy transmission projects and golf course construction.

And, we offer a wide range of other environmental services, from initial baseline environmental studies through environmental planning review, permitting negotiation, liaison to obtain legal agreements, mitigation design, construction supervision, monitoring, and compliance reporting. We bring together an experienced multidisciplinary team of biologists, certified erosion and sediment control specialists, landscape architects, wetland specialists, herpetologists, and geographic information systems specialists.

Environmental Construction Permitting, Management, & Monitoring

JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. specializes in all aspects of construction management and monitoring including the pre-construction, construction, and post-construction phases (including inspection throughout all these phases); public relations; and crew training. We are also experienced in managing all aspects of working with state and federal regulatory agencies.

We can define and coordinate specific activities and work tasks, establish the type of work and time-frames, assign and allocate resources to activities, and develop an acceptable budget to meet the anticipated construction start-up dates, project time-line, and overall environmental requirements.

If you want a group to ensure your complicated project is completed and meets all the original objectives and requirements you committed to, then consider JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. to tackle the job. We will bring together the right combination of innovation, flexibility, quality experience, and discipline to ensure you accomplish your project goals—large and small alike.

Pre-construction

Environmental regulatory permitting and compliance
Preparation of reports and materials to support licensing and environmental permitting activities
Project planning and scheduling to optimize productivity
Assessment of environmental impacts of a proposed project
Surveys of ecologically sensitive areas including threatened/endangered species habitat, native and exotic plants, stream crossings and wetlands
Development of construction field techniques in environmentally sensitive areas
Provide environmental construction procedures training to all construction personnel
Locate optimum access roads, staging, and fueling locations to minimize environmental impact

Construction

Develop and implement crew training programs (and supporting manuals/materials) to ensure all project workers are fully aware of environmental construction methods
Track work progress and actual costs, comparing progress and costs to the baseline, devising workarounds, and recommending action
Set high environmental standards and consistency throughout the project to reduce environmental impacts during construction, reduce restoration work, create a positive image, and ultimately lower costs
Solve problems in a manner where the contractor's needs are taken into consideration along with the environmental requirements creating a win/win situation
Monitor daily/weekly activity and produce status reports to ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies, chart progress of project and head off potential problems, and support licensing and environmental permitting activities
Coordinate special clearing activities for wooded wetlands, vegetative buffer zones, and visual impact minimization; implement erosion control methods; and monitor area after major rainfall or snow thaw event to ensure compliance

Post-construction

Monitor and/or perform restoration work including seeding, slope restoration, and planting of native greenhouse plant species
Mitigation design and construction
Design and implement studies for monitoring sites for noxious weed/invasive plant populations, new planting success, and erosion issues resulting from construction activities
Develop maintenance plans for post-construction areas
Monitor and report on compensatory areas for success rate

Wetland Delineation & Permitting

The team at JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. is highly skilled in many areas of environmental consulting, but no one can compete with us in regards to our expertise and experience in wetland work. Through the projects we have been involved in, especially the large transmission line projects, we have worked on literally hundreds of wetland areas throughout the upper Midwest.

Wetland permitting, delineations, assessments, design, and mitigation
Ensure environmentally sound methods according to the wetland permits, ecological resource assessment reports, and environmental construction specifications
Direct the clearing of wetlands, buffer zones, and visual mitigation areas
Direct all wetland, stream, and drainage matting and removal of mats
Interpret wetland and environmental requirements
Monitor changes in complicated wetland protection regulations
Liaison between client and regulatory agencies to acquire desired permit and developmental approvals in compliance with the Clean Water Act
GPS locating and mapping

Expert Witness & Support

Specialists at JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. have been instrumental in past cases in getting through initial objections brought about by government agencies and private groups. Our experts know how to get to the real issues, addressing them in terms that make sense to the audience. Our knowledge and skill can be put to work for you when you need support.

Mitigation Design, Implementation, Monitoring

Over the years, JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. has created many wetland mitigation areas, including award winning sites and sites promoted as being exemplary examples of the site owner's commitment to the environment. These sites have been monitored for years (in some cases by other independent monitoring agents) and proven to be ideal in their success, even over a long period of time. With our team specialists and proven skill, you can count on JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. to create an ideal mitigation site for your project.

Location, delineation, design, and construction of entire site
Ordering (from proven sources) and planting of plant species
Site monitoring plan development and actual monitoring
Development of erosion control plans for mitigation areas and surrounding areas
Enhancement of habitat providing additional environmental benefits to a site

Ecological Restoration

Much of what takes place in today's world is the restoration of an area after it's been negatively impacted. JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. has been called in many times to take over and restore an area in the aftermath of unplanned events, such as emergency utility repairs or construction mishaps. If your project is facing an issue and needs help fast, you'll want to call JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. to give you an expert hand in overcoming the issue. Government agencies take these impacts seriously. Show how serious you are in your restoration plans and help reduce your financial hit with the help of an experienced group like JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Assessment, permitting, prescription, design, and cost-effective solutions for stabilizing soils and repairing failed slopes, streams, and riverbanks
Erosion and sediment control planning and design
Habitat restoration and enhancement including re-vegetation, biotechnical applications and matting/mulching
Biological habitat reconstruction and maintenance
Invasive species assessments, management, and monitoring
GPS locating and GIS mapping
Threatened and endangered plant, animal, and habitat assessments as well as restoration design, oversight, and monitoring
Invasive species surveys and management plans

Threatened/Endangered Species Surveys

JZ Environmental Consultants, Inc. has been working to preserve threatened and endangered species for years and their team is experienced in all facets of surveying, monitoring, and managing delicate plants and animals. Although we have worked in this specialty area on many projects, we have expanded our commitment by hiring a nationally-recognized aquatic biologist and herpetologist to join the group.