Dams and Power Plants: Structural Safety, Proper Sizing of Dams, Tidal Energy Generation, Wave Energy Generation, Probable Maximum Precipitation, Probable Maximum Flood, Dam Inspection, Spillway Inspection, Spillway Repair, Levee Reconstruction

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and China and the recent explosion of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig and resulting oil spill underscore the need for preventative mitigation and restoration efforts for these earthquake-ravaged countries and for the U.S. and elsewhere, as well as for the many factories, processing plants, and other buildings and plants in the U.S. and around the world that may be in danger of collapse or partial destruction - in the event of an earthquake, tsunami, storm, or other natural or human-generated stress.

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., President, CEO, and Principal Scientist of Environmental Science & Energy, Inc., offers Construction Defects Analysis, Structural Integrity and Structural Safety Inspections, Investigation of Historical Structural Damages, and Seismic & Landslide Hazards Determination, plus Repair, Refurbishment, Reinforcement, Strengthening, Renovation, Restoration, Enlargement (as may be needed), and Reconstruction - perhaps even Demolition and Replacement - of Structures and Facilities listed below, along with the Design of New Structures and Facilities. [Many of the structures, facilities, and services offered may apply to the earthquake-damaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti and to locations damaged by the earthquake and/or tsunami in Chile.] These include, but are not limited to:

Structures and Facilities:

Factories and manufacturing plants - in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Processing plants - U.S. and other countries.

Warehouses and storage facilities.

Water supply pipelines and conduits serving factories and processing plants, above and below ground.

Sewage pipes and conduits, serving factories and processing plants, above and below ground.

Roads and railroad tracks serving factories and processing plants.

Other public utility facilities.

The defects and hazards include, but are not limited to:

Faulty, shoddy, or generally poor original construction.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which fail to meet today's codes, and which could be a hazard to life and property in the future.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which have deteriorated over the years or were damaged or weakened by fire, weather, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, ground subsidence, landslides, avalanches, or blasts (including sonic booms or nearby demolitions).

Foundation failures of factories and processing plants, resulting from corrosion, earthquakes, subsidence, liquefaction, ground shifts, and/or gradual deterioration of materials from water currents and weather.

Corrosion, over the years, of road and bridge components associated with, or built in conjunction with, factories and processing plants.

Damage caused by terrorist attacks, or hidden damage caused by sabotage or by attempted sabotage that appeared at first to have failed.

Corrosion, over the years, of factory or processing plant components.

Asbestos that may be present in some structures.

Landslides: threats; slides that have occurred since construction of a structure and may have weakened the structure.

Earthquake faults and potential for major shaking or permanent ground deformation that could cause a major structural failure, especially one that could lead to a leak, spillage, or release of toxic gases or liquids into the environment.

Proximity of a structure to earthquake faults and soil vulnerable to magnified shaking.

Potential for subsidence of the soil beneath a factory or processing plant, including differential subsidence within a structure's footprint.

Services Offered:

Structural integrity inspection of the structure or facility.

Construction defects analysis.

Investigation of catastrophic failure or major damage resulting from earthquakes, storms, or human-generated activities (terrorist attacks, sabotage, major accidents, etc.).

Structural analysis for damage, deterioration, or corrosion over the years.

Seismic hazards and seismic safety analysis

Repair of defects.

Mitigation, overhaul, or renovation of a factory or processing plant - partial or total.

Asbestos removal.

Reinforcement of the factory, processing plant, or other structure or facility.

Restoration or reconstruction of the factory or processing plant or other structure or facility.

Protection against maximum credible earthquake.

Protection against maximum credible wind event.

Demolition or removal of entire factory or processing plant.

Replacement of entire factory or processing plant.

Design and construction of new factories or processing plants - U.S. and overseas.

Research into improvement in the construction of various factories or processing plants.

For more information about these services and other programs:

Telephone: Environmental Science & Energy, Inc.: (520) 625-8346 or (877) 373-4629,

cellular (520) 310-9931 or (775) 742-5376. Alternate (520) 625-8316.

FAX: Call (520) 625-8346 to obtain fax number.

e-mail: Call (520) 625-8316 to obtain e-mail address.

Mailing address for Dr. Charles B. Pyke, President & CEO:

P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ 85622-1747

Contract, billing, and payment address:

P. O. Box 292760, Phelan, CA 92329-2760.