Exhibitors offer ideas for successful, profitable projects

The 2007 Land Development West Conference & Expo will bring together land and community development professionals on Dec. 4-5, 2007, at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego to explore ways to better accommodate growth while ensuring healthy, attractive communities. Now in its fourth year, the event—produced by ZweigWhite in association with CE News, PSOMAS, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Western Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association—keynote presentations, more than 25 learning sessions, and an exhibit hall featuring ideas from some of the country’s leading suppliers of land development products and services.
Attendees will have an opportunity to examine and discuss a range of technologies and products, including erosion control, bridges, stormwater and wastewater management and treatment systems, and geotechnical, environmental, and software solutions. As of press time, the Expo includes the following companies. For complete program details, visit www.ldwest.com.

Land Development West Sponsors

National Society of Professional Engineers
703-684-2800
www.nspe.org
The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) is the recognized voice and advocate of licensed professional engineers. Founded in 1934, NSPE strengthens the engineering profession by promoting engineering licensure and ethics, enhancing the engineer image, advocating and protecting P.E.s’ legal rights at the national and state levels, publishing news of the profession, providing continuing education opportunities, and more. NSPE serves some 50,000 members and the public through 53 state and territorial societies and more than 500 chapters.

Psomas
916-788-8122
www.psomas.com
Psomas is a consulting engineering firm specializing in the land development, water, and transportation markets. The firm offers services in water and wastewater, transportation, land development, planning and entitlements, natural resources, surveying and mapping, geographic information systems, program/construction management, and special district financing to public- and private-sector clients. Founded in 1946 by George Psomas, Psomas has grown into a full-service consulting firm of more than 700 employees with offices in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Mexico.

CE News/Revitalization e-Digest
312-628-5870
www.cenews.com / www.revitalizationonline.com
Published monthly, CE News is read by more than 50,000 civil engineers for the information they need to perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently. Revitalization e-Digest is a weekly electronic information source for redevelopment, remediation, and restoration of the nation’s cities and eco stystems.

Land Development West Exhibitors

Adventus Group
905-273-5374
www.adventusgroup.com
Adventus Group provides an expanding portfolio of environmental biotechnologies for soil, sediment, and groundwater remediation, including those exclusive to its affiliated companies: Adventus Americas, EnviroMetal Technologies, and select strategic partners. Adventus scientists and engineers work collaboratively with consultants, engineering firms, regulators, and site owners in design and selection of the most cost-effective remedial strategy.

Airvac
813-855-6297
www.airvac.com
AIRVAC is the world’s largest manufacturer of specialty components used in vacuum sewage collection systems for residential applications. Nearly 500 systems worldwide have proven vacuum sewage collection as a reliable, cost-effective alternative to both gravity and pressure sewage collection methods. For more than 25 years, residential communities of all sizes have successfully used AIRVAC technology.

Alpine Site Services, Inc.
303-420-0048
www.alpinesites.com
Alpine Site Services has developed a portable, computerized load testing trailer unit with the ability to test engineered screwpiles up to 800 Kips. The unit also monitors movement to 0.001 inch while recording and graphing both stability and load on the pile. The firm says it usually can begin testing within hours of site arrival, compared with the days it previously took just to set up. Alpine has established a direct relationship between installation torque and engineered screwpile bearing capacity.

Bio Clean Environmental Services, Inc.
760-433-7640
www.biocleanenvironmental.net
Bio Clean Environmental Services, Inc., provides exclusive distribution for Suntree Technologies, Inc., stormwater filtration systems throughout California, Hawaii, and the Western United States. Bio Clean has emerged as a full-service stormwater industry company—from its Grate Inlet and Curb Inlet filtering systems to its patented Nutrient Separation Baffle Box and complete maintenance service department.

Bridge Builders USA, Inc.
800-874-9403
www.bridgebuilders.com
Bridge Builders USA, Inc., provides design and construction of custom timber bridges. In business more than 25 years, Bridge Builders has completed more than 1,000 installations on commercial and residential developments, park, recreational, and golf course projects. The company specializes in custom timber vehicular bridges built to AASHTO specifications for HS 20-44 or greater. Its Concept to Completion formula provides for all timber bridge requirements.

CONTECH Construction Products Inc.
800-338-1122
www.contech-cpi.com
CONTECH Construction Products Inc. offers a wide array of stormwater, drainage, bridge, and earth stabilization solutions for both initial development and rehabilitation of existing structures and sites. CONTECH’s involvement with products and applications is founded on a century of research and practical field experience. Its products provide effective site solutions for projects with a variety of loading conditions, foundation requirements, soil and water environments, and installation demands.

Encap LLC
920-406-5050
www.encap.net
ENCAP LLC produces value-added products for the retail, landscape, golf, sports, lawn care, and forest fire restoration markets. Its mulch-based product line offers solutions to help repair bare spots, establish new turf, control erosion, and condition the soil. The entire line features Advanced Soil Technology, a patented technology that releases water-soluble polyacrylamide (WSPAM) polymer into the soil. WSPAMs minimize water run-off, erosion, and crusting; stabilize soil structure; and bind nutrients and microbes within soil.

ESRI
909-793-2853
www.esri.com
ESRI designs and develops geographic information system (GIS) technology. Its ArcGIS is an integrated collection of GIS software products for building and deploying a complete GIS for work in site development, hydraulics, hydrology, surveying, transportation, planning, public works, and homeland security. ArcGIS provides the database and spatial tools needed to manage civil information for design, modeling, and maintenance.

Filterra
804-752-1449
www.filterra.com
The Filterra Stormwater Bioretention Filtration System harnesses the power of nature to capture, cycle, and immobilize pollutants to treat urban runoff. For effective stormwater management, the combination of landscape vegetation and a specially designed filter media allows bacteria, metals, nutrients, and total suspended solids to be removed naturally. Its small footprint allows it to be used in highly developed sites such as landscaped areas, green space, parking lots, and streetscapes.

Hayward Baker, Inc.
805-933-1331
www.haywardbaker.com
Hayward Baker, Inc., provides specialty geotechnical construction, including foundation support and rehabilitation, settlement control, structural support, site improvement, soil and slope stabilization, underpinning, excavation shoring, earth retention, seismic stabilization, and groundwater control. The company says it coined the term Ground Modifications to describe the specialty that encompasses the full range of techniques available to densify or otherwise improve the ground as an integral part of the construction process.

Huitt-Zollars
817-335-3000
www.huitt-zollars.com
Huit-Zollars is a full-service engineering/architecture/construction management organization with 15 offices in six states spanning the Southwest and Western United States. Major practice areas include transportation, urban development, buildings, and public works. Major disciplines include civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering; architecture; landscape architecture; and planning.

HydroLogic Solutions, Inc.
877-426-9128
www.hydrologicsolutions.com
HydroLogic Solutions’ StormChambers are a low-cost, underground stormwater quality and quantity BMP. Their open bottoms allow infiltration of stormwater, providing recharge of groundwater, mimicking pre-development stormwater runoff conditions. By mimicking pre-construction hydrology, StormChambers significantly contribute to low impact/sustainable development goals, watershed management, and add points for LEED certification.

KriStar Enterprises, Inc.
707-524-8186
www.kristar.com
Kristar Enterprises, Inc., provides stormwater management BMPs and ongoing stormwater management maintenance. Kristar’s brands include FloGard catch basin inserts and hydrodynamic separators, media filtration devices, and underground retention/detention tanks for removal of pollutants from stormwater runoff. Kristar’s sediment retention devices include fiber rolls, inlet protection, and perimeter controls, which reduced sediment transport by more than 85 percent in university tests.

Maccaferri, Inc.
301-223-6910
www.maccaferri-usa.com
Maccaferri’s expertise includes solutions in retaining wall systems (gabion, geogrid), reinforcement of steep slopes, embankments, drainage systems, rockfall protection, soil erosion protection, and coastal protections. The company has more than 125 years of experience in soil stabilization. Traditionally known for its double-twist gabions and Reno mattresses, Maccaferri has extended its product range significantly during the last decade, enabling it to offer a range of wire, geosynthetic, and natural fiber products.

Orenco Systems, Inc.
541-459-4449
www.orenco.com
Orenco Systems, Inc., designs and manufactures advanced onsite (decentralized) wastewater technologies. Its wastewater solutions involve in-tank filtration systems (effluent filters, pump vaults), secondary treatment systems (intermittent sand filters, recirculating sand filters, textile filters), collection systems (effluent sewers), pumping packages, accessory items, and electrical controls. Orenco’s products and systems allow treated effluent to be returned harmlessly to the environment via drainfield, lagoon, constructed wetland, or subsurface irrigation.

Redox Tech, LLC
919-678-0140
http://redox-tech.com
Redox Tech, LLC is a specialty environmental remediation company that provides expert, turn-key, in-situ soil and groundwater remediation services, which includes conceptual design, bench-scale testing, and pilot-scale testing through full-scale remediation. Redox Tech specializes in in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), chemical reduction, both aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation, and metals stabilization.

Romtec Utilities, Inc.
541-496-9678
www.romtecutilities.com
Romtec Utilities engineers and manufactures complete, pre-engineered lift stations for wastewater, stormwater, and industrial pumping. Romtec supplies all structural, mechanical, electrical, and communication systems, including precast concrete wet well; pre-assembled valve vault and flow meter vault; ITT Flygt submersible pumps in simplex, duplex, and triplex configuration; UL-listed electrical control panel and SCADA; and Cummins standby generator.

Russell & Wiley Equipment, Inc.
818-952-6752
www.thesoaker.com
The Soaker is a self-contained, fully automated, environmentally friendly wheel-washing system. There is no need to hook up water and power lines. As vehicles approach The Soaker, a motion sensor is triggered and water is pumped through three sets of nozzles, washing both sides of the vehicle as well as the undercarriage. Debris is captured in removable settling pans for easy, routine maintenance. The Soaker is constructed of stainless steel and aluminum.

Stewart Land Group, LLC
801-263-9126
www.stewartlandgroup.com
Stewart Land Group, LLC, uses a proprietary system (AIMTEC) to combine aerial photographs with plat and parcel data, engineering drawings, and title report information to present proposed acquisitions or development concepts in a unique and accessible way.

U.S. Bridge
520-440-6017
www.usbridge.com
U.S. Bridge manufactures pre-engineered, permanent vehicular truss and beam bridges. Other products include pedestrian bridges, bridge flooring, piling, guide rail, and bearing devices.