Airport Runway Inspection: Airport Tower Inspection, Airport Terminal Inspection, Airport Taxiway Inspection, Public Works Infrastructure Inspection, Bridge Repair, Public Works Infrastructure Repair, Tidal Energy Generation, Wave Energy Generation

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and China and the resulting Chile tsunami, along with the 2007 bridge collapse in Minnesota, underscore the need for preventative mitigation and restoration efforts for these earthquake-ravaged countries, and for the many airport terminals, control towers, runways, taxiways, and other facilities in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world that may be in danger of major damage - and in the case of towers and terminals, partial or total collapse - in the event of an earthquake, storm, or other natural stress, plus prolonged wear and tear of runways, taxiways, and airport roads from aircraft, large trucks, and other heavy vehicles.

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, Renovation, Restoration, and Reconstruction - perhaps even Demolition and Replacement - of Structures and Facilities listed below, along with the Design of New Structures and Facilities. [Many structures, facilities, and services may apply to 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:

Airport runways and taxiways, especially those subject to wear and tear by today's jumbo aircraft.

Airport terminals.

Airport control towers.

Airport parking structures.

Airport runways and taxiways that are bridged across major highways and railroads, or airport across roads and railroad tracks (e.g., Sepulveda Boulevard under LAX south runways). Many of these bridged runways and taxiways carry larger, heavier aircraft today than those for which the bridges were originally designed.

Elevated roadways serving airport terminals (departure and arrival levels).

Airplane hangars.

Large storage buildings at airports.

Other airport buildings.

Bridges, vehicular, within and leading into and out of airports.

Bridges, pedestrian, within and leading into and out of airports.

Roads leading into and out of airports.

Roads within airports.

Railroad tracks leading into and out of airports.

Railroad terminals and tracks within airports.

Truck terminals within airports.

Shipping docks adjacent to some coastal airports or multiports.

Elevated walkways and pedestrian bridges in airports.

Public works infrastructure in and around, and under, airports - including underground water-supply pipes and conduits.

Public works infrastructure in and around, and under, airports - including underground sewer pipes and conduits.

Public works infrastructure in and around, and under, airports - including above-ground water-supply pipes and conduits.

Public works infrastructure in and around, and under, airports - including above-ground sewer pipes and conduits.

Other airport infrastructure.

Large antenna towers and cell phone towers at and outside of airports.

Large electric and telephone transmission line towers on and surrounding airport property.

Telephone poles in airports.

Numerous other airport structures and 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 corrosion, fire, weather, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, ground subsidence, or blasts (including sonic booms or nearby demolitions).

Foundation failures of airport control towers, terminals, and other structures, resulting from corrosion, earthquakes, subsidence, liquefaction, ground shifts, and/or gradual deterioration of materials from weather and aging.

Corrosion, over the years, of tower and terminal structures, parking structures, elevated roadways, and bridges leading into and out of airports.

Corrosion, over the years, of underground and above-ground natural gas, water supply, and sewer pipes and conduits in and around airports.

Corrosion, over the years, of underground and above-ground electric and telephone lines in and around airports.

Asbestos that may be present in airport towers, terminals, or parking structures.

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

Earthquake faults and potential for major shaking or permanent ground deformation.

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

Potential for subsidence of the soil beneath a structure, 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
Landslide hazards and landslide safety analysis
Repair of defects.
Mitigation, overhaul, or renovation - partial or total.
Asbestos removal.
Reinforcement of the structure or facility.
Restoration or reconstruction of the structure or facility.
Protection against maximum credible earthquake.
Protection against maximum credible wind event.
Demolition and replacement of an entire airport control tower, terminal, or other structure or facility.
Replacement of entire structure or facility.
Design and construction of new airports: towers, terminals, runways, taxiways, and other airport facilities - U.S. and overseas.
Research into improvement in the construction of various airport structures or facilities.

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.