CORPORATE PROFILE

introduction

RODAK ENGINEERING, P.C. was created in 2005 to offer high quality and innovative environmental and civil engineering services.  The firm is an independent and privately held licensed engineering and geological corporation with projects performed across the Southeast.  Based in Cary, the firm is affiliated with Duncklee and Dunham, P.C. a licensed geological corporation.  We offer a wide-ranging scope of engineering and environmental services to industry, government agencies, military installations, real estate, lending institutions, and law firms. 

The company was founded by Mr. Andrew Rodak, a registered engineer in North Carolina, Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, and Georgia; Mr. David Duncklee, a licensed or professional geologist in North Carolina, Delaware, and Georgia; and Mr. Tom Dunham, a licensed or professional geologist in North Carolina, Kentucky, Delaware, and Tennessee.   

Mr. Rodak has over 16 years in the civil and environmental engineering fields.  His experience includes working in both industry and consulting.  He was a Corporate Environmental Manager at a medium-sized telecommunications manufacturer with five facilities in North Carolina.  In that capacity, he was responsible for maintaining company compliance with air, wastewater, stormwater, and hazardous waste regulations, as well as performing industrial engineering duties that included design of upgrades to the facility’s wastewater treatment and metal finishing (electroplating and iron phosphating) processes.   He has also worked for small and large consulting firms at the Project and Senior Engineer levels on a variety of projects, including the patented design of a metals recovery process from an industrial wastewater stream, and the design of an air pollution control system to remove toxic air pollutants from a chemical vapor deposition process.

The types of services with which we strive to provide our clients include:

• Engineering design and technical oversight during installation of remedial systems for cleanup of contaminated soil, ground water, and surface water, including the processes of monitored natural attenuation, microbiological augmentation and chemical oxidation through injection wells, deep and shallow zone air sparge and soil vapor extraction, dual phase extraction, thermal treatment, ozonation, and pump and treat with aeration, granular activated carbon, stripping towers, and ion exchange;

• Stormwater Management Planning, Erosion/Sediment Control Plans, design and permit applications for post-construction Best Management Practices associated with Low and High Density commercial and residential properties, permit support for stormwater discharges associated with industrial and construction activities, stormwater pollution prevention plans, and inspection and monitoring of stormwater discharges from industrial and construction activities;

• Engineering assessments of indoor air quality and ventilation systems in support of Brownfields development and compliance assistance (i.e. Standard 62) with Brownfields Agreements;

• Air permitting support for Small, Synthetic Minor and Title V facilities, dispersion modeling for Toxic Air Pollutants, MACT and BACT assistance for Title V facilities, preparation of annual emission inventories, air pollution control device design;

• Wastewater permit support for NPDES discharges, including design of wastewater pretreatment systems, industrial permit application preparation, wastewater monitoring;

• Complete civil site design services including pressure and gravity sewer design, grading and erosion/sediment control plans, water service design, parking plans, roadway access, and stormwater management;

• Other regulatory permitting and compliance issues involving SARA Title III (Tier I and II Reporting and Toxic Release Inventory Reporting), and RCRA/OSHA risk management plans, hazard communication training and plans, job safety analysis, petroleum and chemical spill response training and spill prevention plans,  and hazardous materials health and safety plans, contingency plans, and training;

• Assistance in preparation for ISO 9001 and 14000 certifications and audits

• Environmental Compliance Audits

• Expert witness and litigation support

key advantages offered by rodak engineering

 key advantages offered by rodak engineering include the following:

·         A constant awareness of the available remediation technologies, innovative pollution prevention/reduction strategies, and project budget and our experience with regulatory requirements and negotiations enables us to pursue the most cost-effective approach to completing your project.

·         An understanding of potential legal and operational issues involved with permitting environmental discharges, including the importance of gathering and presenting valid information in the preparation of permit applications, and the incorporation of production data representing maximum operational capability to provide the client with operational flexibility in the issued permit(s).

·         Direct knowledge of site conditions and facility operations enables us to make better judgments during meetings with regulators, during communications with the client, and during other decision-making events in the permitting and environmental planning processes.

·          Our extensive experience with similar site conditions and projects allows us to optimize our time in identifying solutions to problems encountered during the course of a project.     

Due to our lower overhead, we are able to offer this advantage to our clients at normal project rates. 

CORPORATE GOAL

 rodak engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service in the industry, innovative solutions to problems and exceptional work product.  Our firm’s goal is to develop long-term relationships with industrial, commercial, and governmental entities by providing them with innovative, superior quality, and responsive services.  We also believe it is important to respect the confidentiality of our client’s project. 

HEALTH AND SAFETY

 rodak engineering uses the most recently-ESTABLISHED health and safety procedures to protect our employees and clients.  Our health and safety plans are developed as specified by the latest version of 29 CFR Part 1910.120.  Our personnel undergo yearly physicals as a part of an approved medical monitoring program.  In addition, these personnel have completed 40 hours of initial hazardous waste site health and safety training plus annual eight-hour updates.

INSURANCE

 rodak engineering is insured for professional liability, errors and omissions, general liability, automobile liability, and worker’s compensation.  Certificates of insurance are provided upon request.