As in all industries, the environmental engineering field is constantly changing. And as in all industries, the technology is marching at a relentless pace. Just keeping up with the advances in your specialty is difficult enough. Keeping up with the advances in all fields is impossible. And to top it off, every customer now wants you to do it more economically.

 Not many years ago a remediation system might consist of several pumps, an aerator, and perhaps a monitor with an alarm light. Today’s systems might require dozens of wells, pumps, and fans, continuous 24 / 7 discharge monitoring, monthly reports of daily discharges to regulatory agencies, periodic alternation of process beds to relieve chemical or biological loading, and a host of other operations that would seem to require frequent site visits.

 Modern manufacturing automation technology can accomplish much of the work required, and can alleviate substantial labor costs over the life of a remediation project much like it does in a manufacturing facility. However, designing a remediation project with this confusing array of technology, most of which is conceived for manufacturing plants with 24 / 7 maintenance staff coverage, can be daunting. Do you need Foundation Field Bus, or Devicenet? Or maybe this new wireless HART? What are the electrical requirements for long distance pump runs? Do you need E-stops? Where? If the county electrical inspector arrived unannounced, would you be calm or terrified?

 Your staff has spent years getting and staying up to speed on the environmental engineering issues like methods for vaporizing VOCs, mapping plumes with test wells and presenting maps using GIS data, knowing action limits for various compounds off the top of your head. Our staff has spent those same years understanding motor full load amps, pump head and pipe sizing requirements, valve and actuator selection, PLC programming, data acquisition and reporting methodologies, automation system design, and construction and building codes.

 Industrial Informatics, Inc. offers environmental engineering companies seeking to design, install, and operate remediation systems a fabrication and design service that allows you to concentrate on the task of remediation rather than worry about implementation details like wire numbers and conduit runs.

 For example, your firm surveys a site and determines the major equipments required to proceed with the remediation, ie. a specific number of air strippers of certain capacities, liquid and vapor phase carbon beds required. We will design a complete "lights out" automatic control system to run and monitor the system with remote capabilities in your central office, construct and fabricate all of the required mechanical equipment, and contract building erection for you if required. In the end, you will have a maintainable automatic system that will allow you to meet your customer’s needs without requiring you to maintain a staff of automation or construction specialists on your payroll. Should you desire, we will contract periodic maintenance such as monthly oil changes on blowers, semiannual sensor calibration and verification, etc.