MUNDELL
& ASSOCIATES, INC., founded in
1995 by John A. Mundell, PE, LPG, is an earth and environmental services
consulting company providing geophysical
services, groundwater and contaminant modeling,
subsurface investigations, scientific evaluations, and litigation support services to public and private sector
clients. Headquartered in Indianapolis,
Indiana, MUNDELL personnel have provided services to clients throughout the United
States and the World.
Geophysical Services
The application of Geophysics to challenging geologic,
environmental, engineering, or other scientific problems provides an
alternative, often unique, insight into the subsurface unlike more conventional
assessment methods such as drilling. MUNDELL Geophysical Services offers its
clients site investigation strategies that reduce the likelihood of overlooking
unexpected subsurface conditions while enhancing the understanding of
subsurface site characteristics. The breadth of the MUNDELL Geophysical professionals makes it
possible to provide our clients with high quality services to address a wide
spectrum of needs and situations. Geophysics can enhance an enormous range of
projects including such diverse examples as locating drums and underground
storage tanks in environmental site assessments, determining depth to rock and
mapping karst features in geotechnical investigations, fracture and aquifer
mapping in hydrogeologic investigations, providing detailed stratigraphic data
in coal exploration, and locating burials and artifacts in archeological
studies.
Groundwater and Contaminant Modelling
MUNDELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
personnel
have provided groundwater modeling and contaminant transport modeling services
since 1985. These services have
included the following types of applications:
Release characteristic evaluation - sudden and
accidental/unexpected and unintended.
Pollutant evaluation - toxicity, mobility and
persistence in the environment.
Evaluation of “No Further Action” remediation
alternative.
Wellhead protection - analysis and planning.
Construction and facility dewatering planning.
Historical state-of-knowledge of environmental
pollution, regulation and practice.
Evaluation of release rates and environmental
damage relative to time periods of interest.
Assessment of environmental investigation and
remediation costs.
Source damage contribution to overall
environmental costs and cost allocation.
Expert review of environmental documents and
models for development and support of litigation strategy.
Litigation Support
Since 1985, MUNDELL
& ASSOCIATES, INC. personnel have provided litigation support
services in the areas of environmental assessment, remediation and waste
containment involving industrial facilities, Superfund sites and leaking
underground storage tanks. MUNDELL has provided litigation support and expert
testimony in over 30 cases on issues of:
Release characteristic evaluation - sudden and
accidental/unexpected and unintended.
Pollutant evaluation - toxicity, mobility and
persistence in the environment.
Historical state-of-knowledge of environmental
pollution, regulation and practice.
Evaluation of release rates and environmental
damage relative to time periods of interest.
Assessment of environmental investigation and
remediation costs.
Source damage contribution to overall
environmental costs and cost allocation.
Environmental documents review for support of litigation strategy
development.
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Prepared by Bob Dalrymple, PO Box 122, Dapto, NSW Australia 2350
eMail: bob@relativelyyours.com