Planning

Planning as a discipline is an important element of services we provide to our clients. Ranging from small area plans to comprehensive plans, the planning process involves several steps along the way including research, public facilitation, community involvement and engagement and program and strategy development. EHI’s team is licensed and certified and possesses extensive experience with public facilitation and plan development along with proven working relationships through the planning process. At EHI, our planning experience and expertise include:

Community and Neighborhood Planning
Community Facilitation
Community Impact Assessment
Environmental Justice
Planning Socioeconomic Studies
Project Administration and Management
Land Use Planning & Zoning GIS Services
Comprehensive Planning

Public Facilitation

Public Facilitation and Community Involvement is a vital process in which information is channeled from residents, businesses, and stakeholders within a project area. The approach to public input with EHI is more than a series of monologues by individuals; our team seeks out residents and stakeholders utilizing multiple outreach techniques from traditional print media to digital means. Documentation of the facilitation process is necessary for continued utilization as the project progresses. EHI’s team of licensed and trained professional civil engineers and planners whose experience and expertise includes:

Facilitation Processes
Consensus Building
Questionnaire Development
Resident and Stakeholder Interviews
Public Outreach

Engineering

Civil Engineering covers a broad range of capabilities that effect many aspects of both the private and public sectors. Ranging from preliminary site assessment to roadway design, our engineers are equipped with the resources necessary to deliver a quality product. EHI’s team constitutes of licensed and trained professional civil engineers whose experience and expertise include:

Civil Engineering
Drainage and Grading Plans
Maintenance of Traffic Plans
Right of Way Plans
Roadway Design
Site Development
Erosion Control Design
Preliminary Site Assessments

Environmental

Environmental services are an integral part of many aspects of engineering and planning. Aspects of environmental services can range from site assessments to remediation studies and often integrated into an engineering or planning project. EHI’s team consists of licensed and trained professional civil engineers and planners whom are qualified to perform the following environmental services:

Hazardous Waste Analysis
Landfill Site Delineation
Environmental Impact Statements
Environmental Assessments
Environmental Assessments
Phase I Site Assessments
Soil Remediation Studies

Federal Support Services

EHI has current experience with the United States Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management. EHI has ongoing experience in Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio, managing and providing supportive services to Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Boards with regard to cleanup activities at the sites in each of the communities. Each board is tasked with the responsibility to provide advisory input on policy issues regarding environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. EHI’s team is qualified to perform the following services:

Board Member Support
Information and Technology Services
Budgeting
Department Interfacing
Technical Support Services
Data Management
Project Management

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Plans (DBEs)

EHI has worked to prepare numerous Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) plans within Kentucky. The preparation of these plans includes a set of participation goals, development of objectives and policy statements along with coordination efforts into a development plan for a DBES. EHI has prepared DBE Plans for over 30 Kentucky airports in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Part 26 Regulations, and coordinated the preparation of plans with the Atlanta Regional FAA office.