Rhea has worked with both large international airports and small local airstrips to provide cost-effective solutions to environmental and engineering challenges.
Aviation
The services we’ve provided to aviation clients include:
High-Resolution Surveying + Mapping Support
Aircraft Sound Monitoring
Spill Remediation
Environmental Site Assessment
Geotechnical Analysis + Design for Runways + Taxiways
Stormwater Design
Lead + Asbestos Testing + Remediation
Environmental + Geotechnical Support for Airport Master Plans
Archaeological + Historic Evaluation
Public Outreach, Stakeholder Consultation, + Communications
Rhea understands the unique environmental and engineering needs faced by airports, both large and small.
Rhea’s surveyors and engineers are ready to help with every stage of airport planning and design, whether our clients are aiming to rehabilitate old pavements and structures or build something entirely new.
Our team of experienced environmental scientists knows what it takes to keep airport improvements in regulatory compliance and respond quickly to spills, leaks, and other environmental challenges. For some of our airport clients, we provide on-call environmental services, ensuring timely, efficient responses to our clients’ changing needs.
Acoustic Monitoring of Aircraft Traffic
Rhea is conducting acoustic monitoring to estimate aircraft traffic at 12 regional airports in western Pennsylvania.
Airport Taxiway Widening + Apron Rehabilitation
Rhea conducted geotechnical investigations, analyses, and designs for the improvement and expansion of a paved taxiway and apron at a Pennsylvania airport.
Airport Surveying + Environmental Services
Rhea has provided surveying and environmental services, including environmental site assessments, topographic surveying, and wetlands delineation in support of infrastructural improvements at Pittsburgh International and other Pennsylvania airports.
Morgantown Runway Extension Stormwater Design
When a regional airport needed to increase its capacity, Rhea provided stormwater designs and plans for erosion and pollution management for their new 1,001-foot runway extension.
Airport Improvement Project
A West Virginia airport proposed an improved Runway Safety Area for one of its runways, and the borrow site was thought to be the location of a strip-mining operation. Rhea served as the subcontractor for the geotechnical investigation.
Allegheny County Airport Cultural Resource Survey Update
Rhea’s team updated existing architectural surveys for the Allegheny County Airport Historic District and evaluated 11 buildings that had recently passed the age threshold for inclusion in the District.
GIS Digitization + Conversion for Large Transportation Dataset
Rhea provided GIS services for D.C. area airports and transportation services, including file digitization, geospatial data format conversion, and the production of high-quality, accurate geodatabases.
Harrisburg International Airport Obstruction Removal Project
Rhea’s contributions allowed for a successful collaboration of municipal, state and federal interests. Our recommendations included updated and innovative Best Management Practices that ultimately have improved the local environment.
Charlotte Douglas Airport Capital Improvement Program
Charlotte Douglas Airport (CLT) has completed a Master Plan Update and an Airport Capacity Enhancement Plan that identified that CLT would require, among other improvements, an expansion of gates and the terminal apron.