Draper Aden Associates practices a specialty relative to waste management, and offers some of the most comprehensive resources available to meet the engineering, construction, and environmental challenges faced by solid waste program managers.  Our extensive waste management resources are supported by in-house expertise in companion fields, such as civil/site, utilities, transportation, surveying, and geotechnical engineering, as well as surveying, and thus we can efficiently complete any component of your waste management project without the need to outsource critical expertise.

Since its inception in 1972, Draper Aden Associates’ solid waste management program has conducted over one thousand (1,000) projects in all facets of the solid waste field.  The dedicated engineering, environmental and construction phase teams that comprise our solid waste management program are able to efficiently manage and perform a wide variety of projects ranging from solid waste management planning, facility planning and design, landfill gas control and recovery, construction phase services, CQC/CQA testing services, environmental monitoring, assessment and corrective measures.  Our innovative yet practical project approach has resulted in the implementation of state-of-the-art-design solutions, precedent-setting corrective actions including monitored natural attenuation and presumptive remedies, and creative construction management techniques that meet project goals while saving our clients money.  

Draper Aden Associates is committed to advancing the cause of the solid waste management industry, as such we participate on advisory committees for the development of regulations, hold key positions in influential national and local trade associations such as the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA – VWIA), and are frequent presenters at local, regional and national conferences.  Our active involvement in the field keeps us in the forefront of the issues for our clients, gives us an opportunity to influence future regulatory policies, and provides us a platform from which to advance the cause of the industry.

Our turn-key capability, comprehensive array of services, proactive involvement in the field, and commitment to client service including the personal attention of the company’s ownership, distinguish Draper Aden Associates as the firm of choice relative to solid waste management services.

Solid waste management services include:

• Regulatory compliance/interface
• Economic/feasibility analysis of waste management alternatives
• Wastestream analysis/characterization
• Formal Solid Waste Management Plans
• Facility siting/public involvement
• Recycling analysis/implementation  
• Materials recovery facility design
• Composting analysis/permitting/implementation
• Transfer station design/permitting
• Hydrogeologic assessments
• Groundwater monitoring and assessment
• Assessment of corrective measures
• Corrective action planning and implementation
• Landfill design/permitting
• Landfill closure planning/design
• Landfill gas monitoring and assessment
• Landfill gas migration control
• Landfill gas recovery and beneficial use
• Construction administration/management
• Comprehensive soils testing laboratory/field testing
• Construction quality assurance (CQA) and certification
• Facility operation management
• Operations assistance
• Design/build, design/build/operate solutions