Resource International LTD, located just north of Richmond Virginia in Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, Satellite office in Hampton Roads Virginia, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach. We Provide excellence in the following service areas Civil Engineering,Civil Engineers,Land Development,Land Surveying,Land Planning,Site Engineering,Environmental Scientists,Wetland Services,Stream Restoration,Solid Waste Engineering. We offer better service at a price that is competitive with other local engineering firms such as Timmons Group, Balzer & Associates, Kimley Horn, CDM, Draper Aden, HDR, Golder, ch2mhill, Mattern and Craig. Our experience is second to none. At Resource International, we challenge ourselves to rethink the traditional, to apply innovative and sustainable technology and to identify creative engineering and environmental solutions in order to earn our clients for life.

Curles Neck

Resource was hired by national Sand and Gravel Facility to assist with eco-friendly reclamation. The reclamation of the palustrine environments benefits not only the wildlife and native plant species now inhabiting the areas, but the water quality of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay. Former mine pits, originally reclaimed as ponds play host to a myriad of migratory bird species, as well as amphibians and invertebrates. The creation of wetlands is a new discipline of environmental science that is still in its infancy. Curles Neck Sand and Gravel has created a 9.47-acre pond surrounded by 3.59 acres of emergent and shrub/scrub wetlands, giving the scientific community the opportunity to observe a created wetland as it develops and evolves over time. Before constructing the wetland, investigations were conducted to identify local and migratory avian species present in the area throughout the year. Planting of species-specific forage to sustain diverse populations of indigenous and migratory birds, and specifically waterfowl, was prioritized when creating the wetlands. State conservation efforts are on the rise to save suitable habitat for many rare amphibian species. With the creation of these palustrine areas, the stage has been set for the development of suitable habitat for population by rare species.

Resource services included:

  • Waters of the U.S. Delineation
  • Virginia Water Protection Permitting
  • Topographic Survey (6-inch contours)
  • Groundwater modelling (Shallow Groundwater monitoring, water budget development
  • Compensatory Mitigation Design, Construction Management, and Year End Monitoring

The project took one year to design and permit. Approximately four weeks were needed to grade and plant the constructed wetland fringe. It provided the quarry with approximately one year of increased site life and the ability to more appropriately reclaim the site.

In 2006, this created wetland won the IMCC Reclamation Award.

The Resource environmental team is currently conducting a yearly environmental monitoring program that is demonstrating the success of the wetland in terms of hydrophytic vegetation, hydrology sustainability and the development of hydric soils.

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