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Our Energy and Sustainability Team completed an assessment of BAS settings and algorithms, and a subsequent fine-tuning by the controls contractor, providing a significant and progressive reduction in energy use, resulting in utility bill and environmental savings.
Fire sprinkler systems play a crucial role in safeguarding facilities from the devastating effects of fires. For building owners who rely on dry pipe or pre-action sprinkler systems, a strategic switch from compressed air to nitrogen proves to be a functional solution for maximizing the lifespan of their piping systems.
Farmers, processors, distributors, and even restauranteurs all turn to SSM. November is all about bringing food to the table. Here’s a little taste at some projects we’ve worked on.
EPA recently revised the Lead and Copper Rule, establishing compliance deadlines of October 2024. To jumpstart the road to compliance, water systems should consider deploying a GIS team to establish their service line inventory. Likewise, water systems should ensure they have an engineering team on board that is well-versed in providing engineering design and consulting services.
Our menu is extensive. We are a multi-disciplinary engineering, environmental, and surveying firm specializing in not only simple projects - but the most complex. At SSM, we bring everything to the table.
Learn more about water: where it comes from and why we work to keep it clean!
LSA Statewide Grant is now open for public entities with projects that meet the public interest. In the past, we helped our clients acquire nearly $3M in funding from the LSA Grants. This year’s application period is now open!
Guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements.
Effective June of 2023, PECO has expanded its incentives for commercial, industrial, government and institutional customers with interest in solar energy production.
Solar system installation is more affordable than ever. Several financial opportunities including rebates, grants, and tax credits combined with expanding financing opportunities make the return on your investment faster and more attainable. Here’s a look at 3 key financial opportunities associated with solar system conversion.
Coined as the largest climate investment in U.S. History, here’s a few highlights you should know about the Inflation Reduction Act as it relates to your energy efficiency projects.
Humid and rainy summer days mean mold could be on its way. We're here to help. SSM offers a staff of industrial hygienists, indoor air quality specialists, and facilities engineers capable of performing the evaluations necessary to assess mold and the extent of mold contamination.
The City of Reading and Reading Skatepark Association recently broke ground on the Reading Skatepark at 601 Canal Street. SSM’s Civil Engineering team provided land development services, and more.
Aztec Materials enlisted Practical Energy Solutions, SSM’s Energy team, to provide comprehensive energy and sustainability services, listed to the right. The site’s operation now leverages an ecologically sound electric dredge powered by a large solar array.
Spotts, Stevens and McCoy is a recognized leader in Municipal Engineering and Consulting thanks to over 90 years of providing assistance to local governments. Read more about the SSM difference.
Our Energy and Sustainability Team completed an assessment of BAS settings and algorithms, and a subsequent fine-tuning by the controls contractor, providing a significant and progressive reduction in energy use, resulting in utility bill and environmental savings.
More than ever before, community leaders are under increasing pressure to institute green practices, and sustainable operations. SSM’s Energy and Sustainability Services team is a recognized leader in the Municipal Energy Services arena. Some of the largest municipal entities in the region have used our services, as have some of the smallest. Our team is unmatched by many similar firms in the area. Not only for their expertise, but for their experience.
Since 1932 we’ve consistently refined our practices and pioneered into the newest technology, ensuring our survey data is always collected proficiently and accurately.
High definition laser scanning offers the best precision, efficiency, and accuracy to the process of measuring floor flatness. With speed unlike manual measurement, and collection of millions of points, digital scans identify and distinguish exactly where floors stand- competitively outshining historical practices.
Spring is one of the best times to deploy drone technology for data and information collection. Snow-free, leaf-free and sunny conditions allow us to get the best picture and the most accurate information for our clients. At SSM, we have three certified FAA Remote Pilots on our team.
About the program: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) is a financial tool for property owners to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficient equipment, renewable energy, and water conservation projects.
What does this program do? The program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Agricultural producers may also apply for new energy efficient equipment and new system loans for agricultural production and processing.
If you are a commercial building owner in the City of Philadelphia, you may be required to comply with a recent regulation called the Building Energy Performance Program (BEPP). This ordinance requires owners of buildings over 50,000 sf to do a "building tune-up" every 5 years. The tune-up is a review of maintenance and operations of primary energy using equipment like HVAC and lighting. The deadline for buildings over 100,000 sf is coming fast - September 30, 2022.
EPA recently revised the Lead and Copper Rule, establishing compliance deadlines of October 2024. To jumpstart the road to compliance, water systems should consider deploying a GIS team to establish their service line inventory. Likewise, water systems should ensure they have an engineering team on board that is well-versed in providing engineering design and consulting services.
SSM provides professional GIS services to; from mapping support for infrastructure projects, to focused GIS and data capture projects
With GIS technologies, information is no longer stored in multiple locations-maps, spreadsheets, notepads, clipboards, cell phones, email chains-but can now be stored in one spot. This helps you save time, improve processes, and get the information you need when you need it, wherever you are.
The H2O PA Act was established by the General Assembly in July 2008. The Act provides for single-year or multi-year grants to municipalities or municipal authorities to assist with the construction of drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm water projects. Act 54 of 2022 appropriated $205.4 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the H2O PA – Water Supply, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water Projects Program.
Oil water separators (OWS) are a vital part of protecting the environment from hydrocarbon releases. Although typically out of sight and mind, they quietly do their part when properly maintained. The coalescing media is the essential element for attaining acceptable oil discharge limits. However, the coalescing media is also most susceptible to solids obstructing proper oil separation. When solids and hydrocarbons are not removed regularly, they can cause unwanted sludge buildup in the system and poor effluent characteristics.