Analytical Environmental Services (AES) is a multidisciplinary consulting firm specializing in environmental and engineering services. AES personnel provide the depth of knowledge and practical experience needed to successfully comply with an array of complex regulatory requirements. AES staff members include experts in Cultural Resources, Land Use Planning, Water Resources, Engineering, Air Quality, Biology, Computer Graphics, and Web Design.
The AES cultural resources unit is comprised of specialists who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology, History, and Architectural History. AES’s cultural resources staff has an in-depth working knowledge of cultural resources standards, guidance, and regulatory compliance at the federal, state, and local level including the Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR), the California Public Resources Code (PRC), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), and the Native Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
AES CULTURAL RESOURCES SERVICES INCLUDE:
AES has an energetic and resourceful cultural staff, capable of responding to the varied needs of our diverse clientele. Our staff has substantial experience in prehistoric and historic research, cultural resources inventory, evaluation, and mitigation, HABS / HAER documentation, resource monitoring, and consultation with Native American groups and the State Historic Preservation Office. Additional capabilities include drafting research designs, archaeological data recovery plans, as well as resource treatment and management plans.
The cultural staff at AES has broad geographic experience, covering nearly all of the regions of California, including the Sierra Nevada, North Coast Ranges, Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, Central and South Coastal regions, and the western Great Basin.
AES’s approach to project management is simple but effective. It begins with the assignment of an experienced Project Manager responsible for all aspects of the project. Among other duties, the Project Manager monitors costs, establishes production milestones, and provides quality control oversight. The Project Manager also serves as the primary point of contact between the client and AES, as well as between AES and any subcontractors added to the project team.
Committed to completing projects on schedule and within budget, AES Project Managers practice proactive consultation and understand the benefits of excellent communication. Project Managers keep clients, in-house technical experts, and subcontracted team members well informed at all phases of a project. Such communication allows for early identification of potential problems, thereby allowing for the development of preventive solutions as early as possible in the planning process.
Quality control is integrated and emphasized throughout the life of the project. The Project Manager and Deputy Project Manager coordinate to ensure each section of technical documents are subject to multiple reviews for consistency and technical adequacy. Each complete document is then subject to line editing and a formatting review. A team approach to project management fosters a collective interest in maintaining the highest levels of quality throughout all aspects of the technical documents we produce.
AES is client-focused and prides itself on providing an exceptional level of service. We work closely with each client to define project goals clearly and then develop the most effective means for achieving them. Return customers and referrals constitute the core of our growing client list. Client satisfaction is attested to by our firm’s rapid growth. Founded in January 2001, AES was among the 100 fastest growing companies in the Sacramento region in 2004, 2005, and again in 2006, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. Widespread client satisfaction is perhaps best evidenced by the volume of repeat business AES has enjoyed. Superior performance on initial projects with new clients has frequently been rewarded by sole source contracts for larger, more complicated projects.
