Agriculture

With our roots firmly established in the agriculture heartland, Construction Material Testing’s in-depth understanding of agri-business lets us give industry certain solutions in the regions of geotechnical analysis, environmental consulting, construction materials, and facilities engineering solutions.

CMT has made long-term professional connections with business leaders like and many agricultural cooperatives throughout the country. Our regional offices permit us to be more cost-effective working on different projects, while our geographical coverage provides customers the technology experience and tools for multi-site services. CMT’s agricultural customers typically represent three main agri-business categories, such as livestock production, grain processing and storage, and agricultural chemical storage and handling facilities.

Our specialists know what’s at stake in picking your center place. If it’s the vacant site or a constructed structure, our specialists can identify possible dangers and accelerate preliminary layout minimizing costs in buying, building, or renovating a facility. We can help you fulfill particular environmental regulatory requirements you are working in compliance and daily operations are uninterrupted.

CMT provides a vast variety of environmental solutions for the agricultural chemical market. Historical usage of pesticides and fertilizers has affected soil and groundwater in several agronomy facilities, bulk storage centers, and production centers across the nation. CMT has ample expertise with soil and groundwater contamination investigations and remediation on affected sites, and working with customers to discover innovative solutions.

Project Investigative Tests

• Stage I pre-acquisition site evaluations
• Stage II subsurface evaluations and site characterizations
• Risk-based corrective activity
• Soil removal/disposal
• Groundwater remediation
• Bioremediation/attenuation
• Phytoremediation
• Risk Control Strategies
• Process security management
• Permitting, such as air, waste, and NPDES
• Compliance audits
• Health and security reviews and preparation
• OSHA training
• Exposure monitoring
• Indoor air quality evaluations

GRAIN STORAGE AND PROCESSING

CMT’s environmental solutions for grain processing and storage facilities consist of environmental site evaluations for acquisitions, site investigations to determine soil and groundwater influence from prior surgeries, remediation of affected soil and groundwater, regulatory strategies and licenses for new and present facilities, and industrial maintenance services associated with employee health and security.

Historical usage of grain fumigants such as carbon tetrachloride and ethylene dibromide (EDB) has affected soil and groundwater in many grain centers across the nation. CMT has ample experience clean-up affected elevator websites and working with customers to locate cost-effective solutions for dirt pollution testing and groundwater monitoring and remediation.

Website Tests and Tests

• Stage I and II site assessments
• Subsurface investigations and site characterizations
• Comprehensive Investigation and Corrective Action Study
• Risk-based corrective activity
• Remedial design
• Soil removal/disposal
• Groundwater remediation
• Soil vapor extraction/bioventing
• In-situ remedy
• Bioremediation/attenuation
• Phytoremediation
• Plans and files
• Permitting, such as air, waste, and NPDES
• Compliance audits
• Health and security evaluations
• Health and security preparation
• OSHA training
• Exposure monitoring
• Indoor air quality evaluations

LIVESTOCK

Construction Material testing offers environmental consulting services to dairies, calf farms, beef cattle feed yards, and swine production facilities. We offer solutions which vary from website tests to finish facility design and construction documents for new livestock facilities. We could also assist customers with existing facilities by giving property condition assessments and building strategies for renovation and expansion.

Services

• Website evaluations and investigations
• Center layout
• Regulatory compliance
• Corrective action
• Building documents
• Building quality control
• Manure direction
• Operations and management strategies
• Odor examination and abatement
• Air quality
• Permitting