Environmental Services
Vegetation Management
EDM’s team of industry experts combines decades of experience and state-of-the-art technology know-how with a client-centered, collaborative approach to developing and implementing safe, reliable, compliant, cost-effective, cross-functional, programmatic solutions for utility vegetation management (UVM), including:
T&D & Pipeline Vegetation Management Program Assessment, Development, Implementation and Optimization
- Existing UVM Program Review & Gap Analysis
- Strategic & Tactical Planning
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance Strategies
- Turnkey Program Management
- Workload Studies
- Work Prioritization
- Budgeting
- Work Optimization
- Best Management Practices
- Integrated Vegetation Management Planning
- Tree Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Vegetation-Caused Outage Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance (FAC-003, State, etc.)
- UVM Process Review & Mapping
- Value Proposition/Business Plan Development
- QA/QC & Continuous Improvement
- ROW Stewardship Accreditation
- Internal/External Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
Remote Sensing, Software, Virtual Inspection, Geospatial
- Cross-Functional Remote Sensing Program Development
- Remote Sensing Evaluation & Selection (LiDAR, Hi-Res, Spectral, IR, Sat., UAS)
- Data Analysis & Analytics
- Virtual Inspection
- UVM Work Management Software Strategies
- Software Evaluation, Selection & Implementation
- Geospatial/GIS Solutions
Federal Land Strategies (US Forest Service, BLM, Etc.)
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Development
- Special Use Permits (SUP) – Review, Modification, Acquisition & Renewal
- Navigating Regulations & Compliance
- Environmental Reviews Guidance
- Operating Plan Dev. & Implementation
- Work Approval & Execution
Strategic & Sustainable Sourcing For UVM Services
- Utility Operations/Sourcing/Procurement/Vendors Collaboration
- Identify Sourcing Opportunities (Worker Recruiting, Retention, Risk Reduction)
- Current State Assessment
- Strategy Development
- Best-of-Breed Contractor Selection
- Strategy Implementation
- Accountability Establishment
- Continuous Improvement
Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support
- Independent Expert Testimony
- Technical Evidence, Analysis & Interpretation
- Fact Research & Documentation
- Regulator Query Support
- Rate Case Hearing Support & Testimony