MCS has provided services to
every US Forest in Region 1.
MCS Environmental performed technical services under
a three-year ID/IQ contract to perform asbestos consulting
services for buildings in US Forest Service Region
1 (Montana, Idaho, and the Dakotas).
Services included asbestos inspection, hazard assessment,
project design, abatement monitoring, preparation of
CAD drawings, photographic documentation, cost estimation
services, and report preparation. We also performed laboratory services using Polarized Light Microscopy
and Phase Contrast Microscopy. Under
this contract, MCS inspected approximately 1,000 facilities
within four western states, and designed/supervised
approximately 60 separate asbestos abatement projects
involving 200 different facilities.
In the course of this 5 year contract, MCS provided
A&E services to complete various evaluations, studies,
reports, and response actions as specified in the National
Contingency Plan found in 40 CFR 300. Most of the work
involved abandoned minesites and was geared toward assessing
drainage basin health, i.e., multiple mine sites within
a drainage. MCS performed site investigations and reclamation
investigation of a former asbestos mine in the Gallatin
National Forest, Montana; site investigation of a placer
mining district in the Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho;
reclamation design of preferred alternative at an abandoned
lead and silver mine in the Lolo National Forest, Montana. The Lolo National Forest site also included removal action, stream restoration, and
design of a mine-waste repository; and an expanded engineering
evaluation and cost analysis of an abandoned lead and
silver mine.
MCS Environmental was awarded a competitive, best-value,
design/build project for renovation of the Stevensville
Ranger Station in Stevensville, Montana. MCS constructed
a 200 sf office addition; replaced the roof; repaved
the parking lot; improved vehicle access; installed
additional parking spaces; reworked the storm drain
system; and installed two ADA-accessible ramps and sidewalks.
In the proposal stage, MCS’s construction management
team met with the end-user and then worked with design
consultants (civil engineer, architect, and structural
engineer) to create a preliminary design modeled on
feedback from the end-user. This pre-award research
was significant in establishing an accurate cost estimate.
The customer stated that MCS’s design was unique,
since it utilized the new addition roof to also serve
as a cover for one of the ADA ramps. The customer was
also impressed
with the proposed civil design,  since it addressed specific
site issues while simultaneously incorporating ideas
from facility employees.
Since MCS overlapped the design and build phases overall
project duration was shortened, allowing excavation
and structural concrete placement during ideal weather
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