http://ashmann.uk/tag/geeks-in-residence/ Espinoza Consulting Services (ECS) conducted a series of cultural resource survey projects for the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) facility in western Arizona. Upon completion of the first project (Extended Range Cannon Artillery or ERCA) ECS had rerecorded and GPS mapped five previously identified sites and 15 newly identified sites. In 2016 and . . . → Read More: GIS Support for Yuma Proving Ground Cultural Resource Surveys

Twante Under ACS’ on-call contract with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County, Arizona, which ACS has held since 2007, ACS conducted a multi-phased Cultural Resource Management project that included a Class I literature review, Class III survey, and a Programmatic Agreement and Historic Properties Treatment Plan to guide phased data recovery at multiple archaeological . . . → Read More: GIS on the Vineyard Road and Rittenhouse Flood Retarding Structures Cultural Resource Project

As a subconsultant on Kimley-Horn’s 2014 ADOT Project Development On-call Contract, ACS provided Geographic Information Systems (GIS) support and mapping products for an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Strategic Plan to guide the development and implementation of ITS within the City of Apache Junction. The Strategic Plan maps out a direction for the ITS program . . . → Read More: Apache Junction Intelligent Transportation System Strategic Plan – GIS/Utilities, City of Apache Junction, Arizona

Under contract to a utility company, in conjunction with senior project management and with input from BLM advisors (whose land we were working on), ACS GIS staff created a project-specific geodatabase for data collection, processing, and storage between late 2014 and 2016. This geodatabase allowed the Compliance Inspection Contractor (CIC) to more easily and . . . → Read More: GIS on a Major Utility Line, Maricopa County

As a subconsultant to Advanced Environmental Management (AEM) in 2017, ACS prepared and processed field-collected GPS data for tree location, tree stand, environmental sample locations, and timber harvest locations within two survey areas for migration to geodatabases compliant with Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE) Version 3.1 with Federal Geographic Data . . . → Read More: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Forest Management Plans for Local Training Areas