At a Glance
- Customer: Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc. (ESI)
- Project: Wetland delineation for a 50-mile pipeline corridor in Alabama
- Challenge: Aggressive 30-day timeline with severe weather and land access issues
- Solution: Real-time field data collection and QA using Ecobot
- Results:
- 570 sample points collected, 344 wetlands mapped
- 10 hours of QA/QC time saved for Project Manager
- 50 hours of post-field data cleanup saved
- Entire project completed ahead of schedule
The Challenge
Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc. (ESI) specializes in heritage and natural resource services, civil engineering, and wetlands projects across the U.S.
Project Manager Scott Denham and his team faced a particularly demanding project: a wetland delineation along a 50-mile pipeline corridor through Alabama’s southern coastal plain. Complicating the aggressive 30-day timeline were abnormal weather conditions, limited land access, and an unusual density of wetlands-with up to 20 wetlands per mile.
The Approach
Drawing on experience from two field seasons with Ecobot, the ESI team streamlined their workflow by:
- Mobile Data Collection: Using Ecobot, the team collected over 35 sample points per day, achieving unprecedented daily productivity.
- Real-Time QA/QC: Centralized cloud-based data management allowed Denham to review and QA fieldwork in near real-time, saving hours of manual data cleanup.
- Efficient Reporting: Immediate data availability enabled rapid client updates and faster regulatory submissions.
“I was able to get data from the field team at 2:00 pm on Friday every week. I could then complete some quality checks and submit the entire week’s delineation results to the client by 5:00 pm-rather than sorting through them all weekend.”, Scott Denham, Project Manager, ESI
The Results
With Ecobot’s support, ESI exceeded project expectations:
- 570 Sample Points and 344 Wetlands Mapped: All fieldwork completed in under 30 days.
- Hours Saved:
- 10 hours of QA/QC time saved for the Project Manager.
- 50 hours of post-fieldwork data sheet cleanup saved for the field team.
- Faster Client Delivery: Weekly submissions streamlined communication and improved client satisfaction.
- Business Impact: Improved efficiency helped ESI win more bids, increase profit margins, and complete regulatory submittals to the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ahead of schedule.
Thanks to Ecobot’s real-time capabilities, ESI delivered the project on time and under budget.