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.
