Rhea’s team of professional land surveyors, environmental scientists, and engineers can help every step of the way whether you’re building something new or redeveloping an existing site.
Civil Site Development
Look to us for your civil site development needs, including the following:
Transportation
Structural Services
Aviation Services
Pavement Design
Geotechnical Investigation
Site Characterization
Environmental Site Assessment
Archaeological + Land Planning Services
Land Surveying
ALTA Surveys
As-built Services
Permitting
Project Administration Services
Rhea has the knowledge and expertise to support our clients through every stage of their development projects, from planning to design to execution.
Our experienced survey crews, CAD experts, and GIS specialists perform surveying and mapping for design and construction projects, including real estate transactions and development. We work with the latest software and equipment to produce high-quality, detailed maps and schematics that our clients depend on.
Rhea’s team has decades of experience working at sites across the Rust Belt with deep industrial histories and complex environmental challenges. When our clients need to rehabilitate an industrial site we can identify and solve environmental problems that arise, keeping projects on time and under budget.
Road Connectors in a High Traffic Area
Rhea is providing surveying, environmental, geotechnical, and archaeological support for a major road connector project in Moon, Pennsylvania.
Geotechnical Subsurface Investigation + Retaining Wall Design
Rhea conducted a geotechnical investigation and redesign for a deteriorating retaining wall at a Pittsburgh university.
Airport Improvement Project
A West Virginia airport proposed an improved Runway Safety Area for one of its runways, and the borrow site was thought to be the location of a strip-mining operation. Rhea served as the subcontractor for the geotechnical investigation.
Public School Infrastructure Improvements
Rhea has provided geotechnical, design, and engineering support for infrastructural improvements at public schools across the Pittsburgh area.
Holy Trinity Stormwater Management + Permitting
Rhea was chosen to perform stormwater design analysis for a proposed site development undergoing changes — avoiding potential impacts to existing wetlands and designing an underground stormwater system modeled through five design storm conditions.
Geotechnical Investigation for Multimodal Parking and Transportation Facility
Rhea conducted a geotechnical evaluation of soft soils and bedrock in support of the construction of a new multimodal parking facility at a PA State Park.
Public Plaza Low-Impact Stormwater Design
Rhea developed a green, low-impact stormwater management plan for a commercial plaza in Pittsburgh, reducing flood risk and benefitting both residents and businesses.
Geotechnical Investigation + Design for Burkey Bridge
Rhea was contracted to complete the geotechnical subsurface investigation and analysis, state agency coordination, geotechnical drilling oversight, and foundation design for a replacement bridge.
Geotechnical Investigation + Design for Barkley Bridge
Due to deterioration of the existing three-barrel crossing and degradation of the road surface, a complete design and construction overhaul was necessary to create safe access for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Charlotte Douglas Airport Capital Improvement Program
Charlotte Douglas Airport (CLT) has completed a Master Plan Update and an Airport Capacity Enhancement Plan that identified that CLT would require, among other improvements, an expansion of gates and the terminal apron.
Garfield Glen Affordable Housing Development
Rhea worked closely with the developer, architect, and regulatory agencies for a scattered site affordable housing development in Pittsburgh.
Transportation Authority Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
Rhea successfully oversaw the advancement of 20 soil boring and the installation of 10 temporary monitoring wells using direct-push technology to determine if site contamination existed at a potential new transportation facility site.