Sevee & Maher Engineers Inc. of Cumberland received recognition from the American Council of Engineering Companies' Maine chapter for consultant work on a project to remediate an abandoned municipal airport site and provide stormwater and water supply solutions for Estabrook's Farms & Greenhouse's newly constructed commercial greenhouse facility in Pownal. The engineering excellence award was in the waste and stormwater category.
Tom Estabrook, Estabrook's co-owner and president, touted the facility as "the most technically advanced facility in the state of Maine for horticulture" and added it took "a massive team effort."
Sevee & Maher partnered on the project with CWS Architects in Scarborough, A.H. Grover, Storey Brothers Excavating, ErfGoed and Eason Horticulture Resources. The former municipal airport was unsuitable for reuse because of oil-impacted soils and hazardous materials, according to a news release.
Sevee & Maher's site investigation and remediation team addressed complex and environmentally sensitive characteristics of the property, heightened by the presence of Chandler Brook in Yarmouth and neighboring wetlands to the west. Solutions included remediating impacted soils on-site and guidance on clean-up and disposal of historical building and hangar debris to provide a safe site for greenhouse construction.
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