About Us
Chapman Engineering is an environmental engineering and services company based in Boerne, Texas. It offers unique solutions in such areas as
- environmental assessment and cleanup
- underground storage tank (UST) release detection
- water and wastewater system design, expansion, troubleshooting and rehabilitation
- corrosion protection
- water quality, ground-water availability, discharge permitting, etc.
- spill prevention, control and countermeasures plans (SPCC), and emergency response to accidental petroleum releases
- regulatory compliance and enforcement action help
- expert witness work
The company's professionals interact frequently with regulators at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Railroad Commission of Texas, ground-water conservation districts, County and City Engineers or development managers, and the like.
Our customer base includes petroleum jobbers, cities, counties and school districts, industrial and commercial companies, and development firms.
We are also involved with business and industry organizations such as the Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce (http://boerne.org/), Industry Council on the Environment (www.ice-texas.org), and a number of other organizations.
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Chapman Engineering came into being in 1988.
Mr. Cal Chapman, an environmental engineer,
Mr. Bill Hayes, a research chemist, and Mr. Jim Velvin, a gasoline
retailer and engineer who also had over a hundred patents to his credit,
teamed to create a concept for UST release detection. The company began
work in early 1989 with this UST release detection system, trade-named Fuel
Finder™. Mr. Chapman and Mr. Hayes developed the company through
1995, and Mr. Chapman has been sole principal since that time.
The company offers professional engineers and geologists, individuals registered with TCEQ
as Corrective Action Project Managers, and environmental scientists. Chapman Engineering regularly teams with other engineering and environmental service firms to combine capabilities needed for particular projects or client requirements.
Corrosion protection is a field Chapman Engineering has worked in since the mid-1990's. This entails coating of subsurface metallic structures, and/or providing cathodic protection to those structures. This is done in accordance with NACE International standards. "Impressed current" or "galvanic anode" cathodic protection systems may be specified, and Chapman Engineering does design, installation and testing of these systems.
Through qualified contractors with whom it has worked for years, Chapman Engineering performs UST upgrade work,
including cathodic protection services and installation of spill
protection equipment and overfill prevention equipment. Yearly tasks as
simple as line leak detector testing and replacement may be provided as
needed to a client, or as part of a comprehensive tank management
strategy.
Chapman Engineering's laboratory centers its work on the proprietary
processes described above for UST release detection, with the Fuel
Finder™ method. One tool used on many site
assessment and release detection projects is that of “fuel fingerprinting,” the analysis of
fuel samples for comparison to fuel residues obtained from soils, water or
from porous polymer-based samples. The fingerprinting technique serves as
an excellent diagnostic tool in release detection, remediation and
assessment activities.
The company also works closely with a network of other engineering and
environmental service firms in central Texas and farther away. Through these associations, Chapman
Engineering can offer asbestos sampling and abatement, all forms of
environmental sampling and analysis, and air quality assessment.
Permitting with TCEQ and other agencies can be done in any of these
program areas.
Our approach has
always been focused on face-to-face presentation with our customers and the
regulatory agencies with whom they interact. Whether work involves
environmental assessment, geologic and water supply services, or other
design and construction, the regulatory community must be kept aware of
CES, its capabilities and strengths. As CES performs services for clients,
it must also provide those clients with hands-on help that satisfies the
regulating authority.
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Chapman Engineering is an environmental engineering and services company offering unique underground storage tank (UST) release detection, water and wastewater utility design and rehabilitation, and corrosion protection solutions to its customers in Texas and surrounding states.
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