Geotechnical Resources

Florida Geotechnical Engineering Receives 2011 Best of Tampa Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

NEW YORK, NY, October 20, 2011 — Florida Geotechnical Engineering has been selected for the 2011 Best of Tampa Award in the Professional Engineers category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Association

Protecting Florida’s water supply is essential to our way of life and sustaining the environmentally-friendly growth and development of our communities.  Please take a moment to view this short video that explains a present-day threat to our quality of life.

For more information regarding the impact groundwater pollution poses to your health, please visit the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Drinking Water Contaminants Health Effects page.

Please view these geotechnical engineering resources, including links for petroleum clean-ups, sinkhole and subsidence, and stormwater systems.

Petroleum Clean-up Links

• Petroleum Cleanup Program
• Storage Tank Regulation
• Incident Notification Form
• Discharge Reporting Form
• Your Petroleum Storage Tank Facility Inspection Guide [5.7 mb]
• Guide to Florida’s Petroleum Cleanup Program [15.2 mb]
• Priority Score Funding Threshold History
• Preapproval Standard Operating Procedures Manual
• Storage Tank Facility Registration Form
• Storage Tank Regulation
• Storage Tank Incident Penalty List
• Compliance & Insurance
• ASTM International
• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC)

Sinkhole and Subsidence Links

• Sinkhole FAQs
• Sinkhole Report Form
• Sinkhole and Catastrophic ground collapse
• Sinkhole Mediation – Neutral Evaluation
• Sinkhole Insurance Claims Request For Neutral Evaluation Form
• Settling Your Sinkhole Claim brochure
• Sinkholes, What Homeowners need to know

Stormwater Systems Links

• Stormwater Systems Overview SWFWMD