FPM Tours H2Oaks

November, 2017 - Dennis Lundquist, Randy Mattzela, and Lily Cartwright, of FPM’s San Antonio office, toured H2Oaks: San Antonio Water System’s (SAWS) state of the art Desalinization Plant. SAWS now provides the San Antonio area with one of the most drought resilient water systems in arid regions around the country by combining desalinated Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer water with fresh Edwards Aquifer water.

Society of American Military Engineers – San Antonio Post organized the tour.

 

FPM Remediations, Inc. Acquired by Olgoonik Development Corporation LLC

April 30, 2018 - Olgoonik Development LLC (Olgoonik) acquired FPM Remediations, Inc., FPM Group, Ltd., and their associated assets, collectively “FPM”. “Olgoonik is excited about the acquisition. The FPM companies are a great addition to the Olgoonik corporate family and share our strong commitment to customer satisfaction,” said Marty Miksh, president of Olgoonik Development Operations. Miksh added, “they bring new capabilities, and strong past performance and client relationships. We look forward to working with FPM’s exceptional management team and personnel in serving their existing clients while supporting their expansion across Olgoonik’s footprint and augmenting Olgoonik’s already strong capabilities.”

Olgoonik is an established provider of quality environmental services for government and commercial clients with extensive experience working in Alaska. The acquisition of FPM expands these services, geographically across the continental United States and into the new areas of geophysics and military munitions response programs. FPM also provides facilities engineering services to complement Olgoonik’s engineering and construction services.

Olgoonik does not plan any foreseeable changes to operations at FPM. FPM Group, Ltd. and FPM Remediations, Inc. will operate as separate subsidiaries under Olgoonik Development and Gaby A. Atik, the previous president of FPM Remediations, Inc., will lead the operations of all the FPM companies.

In responding to the acquisition, FPM’s president, Gaby Atik said, “FPM looks forward to our future as a member of the Olgoonik family. We found that, like FPM, Olgoonik culture is fueled by the belief that our operations must be of the highest quality; our employees, which are our best asset, must be qualified and principled; and our commitment to safety and our client’s mission is unconditional.”

About Olgoonik – The Olgoonik Corporation was established in 1973 as an Alaska Native Corporation by the Inupiat elders of Wainwright, Alaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. Olgoonik Development, LLC was formed as the Corporation’s holding company in 1999 and currently manages 12 Olgoonik subsidiaries providing construction, logistics, security, oilfield support, and environmental services, primarily to U.S. government and commercial customers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Contract/Task Order Awards

FPM was awarded task order to complete Feasibility Study (FS)/Evaluation at the Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, MI. FPM will analyze alternatives to address free product and the approximately half-acre area where residual fuels are present in the vadose zone and capillary fringe at Landfill Site LF030/31. The goal of the FS is to identify technologies and recommend a remedial approach that will reduce and eventually eliminate the hydrocarbon plume that is currently being addressed using a pump and treatment system. Upon completion of the FS, FPM will prepare an Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) documenting the new treatment technology and identifying cap drainage improvements to facilitate capturing runoff on the upgradient side of the cap.

FPM was awarded a contract to perform annual Land Use Control (LUC) inspections and reporting at seven sites, cover maintenance at seven former disposal sites, and maintenance and repair of 20 groundwater monitoring wells at Little Rock Air Force Base, AR.

FPM was awarded a contract to provide a filtration system for removing Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)/Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) from two industrial waste lagoons on Stewart Air National Guard Base, NY. The contract includes filling a FRAC tank prior to release to the Town of New Windsor sanitary sewer system, the proper disposal/treatment of the filtration medium, and cleanup of the system.

FPM was awarded a task order to update the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan Update (SPCC) and prepare a SPCC training manual at Ft. Irwin, CA.

FPM was awarded a task order for investigation and remedial services for chlorinated solvents at the Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS) at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center (CBJTC), FL. The objectives of this project are to: 1) define the nature and extent of soil contamination within the CSMS; 2) assess remedial alternatives to address the contaminated soil; 3) define the extent of the chlorinated groundwater plume; 4) evaluate the results of a pilot study for a Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) groundwater remediation technology; and 5) conduct groundwater monitoring.

Auxilio-FPM Joint Venture (JV), LLC was awarded a 5-year 8(a) Small Business Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order contract (MATOC) with a contract capacity of $60M to provide Environmental Remediation Services (ERS) with Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division. ERS and MMRP activities include implementation of all phases of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) from investigation to response implementation.

 

 

FPM Volunteers December 2018

December, 2018 - Ethan Blatt and Brett Evans of FPM Remediations, volunteered at Tampa Bay Watch’s oyster shell bar construction event at MacDill Air Force Base.  As part of Tampa Bay Watch’s Community Oyster Reef Enhancement (CORE) program, the Oyster Shell Bar program creates oyster reefs similar to natural oyster communities found along shoreline areas throughout Tampa Bay.  First, volunteers helped shovel 10 tons of fossilized shell into marine-friendly mesh bags.  From there, volunteers then constructed an oyster shell bar by deploying the bags of shells along the shoreline in permitted design.   The goal of the oyster shell bar program is to provide and enhance marine habitat while providing environmental education and stewardship within the Tampa Bay community through hands-on community restoration.

 

Through the creation and enhancement of new oyster habitat in Tampa Bay, many new ecological benefits will occur, including:

• Water filtration capacity provided by oysters will directly benefit the entire Tampa Bay ecosystem.
• Improved water quality conditions can promote the reintroduction of subtidal seagrass beds into the Bay as water quality improves.
• An increase in surface area and interstitial area for other attaching organisms (such as barnacles, sea squirts, anemones, sponges, corals and algae), immensely increasing the productivity of the benthic area.
• The creation of the oyster shell reefs will contribute to the improvement and protection of bay habitats by stabilizing the shoreline and providing optimal conditions for the settlement of salt marsh plants and mangroves behind the oyster shell bar.
• Additionally, the oyster reef will provide habitat, foraging areas and sanctuary for various species of fish and wildlife that frequent coastal and estuarine shorelines.
• Increasing oyster growth in Tampa Bay will provide multiple ecological benefits to several trust resources as well as threatened and endangered species.

Bonnie Hopke Accepted into SAME Academy of Fellows Class of 2019

FPM is proud to announce that Bonnie Hopke, Vice President Business Development, has been accepted into the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Academy of Fellows, Class of 2019. The SAME Academy of Fellows recognizes those SAME members who have rendered dedicated and outstanding service to the Society, military engineering, and the architecture/engineering/construction profession. Bonnie, who is a member of the SAME San Antonio Post, served as Post President in 2017 and has been on the Post’s Board of Direction since 2011. She is currently the Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics (I-WEPTAC) Industry Day chair and registration chair for the Post’s annual Small Business Market Research Fair. Bonnie will be invested into the Academy of Fellows during a formal ceremony on March 13, 2019 in Virginia.