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When it comes to the design, evaluation, and/or troubleshooting of anaerobic wastewater treatment systems, ATI is recognized internationally for its expertise. Our experience includes numerous projects focused on anaerobic wastewater treatment and the anaerobic digestion of high solids/high-strength wastes in the public and private sectors, thus allowing us to begin project development immediately, reducing or eliminating the time and cost involved in getting familiarized with each facility.Whether working with systems employing anaerobic lagoons to expanded granular sludge technologies, ATI recognizes the specific and unique requirements of this field. To learn more, contact us to order Dennis Totzke’s “Anaerobic Treatment Technology Overview” paper, which is updated annually in September.

CAPABILITIES

  • Biomethane potential testing
  • Construction related engineering
  • Design basis development
  • Design engineering
  • Operations assistance
  • Predesign engineering
  • Preliminary (feasibility) engineering
  • Specific methanogenic activity testing
  • Startup assistance and training
  • Troubleshooting
  • Waste characterization
When it comes to the design, evaluation, and/or troubleshooting of anaerobic wastewater treatment systems, ATI is recognized internationally for its expertise. Our experience includes numerous projects focused on anaerobic wastewater treatment and the anaerobic digestion of high solids/high-strength wastes in the public and private sectors, thus allowing us to begin project development immediately, reducing or eliminating the time and cost involved in getting familiarized with each facility.Whether working with systems employing anaerobic lagoons to expanded granular sludge technologies, ATI recognizes the specific and unique requirements of this field. To learn more, contact us to order Dennis Totzke’s “Anaerobic Treatment Technology Overview” paper, which is updated annually in September.

CAPABILITIES

  • Biomethane potential testing
  • Construction related engineering
  • Design basis development
  • Design engineering
  • Operations assistance
  • Predesign engineering
  • Preliminary (feasibility) engineering
  • Specific methanogenic activity testing
  • Startup assistance and training
  • Troubleshooting
  • Waste characterization
Architectural design is intriguing because many solutions often exist for one challenge. Our goal is to create a uniquely effective solution that satisfies your immediate needs, your long-term goals, and your idea of what the project should be. We listen carefully to your concerns, explore alternate approaches together, and explain the cost, scope and quality consequences of the available options. As a multi-disciplinary team, we resolve the technical interrelationships into solutions that are functional and cost-effective as well as aesthetically pleasing. The result is a building project that is practical, meets your expectations, and provides satisfaction to all concerned. The bottom line for effective, quality architectural services is responsiveness. Listening carefully and responding effectively are hallmarks of Applied Technologies. In addition, we provide our clients with well-organized, thoughtful documentation to keep all parties informed so that the project can proceed on time and within budget to achieve the quality solution you require.  

CAPABILITIES

  • Building maintenance and code upgrades
  • Existing conditions survey
  • Life safety, fire and smoke protection
  • Needs analysis
  • New facilities, renovation and rehabilitation
  • Site development and zoning approvals
  • Space planning and facility programming
  • Tenant build-outs
As tightening regulations affect the cost and viability of land application, waste producers are attempting to produce Class A biosolids in unprecedented numbers. Class A biosolids offer increased public and farmer acceptance. Advanced digestion techniques, such as temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) or acid-gas, also add the benefit of reducing the quantity of biosolids due to increased volatile solids destruction.   ATI has designed biosolids systems for numerous clients, providing us with knowledge of the most effective handling technologies and processes. We recently designed a Class A biosolids dryer for the Des Plaines River Water Reclamation Facility in Lake County, Illinois. An evaluation for the Des Plaines plant determined that the most cost effective option was to dewater and thermally dry the sludge to produce a Class A product that can be blended into revenue generating soil amendments and landscaping material, while eliminating hauling and disposal costs.   In Akron, Ohio ATI designed a similar sludge drying system (4,000 dry tons per year) that uses digester gas to produce electricity and heat the biosolids dryer. An evaluation for the City of Kiel, Wisconsin determined that waste gas from its anaerobic digester could be utilized to further dry its lime pasteurized biosolids.   For the award-winning Madison MSD 11th Addition in Wisconsin, we recommended converting the existing conventional anaerobic digestion system to multi-stage acid phase digestion (mesophilic acid phase, thermophilic gas phase) to produce Class A biosolids. A struvite harvesting system recovers phosphorus in the form of a commercial fertilizer, while mitigating the issues it often causes downstream of dewatering systems.

CAPABILITIES

  • Aerobic digestion
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Cake and liquid storage
  • Dewatering
  • Land application
  • Lime pasteurization
  • Odor control
  • Permitting
  • Pumping
  • Thermal drying
  • Thickening
Municipalities rely on vital systems–water, wastewater, transportation–that must keep pace with the ever changing needs and growth of their communities. ATI provides a full range of civil engineering services ranging from the resurfacing of streets, to the design of roads and highways, and relaying of water mains and force mains. We work closely with municipalities to rehabilitate and expand their infrastructures to accommodate current and projected growth. In addition, we have been 100% successful in obtaining funding for municipal projects.  

CAPABILITIES

  • Agency and utility coordination
  • Buildings
  • CMOM programs
  • Facility and areawide plans
  • Hydraulics and drainage
  • Infrastructure mapping
  • Permitting
  • Public involvement
  • Pump stations and force mains
  • Roadways and paths
  • SCADA systems
  • SECAPs
  • Sewer system master plans
  • SSES studies
  • Staff training
  • Wastewater management
  • Water management
ATI has assisted municipal, industrial, and commercial clients throughout the world with the design of power distribution and instrumentation systems for water distribution and treatment systems, wastewater treatment facilities, biogas generation systems, and pumping stations. Our environmental specialization and experience allows us to produce the most effective end results for our clients.

CAPABILITIES

  • Emergency power
  • Fire alarm systems
  • Indoor and outdoor lighting
  • Instrumentation and control
  • Lightning protection
  • Power distribution and control
  • Power factor correction
  • SCADA interface systems
  • Security and surveillance
  • Sound and communications
 
ATI appreciates the unique needs of industries. Our experience includes the completion of numerous projects for a multitude of industries with a focus on waste treatment, thus allowing us to begin project development immediately, reducing or eliminating the time and cost involved in getting familiarized with each production facility. Time and budget constraints often necessitate fast track activities, frequent meetings, timely project updates and expeditious decision-making. ATI handles each project budget and schedule with accountability and accessibility. Only tasks required to understand a problem and define a cost-effective solution are included in the project scope, thus minimizing engineering costs. Each hour of successful production plays a vital role in day-to-day industrial plant profitability. We have spent countless hours exploring methods of testing, designing and completing projects with minimal disruption and loss of time to overall plant production. By working closely with plant staff, we can custom design a schedule to complete project activities, often during nights and weekends, to ensure that plant operations will not be disrupted. This knowledge and approach is often a key factor in a project’s success. From food processing plants to pulp and paper mills, we have provided solutions to the most complex industrial wastewater treatment challenges.

CAPABILITIES

  • Annual treatment system performance reviews
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Bench-scale treatability testing
  • Biological (aerobic and anaerobic) treatment design
  • Design build services
  • Energy recovery and conservation
  • Engineering evaluations and studies
  • Expert witness support
  • Microbiological analysis
  • Nutrient management
  • Oil and grease removal
  • Permitting assistance
  • Physical/chemical treatment design
  • Pilot plant testing
  • Process control and monitoring design
  • Services during construction
  • Waste minimization
  • Waste recycle/reuse
  • Waste solids handling and treatment
  • Waste characterization
  • Waste treatment plant operations training
Wastewater treatment is a field that is constantly changing, especially in today's more complex regulatory environment. Additionally, projects in this field often involve a range of disciplines not always found within one organization. ATI maintains the staff and the skills necessary to undertake these increasingly complex projects involving environmental sciences, negotiations with regulatory agencies, rate studies, and traditional engineering, design and construction services.

CAPABILITIES

  • Aeration systems
  • Anaerobic digestion
  • Biogas/renewable energy
  • Biosolids handling
  • CMOM studies
  • Collection systems
  • Disinfection systems
  • Facilities plans
  • Infiltration/inflow (I/I) and SSES studies
  • Land application systems
  • Nutrient management
  • Pilot plants
  • Pump stations and force mains
  • Sewer systems
  • Sludge management
  • User charge studies
  • Wastewater treatment plants
ATI offers an impressive structural engineering portfolio comprised of many different project types. Whether designing a water storage tank or a rocky façade for a museum exhibit, our structural engineers possess the knowledge and experience necessary to complete even the most unique of projects on time and to the most exacting standards. Every project team contains a lead structural engineer who is supported by the expertise of the entire Structural Department. During preliminary development of a project, our structural engineers provide advice and guidance to assure that the project utilizes the most economical materials and structural configurations. During the final design phase, our structural engineers complete the analysis, design, and specifications to produce a comprehensive bidding document and most favorable construction cost. During construction, we monitor the contractor’s progress to ensure that the client receives the facility he or she envisioned within budget.

CAPABILITIES

  • Buildings
  • Code compliance
  • Complete facility design and analysis
  • Construction management and inspection
  • Environmental structures
  • Hydraulics and drainage structures
  • Renovations and rehabilitations
  • Structural inspections and evaluations
  • Utility structures
When things are running smoothly, it is easy to adopt an “out of sight, out of mind” attitude toward underground pipelines and utilities. However, an ounce of prevention can save a community pounds of cost, embarrassment, and stress down the road. We are well versed in municipal utilities, having designed and constructed over 130 miles of pipeline, including water distribution and transmission mains, local collector sewers, interceptor sewers and force mains. These projects have ranged from the preparation of master plans, hydraulic modeling, and route selection through design and construction. Whether your community is planning proactively or dealing with an urgent situation, we have the experience and knowledge necessary to solve even the toughest challenges.

CAPABILITIES

  • Agency coordination
  • Construction administration and inspection
  • Easement acquisition
  • Engineering design
  • Environmental services
  • Hydraulics and drainage
  • Permitting
  • Public involvement programs
  • Route selection and mapping
  • Utility coordination
Wastewater management is a field that is constantly changing, especially in today's more complex regulatory environment. Additionally, projects in this field often involve a range of disciplines not always found within one organization. At Applied Technologies, we maintain the staff and the skills necessary to undertake these increasingly complex projects involving environmental sciences, negotiations with regulatory agencies, rate studies, and traditional engineering, design and construction services. Visit the Municipal Wastewater and Industrial Waste pages to discover the capabilities and experience offered by ATI in these two distinct fields.
One of the major potential benefits of anaerobic wastewater treatment is the production of biogas, a high energy offgas generated by anaerobic biomass during the stabilization of organic wastes. Although of great potential use as a fuel, the “dirty” nature of the biogas can pose difficulties to the inexperienced designer. These difficulties are typically related to the potentially corrosive, explosive, and toxic characteristics of the biogas. ATI has evaluated and designed a variety of systems using waste streams ranging from municipal primary and secondary wastewater sludges to whey permeate and returned beverage products. These projects can involve straightforward conveyance systems or complicated siloxane, sulfur and moisture removal technologies. They can also employ biogas utilization technologies ranging from direct combustion systems to multi-functional cogeneration systems that produce electricity and hot water.

CAPABILITIES

  • Bid package development
  • Biogas testing
  • Design engineering
  • Feasibility study
  • Foundation design
  • Predesign engineering
  • Preliminary engineering
  • System review and troubleshooting
ATI possesses the experience and capabilities necessary to assist municipalities and private utilities in developing the most effective solutions to meet their water supply needs. We provide a complete range of planning, design and construction services for water supply development, treatment, transmission, storage and distribution. In order to create the most effective water supply solutions, we have developed computer programs for a number of communities to hydraulically model their water distribution systems, enabling us to accurately and economically determine appropriate pipe sizes and pinpoint where to locate pressure control valves and pumping stations for maximum efficiency.

CAPABILITIES

  • Booster pump stations
  • Computerized water distribution analysis
  • Construction management and inspection
  • Distribution system design
  • Elevated and ground level storage tanks
  • Inter-municipal agreements
  • Process evaluation studies
  • Rate studies and cost recovery
  • Rate study preparation
  • Source (groundwater and surface) studies
  • Storage system design
  • Transmission and distribution analysis
  • Treatment system design and start-up
  • Well construction and rehabilitation

USPS Facilities Condition Assessment

Grafton River Bend Road Lift Station

Lake Villa Access to Transit Improvement Program

Lake Villa Grass Lake Road Sidewalk

Lake County Miller Road Improvements

MGN Water Commission Water Supply Conversion

Big Bend Industrial Avenue Reconstruction

Watertown WWTP

Lake County Vernon Hills WWTP NCT Improvements

Lake County Vernon Hills Water Evaluation

Milwaukee MSD Replacement Switchgear

Milwaukee MSD Replacement MCC

Madison MSD WWTP Eleventh Addition

Beaver Dam/Kraft Foods Bioenergy Project

Lake County Des Plaines River WRF Improvements

Watertown Sanitary Sewer System Improvements

Racine County Water and Sewer Master Plan

Madison MSD Effluent Return Force Main

Lake County Diamond Lake Interceptor

Big Rock Combined Storm Sewer Improvements

Watertown New Water Treatment Facility

Lake Villa Water System Improvements

California Combined Waste Facility

Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Processor

Maryland Yeast Processor

Minnesota Sugar Producer

California Brewery

Wisconsin Cheese Producer

California Milk Processor

Wisconsin Whey Processor

Ohio Cheese Producer

Michigan Paper Producer

California Juice Producer

Minnesota Potato Processor

South Carolina Prepared Foods Producer

Minnesota Vegetable Processor

Texas Brewery

California Cheese Processor

California Fruit Processor

Southeastern Wisconsin Poultry Processor

Madison Gas and Electric Company, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Dairy Ingredients Processor

Ohio Combined Wastes Facility, Phase 1

Ohio Combined Wastes Facility, Phase 2

Colorado Combined Wastes Facility

French Ice Cream Producer

Maryland Ice Cream Producer

Illinois Bakery Producer

Illinois Vegetable Processor

California Prepared Foods Processor

Wisconsin Paper Producer

Mexican Regional Treatment System

Michigan Liquor Processor

Oregon Brewery

Massachusetts Dairy Processor

New Mexico Cheese Processor

New York Poultry Processor

Wisconsin Agricultural Company

Wisconsin Brewery

Ohio Dairy Processor

Western Wisconsin Poultry Processor

Vermont Dairy Processor

Maine Starch Processor

Minnesota Fruit Processor

Wisconsin Chemical Company

Wisconsin Whey Processor

Wrightstown WWTP Expansion

South Milwaukee WWTP Upgrade

Rice Lake Utilities WWTP Upgrade

Racine WWTP Expansion and Upgrade

Watertown New WWTP

Madison MSD 11th Addition to the Nine Springs WWTP

Des Plaines River WRF Upgrade & Regional Biosolids Drying

Beaver Dam/Kraft Foods WWTP Upgrade and Bioenergy Project

Antioch WWTP Upgrade

Architecture

Indiana Bakery Goods Processor

California Fruit Processor

Waupun Utilities Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant

Central Lake County JAWA Lake Michigan Water Supply

Bass Pro Shops

Denver Art Museum