AUGUST 6, 2010 — HGL has successfully competed for and won a follow-on contract to support the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. This 5-year, ID/IQ, FFP task order contract issued by Humphries Engineer Center at Ft. Belvoir has a maximum ceiling of $39M. The required support services include integrated application of expertise in environmental engineering science and planning; information management and technical documentation; research, development, test, and evaluation program support; and meeting planning, logistics and support. This expertise is required to support management of research, development, test, and evaluation projects in all the areas of environmental restoration, sustainable infrastructure, weapons systems and platforms, and munitions management. "We are very pleased and proud to continue our support of SERDP and ESTCP," said HGL President and CEO, Dr. Peter Huyakorn.

JULY 28, 2010 — HGL is pleased to announce its latest training workshop on advanced computer-based design optimization technology for federal environmental professionals. The workshop, which is by invitation only, will be held in HGL's Reston, VA, headquarters August 30-September 2, 2010. For this two-stage, four-day workshop, HGL has assembled an elite set of subject matter experts who will focus on numerical optimization with emphasis on methods suitable for application to large-scale problems in water resources and environmental systems engineering. HGL will lay the groundwork to introduce practicing engineers to the concepts, algorithms, implementation, and application of numerical optimization to the analysis and design of engineering challenges. The first two days will discuss the relevance of specific proven optimization algorithms -- including Lipschitz Global Optimization (LGO) -- in practical applications that have been deployed. The final two days will expand on the knowledge gained by reviewing in more detail the formal theory and basic concepts of traditional linear, nonlinear, mixed integer programming and optimal control theory -- specifically as applied to optimization algorithms planned for use in future HGL applications. For additional information on the instructors and a sample of their works, please click here Course Flyer PDF.

JUNE 1, 2010 — HGL was notified that it is one of the five small business awardees for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) Services contract. This Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract will have a basic performance period of three years plus a two year option period with $100 million shared contract capacity. The contract will provide services for projects associated with military munitions response actions and USACE and its customers located anywhere within the military geographical boundaries (Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and U.S Territories) of the USACE Northwestern Division and all existing Omaha District customers. "We're off to an excellent start in developing the tools for HGL to move forward into the future, and this exciting win allows us to build upon our munitions qualifications. We at HGL value our relationship with the Omaha District and look forward to continuing to work with them for many years to come," said Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL President and CEO.

MARCH 30, 2010 — HGL is one of five small business firms awarded a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District contract to provide Environmental Remediation Services (ERS). This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a three-year base period of performance plus a two-year option period and a total estimated maximum contract capacity of $50 million. The contract awarded will include firm-fixed price features for a wide range of environmental services at various known or suspected Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) sites. Services may include, but are not limited to, the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, and hazardous materials. The contract will be used to support projects nationwide, including Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories. Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL's president and CEO stated, "HGL has been privileged to support the Omaha District and its clients for over 15 years. We look forward to continuing our support of Omaha District and its ongoing mission. The announcement last week that HGL was selected for the Omaha ERS with incidental MEC MATOC and now the Omaha ERS MATOC -- two contracts with a combined capacity of $100M -- will allow HGL to continue its long-term relationship with this valued customer."

MARCH 23, 2010 — HGL is one of five small business firms awarded a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District contract to provide Environmental Remediation Services (ERS) with incidental Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC). This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a three-year base period of performance plus a two-year option period and a total estimated maximum contract capacity of $50 million. The contract awarded will include firm-fixed price features for a wide range of environmental services at various known or suspected Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) sites and MEC sites. Services may include, but are not limited to, the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, and hazardous materials; and will include incidental responses for the Military Munitions Response Programs (MMRP). The contract will be used to support projects nationwide, including Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories. "HGL has been privileged to support the Omaha District and its clients for over 15 years. The award of this ERS with MEC contract will provide HGL with additional opportunities to provide service to this valued and important customer," said Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL's President and CEO.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010 — HGL is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville to be awarded a Worldwide Environmental Remediation Services (WERS) contract. This 5-year, $1.15 billion ID/IQ contract provides a vehicle under which firms will perform worldwide environmental remediation services to support the U.S. Army's critical mission in the Middle-East and in other countries around the globe. Services include efforts involving Conventional and Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel Munitions Responses and other munitions-related services at various federally controlled/owned sites that have been impacted by Munitions and Explosives of Concern. Although the WERS contract will primarily focus on DoD's Military Munitions Response Program sites, it will also address hazardous, toxic, and radiological waste sites, potentially responsible party investigations, and other environmental services. This contract will be available for other U.S. government agencies or foreign governments/agencies as appropriate. Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL's President and CEO, said, "This 'MEGA,' billion dollar contract will provide HGL numerous opportunities to work for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center around the world in support of DoD's high profile, high priority environmental mission requirements. In addition to working at sites located in CONUS, WERS will be used internationally to support U.S. Army missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations such as Haiti. This award presents a genuine opportunity to become a major force in the environmental community." HGL is one of seven (7) successful small business awardees.

DECEMBER 15, 2009 — HGL is one of four small business firms awarded a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Pre-Placed Remedial Action Contract (PRAC). This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a one-year base period of performance and four one-year option periods and a total estimated maximum contract capacity of $445 Million. The scope for this HTRW contract includes a broad range of remedial action services dealing with contaminated material sampling, testing, various treatments, removal and disposal. The PRACs will be used to support projects primarily within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 and the USACE Northwestern Division geographical boundaries, which include the states of New York , New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Kansas, and the U.S. Territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. "The award of the PRAC will provide HGL with additional opportunities to support USACE, Kansas City District and the EPA. The District and EPA have been important clients of HGL for over 15 years," said Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL's President and CEO.

NOVEMBER 13, 2009 — HGL announces an exciting opportunity for groundwater professionals to participate in an advanced technology training course on core technologies for the optimization of groundwater plume delineation, plume tracking, long-term monitoring, DNAPL source finding, and optimal remedial design. The seminar will be presented by Dr. George Pinder and Mr. Larry Deschaine, P.E. and is an outgrowth of a recently completed benchmark project under Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funding that focused on the use of a range of operations research tools in combination with mathematical models to address persistent contamination. Dr. Pinder and Mr. Deschaine will describe the robust data manipulations required to obtain optimal remedial design and performance monitoring. Attendees will learn the theory and see the results of site applications, which will prepare them for applying these tools at their own sites. The classroom is limited to 15 attendees; however, a simultaneous webcast will be available for those unable to attend in person. This course, which is offered at no charge, will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. eastern time on February 8, 2010 at the HGL corporate offices in Reston, VA. For more details and registration information, please contact Larry Deschaine at (ldeschaine@hgl.com). Dr. George F. Pinder is the Director, Research Center for Groundwater Remediation Design at the University of Vermont. He is a distinguished university professor and recipient of the Geological Society of America's (GSA) O.E. Meinzer Award and the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute Julian Hinds Award. Larry M. Deschaine, P.E. is a principal energy and water resources engineer at HydroGeoLogic, Inc. and the recipient of the U.S. Vice Presidential Hammer Award. Optimization Course Flyer (Click Here)

NOVEMBER 10, 2009 — HGL is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 5-year (with two additional years of performance), $350 million ID/IQ contract by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE). The Environmental Construction and Operations & Services contract (ECOS09) provides a vehicle under which firms will perform a broad range of construction, repair, and demolition work to include both traditional and environmental construction, repair and demolition worldwide. In addition, firms will provide operations and services for environmental conservation, compliance, pollution prevention and clean-up activities, as well as ordnance removal and disposal and energy management services. HGL is one of seven successful offerors. This award marks the continuation of HGL's support to the ECOS program, which began in 2004 under the first ECOS contract. Dr. Peter Huyakorn, HGL's President and CEO, said, "This vehicle affords HGL another opportunity to continue to provide support to one of our most valued customers - the Air Force. HGL looks forward to supporting the Air Force's worldwide mission of both traditional and environmental construction, demolition, and repair services." For more information contact Diane Glass, P.E., Air Force Program Manager at (dglass@hgl.com).

NOVEMBER 3, 2009 — HGL is pleased to announce the development of the next generation Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) Identification Tool: MEC-ID. This tool provides a realistic approach to MEC removal cost savings - given site risk and uncertainty - leading to optimized range response and clearance decisions. The tool provides a completely open, transparent, and stakeholder-reviewable analysis, and uses error-guarded analysis to increase the discrimination's safety and certainty. Discrimination results are not hidden, because neither black boxes nor feature-lumping techniques are used. MEC-ID uses credible features developed by geophysicists for building discrimination models: it enhances QA/QC of geophysical data collection, readily handles thousands of candidate features, and then automatically down-selects them and focuses on the high priority items for MEC classification at a specific site. MEC-ID handles multiple MEC types simultaneously and can operate in either static (fixed data set training) or online (real-time) mode for production clearances. MEC-ID is robust and explicitly computes the probability of various potential MEC types and clutter. The tool uses data obtained from any MEC sensor currently in field-use today. MEC-ID has been peer reviewed and was recently validated using production quality geophysical data from a complex MEC site in South Dakota⁽¹⁾. For information on this new and exciting development, contact Darrell Hall (dhall@hgl.com) or Janardan Patel (jpatel@hgl.com). 1. "Next Generation Machine Learning Based Discrimination, A Case Study," Hall, et al., UXO Forum, 2009.

OCTOBER 1, 2009 — HGL has been awarded two consecutive ID/IQ contracts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District to provide environmental remediation project support at the former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant (KSAAP). Services to be provided include ordnance and explosives (OE) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) avoidance and clearance, studies, sampling and analysis, decontamination and demolition of explosive and/or asbestos contaminated buildings and structures, and performing long term monitoring (LTM)/long term operation (LTO) of environmental remediation systems, among other services. Both contracts have a 5-year period of performance, and are valued at $9.5M and $49M respectively. HGL's President and CEO, Dr. Peter Huyakorn, said, "We are excited about continuing to support the KC District and its client the KSAAP."