INTERA’s President & CEO, Dr. Marsh Lavenue, and Mr. Bryan Leach, the principal author of the course materials and course facilitator, held the first INTERA 101 training for a group of 24 employees. The 1-day course is comprised of five modules that provide an overview of INTERA’s history, corporate culture, the consulting business model, customer service, and financial best practices. While primarily intended as an on-boarding training course, INTERA will offer the course to all employees over the next twelve months. Dr. Lavenue stated that INTERA 101 will “ensure consistency in the knowledge of our history, our culture, and how we operate the business and why.”
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INTERA Incorporated Featured in The Culture Book
INTERA was recently featured as one of the companies highlighted in a new book on Culture called The Culture Book; Volume One: When Culture Clicks. The book provides best practices and open playbooks and real practicum in use by 32 different companies focused on corporate culture. As stated on the website http://gettheculturebook.com/ : “The Culture Book is a practical guide to building incredible corporate cultures. It is for everyone who believes in the power of culture, and anyone who wants to affect positive change wherever they work.”
Continue ReadingINTERA’s Pat Jurcek Selected for Wisconsin AWRA 2018 Annual Distinguished Service Award
Pat Jurcek received the Wisconsin AWRA Annual Distinguished Service Award for 2018. This honor is awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions to enhance the quality of water resources in Wisconsin and serve the goals of the Wisconsin AWRA. The award is based on service to the AWRA and service to the state. His service to the association is reflected in his long-standing positions in the state section and years of service.
Service to the State: Pat’s background is unlike previous Distinguished Service Award winners, as he is not an employee of the State or local branch of the Federal Government. Pat consistently demonstrates the ability to work outside his duties in industry and consulting to promote exchange of hydrologic and geophysical information within the State. He has demonstrated his skill at promoting the exchange of information for decades but three examples follow:
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1. Leadership in municipal water supply – Pat has worked as a consultant for public water utilities in Wisconsin for over 25 years and helped clients modernize to think about the long-term.
2. WGNHS Storage Coefficient study – The State asked Pat to provide information from hundreds of pumping tests he and Layne conducted throughout the state. The WGNHS was financially supported for this work; Pat donated his time.
3. Exploratory drilling in western Wisconsin – Pat convinced a private client, sensitive about public relations, to make new wells available to WGNHS for geophysical logging in a part of the State where little public data is available.
Finally, Pat’s family runs a USDA-certified organic beef farm–the Brattset Family Farm–in southeastern Wisconsin. The 290-acre farm includes 146 acres of organically managed crop and pasture land, restored prairies and wetlands, along with beef cattle, dairy cows and hogs a testament to his beliefs in stewardship over the State’s land and water.
We appreciate Pat’s high level of professionalism and public service while working as a private-sector consultant and now as a hydrogeologist at INTERA.
INTERA Corporate Headquarters Relocates to Arboretum Area in Austin, TX
INTERA is pleased to announce the relocation of our corporate headquarters to the Arboretum area in northwest Austin, Texas. As of March 5, 2018, our new address is:
9600 Great Hills Trail, Suite 300W
Austin, Texas, 78759
Phone: 512.425.2000
Please stop by and visit our beautiful new home!
Continue ReadingINTERA Establishes Strategic Partnership with Colombia-based SHI
INTERA has formalized a strategic partnership with Servicios Hidrogeologicos Integrales (SHI) of Medellin, Colombia. SHI offers a wide range of technical services focused on the evaluation, development, and management of water resources for private and public-sector clients. The partnership provides INTERA with national expertise on Colombian water rights, permitting, and groundwater resources in support of mining projects. It also allows INTERA to provide in-country technical support for field-intensive projects using SHI personnel. From SHI’s perspective, the partnership enables the company to offer a wider range and higher level of technical services in Colombia. This includes the areas where SHI is currently active as well as consulting support to the mining industry in areas such as mine dewatering, water treatment, and mine waste characterization/management.
About SHI. SHI is a specialized consulting firm focused on the exploration, evaluation, and integral management of water resources, with an emphasis on groundwater. SHI employs a holistic approach to water resource management, integrating professional expertise with a deep understanding of the national water resources and challenges, as well as the social, regulatory, and environmental context of water resource management. SHI provides a team of highly qualified and committed professionals with experience in data collection and analysis, and the design and implementation of optimal solutions for clients. Additional details on SHI are available at http://www.shi-colombia.com/.
To learn more about the SHI/INTERA partnership and our consulting services in Latin America, please contact:
Patrick Williamson PQ QP
6707 Winchester Circle, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80301
pwilliamson@intera.com
+1 303 726 4439
INTERA Staff Contribute to New Reference Book on Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
INTERA’s Dr. Michael Apted is a co-editor of a new reference book on the geological disposal of radioactive wastes called Geological Repository Systems for Safe Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuels and Radioactive Waste, 2nd edition, published by Elsevier/Woodhead Publishing. The papers included in this volume, authored by leading international experts, critically review state-of-the-art technologies and scientific methods relating to the implementation of the most effective approaches to the long-term, safe disposition of radioactive waste. Regulatory context and social engagement approaches are also major themes. INTERA staff contributed several papers in the area of safety assessment.
The chapters in Part I of the book introduce the topic of geological disposal, providing an overview of near-surface, intermediate-depth, and deep borehole disposal and spanning low-, medium-, and high-level wastes. Part 2 addresses the different types of repository systems—crystalline, clay, and salt—and discusses methods of site surveying and construction. The critical safety issue of engineered barrier systems is the focus of Part 3, with topics ranging from nuclear waste canisters to buffer and backfill materials. Lastly, Parts 4 and 5 focus on safety, security, and acceptability, concentrating on repository performance assessment, then on radiation protection, environmental monitoring, and social engagement.
Comprehensively revised, updated, and expanded with new material on topics of current importance, this is a standard reference for all nuclear waste management and geological repository professionals and researchers.
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