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Ken Ewers – MWCC President

Ken Ewers, R.G., of GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc., Jefferson City, MO, was elected President of the Missouri Waste Control Coalition (MWCC) in July and will continue to serve on the Board of Directors. Ken has served on the board of MWCC directors since 2015.  In 2021, Ken was elected as president-elect and served as the chairperson for the 2022 annual conference.

As conference chair, Ken planned and promoted the annual three-day environmental conference held at the Lake of the Ozarks in mid-July.  Over 400 environmental professionals attended the conference, which provides an annual forum for discussing the new developments in waste management, site remediation, and environmental protection.  MWCC was formed in 1981 to bring together citizens, government, business, and industry to discuss the rapidly changing field of waste management.

Mr. Ewers has over 14 years of consulting experience in the areas of detailed hydrogeologic site characterization, groundwater modeling, and subsurface investigations related to hazardous and solid waste.  Mr. Ewers has developed unique methods for in-situ and laboratory characterization of hydrogeologic units, has managed site characterizations, aquifer testing programs including multi-well pumping tests, packer testing, and slug testing. Ken has presented his work at several professional/environmental conferences including MWCC, and Association of Conservation Engineers.

Mike Tuter Presents at MWCC Conference

GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. staff member Joseph Michael “Mike” Tuter, E.I., recently presented at the Missouri Waste Control Coalition (MWCC) conference.  The theme for this year’s conference was “The Roaring Twenties; A New Era of Environmental Prosperity”.

Mr. Tuter presented a session titled  A Roaring Tale of Beneficial Reuse and Waste Reduction at a Shooting Range Complex at the 2022 MWCC Environmental Conference held July 10 – 12, 2022.  Millions of pounds of lead potentially could find its way into the environment at outdoor shooting ranges. Establishing Environmental Stewardship Programs at these kinds of facilities not only reduces the potential impact of lead on the environment, but also provides a monetary incentive to recycling a commodity such as lead. Perry Memorial Conservation Area located in west central Missouri saw construction of a new modernized state of the practice outdoor shooting range to replace an existing outdoor range that was prone to flooding. The existing shooting range would be renovated to a non-residential recreation area requiring processing and stabilization of lead impacted soils present at the existing range. This project followed the three (3) R’s of waste management:  Reduction through detailed site characterization, Reuse (beneficial reuse) by providing backstop improvements at the New Range, and Recycle through the recycling of lead at the Old Range. After a comprehensive site characterization, completing renovations of the Old Range would require processing of lead impacted soils to recover lead particulates and treat any soils above a certain threshold. Those soils requiring treatment would serve as a beneficial reuse at the New Range through backstop improvements. All lead recovered from processing operations at the Old Range would be taken to an approved recycler.

Mr. Tuter has a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia.  Mike has more than 13 years of experience, working as a Civil Engineer, Project Manager and Engineering Design Technician.  In his role at GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc.,  Mike serves as an Environmental Engineer in the Jefferson City, Missouri office, assisting with site development, stormwater design, site grading and quantity calculations, and leads our designers/drafters for CAD deliverables.

GREDELL Engineering Resources is on the Go Again!

On 5/3/22, GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. Senior Geologist, Blake Smotherman presented a talk entitled “ Applied and Observed Organic Geochemistry in Missouri” to Dr. David Borrock’s Organic Geochemistry class at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. The talk focused on the characterization and remediation of chlorinated solvent sites, and how geochemical and geological interpretation played a major role in planning and data interpretation. Many thanks to Dr. Borrock, his excellent class and MS&T for the privilege of meeting you!

Gredell Engineering recognizes that these students will be tomorrow’s leaders and researchers in the environmental engineering and remediation space, and we are always excited and honored to give presentations to classes at great STEM institutions like MS&T. We actively seek to employ local students as interns and full-time employees from the science and engineering universities in the communities we serve. We have the fundamental and proven belief that investing in local educational institutions and employing students from those institutions produces profound financial and social benefits in our communities.

Gredell Engineering has formidable experience and expertise in environmental engineering and site remediation in Missouri and the Midwest. Call, email or message us on Facebook to find out how the premier local engineering company can solve your engineering and environmental challenges!

MS&T Academy Inductee – Thomas R. Gredell

Thomas R. Gredell was honored to become a member of the Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers during an induction ceremony on April 7 in Rolla.  Tom is President of GREDELL Engineering Resources, Inc. (Gredell Engineering).

Tom was nominated for his career as an outstanding civil engineer, a community leader and role model for young engineers.  He formed Gredell Engineering in 2001, and has held positions in several professional organizations, as well as being active in the local schools and his church.

MS&T Academy of Civil Engineers was established in 1972. Their mission is “To recognize outstanding alumni who bring honor to the department as engineering practitioners and leaders in community affairs.”  To date, the academy has inducted 366 members.  Inductees are called upon by the department to be partners in support of the University and in the education of engineering students.

Gredell Engineering is a civil engineering and environmental compliance consulting company based in Jefferson City, with offices in Lenexa, KS and Springfield, MO.

STEM Program Promoted

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs are increasingly important for our lives in the 21st Century.  Engineering firms depend on  our youth gaining these important skills to maintain our workforce of skilled engineers.

GREDELL Engineering Resources recently made a donation to St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School to benefit their robotics team.  Team members and coaches are preparing for competition in the photo below.  Best of luck, students!!