McDowell & Associates

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In 1978, Bob McDowell founded McDowell & Associates as a geotechnical firm with a focus on heavy construction. McDowell has worked closely with industrial and commercial clients in Michigan, on various types of projects since our firm's founding. We have provided a full range of Environmental and Construction services to industrial, commercial and residential clients since 1978. As of March 2009, McDowell has completed over 34,000 projects in fourteen (14) states, Africa, Argentina, Chad, Chile, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, and Mexico. Much of our early hydrodynamic and groundwater control engineered solutions were innovative approaches that have today become common practice for work with contaminated groundwater. Along with the residential building boom in Michigan came the dominance of the residential building and McDowell was positioned to become the consultant of choice for the leading residential construction firms in the state. In 1987, Dr. John Lamb joined the firm and was a maverick in the field of expert witness testimony. With the emergence of increasingly stringent environmental laws in the mid to late 1980s, provision of environmental site assessments to lending institutions and other clients was a natural extension of our experience and expertise. Since that time, we have completed over four thousand environmental projects, including Phase I ESAs, Phase II ESAs, Baseline Environmental Assessments, voluntary closures, Underground Storage Tank Closures, and consulting work. Robert McDowell, M.S., Chief Executive Officer, was recognized in 1992 as "Outstanding Civil Engineer" by the Southeast Michigan Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers.