PROJECTS

Donlin Gold Project

Since 1996, Steve Rowland and RECON have been instrumental in the investigation and design of project infrastructure for the Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska. Additionally, RECON spent the 2010-2015 summer field seasons developing engineering design and arranging logistics for Donlin Gold’s natural gas pipeline feasibility study.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Civil Engineering

Surveying

GIS: Cartography, Data Management/Analysis

Construction Managemen

Remote Access Reconnaissance

GeoHazard Assessment

Port Site Selection

Pipeline Route Reconnaissance and Selection

Civil Engineering Surveying GIS : Cartography, Data Management/ Analysis
Construction Management Remote Access Reconnaissance Remote Logistic Management
Project Feasibility Studies Geotech Investigation Project Feasibility Studies
GeoHazard Assessment Port Site Selection Pipeline Route Reconnaissance and Selection

Nenana-Totchaket Access Roads for Oil & Gas Exploration

Since 2006, RECON has been involved in the location, design, engineering, surveying, and construction management of multiple access roads from a river barge port site to locations west and north of Nenana, including several gas and oil exploration well drill pads.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Surveying: Boundary, Topography, Construction, Platting
Civil Engineering Winter/Ice Road Management GIS : Cartography, Data Management
Construction Management Remote Access Recon Project Feasibility Studies
Geotech Investigation Site Development/Design GeoHazard Assessment
Surveying : Boundary, Topography, Construction, Platting

Western Alaska GPS Network for ADNR

RECON, acting as prime, teamed with two other companies and contracted with the Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys. RECON worked with the team to plan and implement a GPS control network spanning 3,500 kilometers along the western coast. Approximately 130 ground control and checkpoints were set and surveyed in 23 days. All deliverables were submitted on time and within budget

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Surveying: GPS control network GIS: Cartography Remote Logistics Management

Willow Creek Woodlands Survey for ADNR

RECON surveyed and platted 640 acres of State-owned land as a Record of Survey, enabling the Department of Natural Resources to offer the parcels in a public auction in Spring 2018. Field surveyors located and surveyed right-of-way, utilities, trails, water features, monuments and bearing trees.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Surveying: control, platting, final monumentation Project Management

Alaska Transportable Array for the EarthScope Project

RECON has supported the EarthScope seismic monitoring station program since 2013, beginning with development of the deployment and logistics plan followed by field reconnaissance to locate potential installation sites throughout Alaska and northwestern Canada. RECON then managed remote logistics for EarthScope’s field technical crews for the construction and installation of the sites from 2015-2017.

http://www.usarray.org/alaska#deployment-to-alaska

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Remote Site Reconnaissance Remote Logistics Management Provided station installation team member

Arctic Slope Region Resource Development Projects

RECON has provided engineering and surveying services to support resource development in the Arctic region since 2015. Several access road and oilfield development pad designs have been completed and constructed.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Civil Engineering Surveying Geotechnical Investigations
Gravel source mine plans GIS: Data management

SW Alaska Resource Development Project

Beginning in 2005 RECON has been involved in off-site infrastructure investigations and studies for a resource deposit in southwest Alaska. This effort has involved access road route studies and design and estimating.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Civil Engineering Surveying GIS: Cartography, Data Management
Remote Access Reconnaissance Project Feasibility Studies Geotech Investigation
Site Development/Design GeoHazard Assessment

Tanalian Shores Subdivision, Lake Clark, Alaska

RECON completed a private land boundary survey of approximately 540 acres off the road system in the Lake Clark area of SW Alaska, preparing it for subdivision and future sale.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Surveying Remote Logistics Management Subsurface Investigation
Road Route Selection Lot Design

Pogo Mine Access Road

RECON began investigating access alternatives for Pogo Mine in 1999, developing an ice road for early access and then designing an all-season road and transmission line route to the mine site. From initial site reconnaissance to final construction, this was RECON’s first large mining client project.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Civil Engineering Surveying GIS: Cartography, Data Management
Remote Access Reconnaissance Project Feasibility Studies Geotech Investigation
Construction Management

Brooks Range, Foothills West Road Route Reconnaissance

In 2009, RECON was asked to determine a viable alignment for a resource road from the Dalton Highway west to Umiat. RECON’s field team completed initial reconnaissance along the route corridor, one-third of which spanned a recently burned area. Resulting issues in soil stability, erosion, and thermal degradation were all accounted for in the 112-mile alignment plan.

SERVICES EMPLOYED:

Route reconnaissance River crossing selection GIS