Normandeau is well known for our ability to conduct complex field programs and to mobilize personnel and necessary equipment to complete projects on time and within budget.  Field Operation Supervisors, who have up to 35 years of experience collecting samples from terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments, oversee our field teams. They have the ability to design collection programs and perform sampling activities to the exacting standards based on both regulatory and client needs.

We have performed field monitoring of fish, plankton, benthos, soils, sediment, wildlife, plants, drinking water, and groundwater for 40 years. Our monitoring projects include the sampling of: estuary, marine, lake, and stream environments; lagoons; monitoring wells; and marine outfalls.  All our projects follow an in-house QA/QC program for field, lab and data components, which are based on state and federal sampling protocols. We are frequently involved in large, multi-year sampling and monitoring programs which require exacting standards to ensure data consistency.

We also maintain an extensive inventory of boats, vehicles, and other equipment necessary to successfully implement sample collection programs. Our fleet includes 37-foot trawlers, 42-foot diesel research vessels, 25-foot high-speed research vessels, coring barges, numerous workboats ranging in size from 18 to 22 feet, and specially equipped electrofishing boats. Our inventory of field sampling gear includes numerous types of fish nets and traps (e.g., gill nets, fyke nets, otter trawls, and seines), backpack electrofishing units, benthos samplers, and several types of current meters, YSI water quality testing instruments, sediment grab samplers, gravity corer, vibracorer, Loran C, and global positioning systems (GPS).

Our staff routinely conducts:

Marine and Aquatic

• Contaminant assessments
• Sediment vibracoring coring and grab sampling
• Fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, ichthyoplankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, aquatic plants, distribution and abundance surveys
• Population studies
• Water quality sampling/monitoring (grab and continuous)
• Hydrological studies
• Dredged material characterization studies
• Instream flow determinations (IFIM)
• Aquatic endangered species surveys
• Thermal and chemical plume evaluations
• Storm water sampling

Terrestrial/Wildlife studies

• Wetlands delineation and restoration
• Population estimates/studies
• Habitat evaluations (HEP)
• Distribution and abundance surveys
• Endangered species surveys
• Contaminant Assessments

Geologic/Hydrogeologic

• Groundwater monitoring
• Groundwater  modeling
• Soil characterizations
• Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
• Geological  investigations

Call us today to see how our field sampling efforts can address your project needs.