Energy

GZA is a proud leader in geotechnical services for offshore wind developments and land-based infrastructure. GZA provided geotechnical services on four proposed wind farms, including Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States, and we have completed over 300 solar projects.

As utilities make significant investments into the beneficial re-use/ mitigation of legacy generation facilities and manufactured gas plants (MGPs), GZA provides specialized technical knowledge of the facilities, fuels, wastes, by-products, and processes necessary to assess and mitigate the associated physical and environmental hazards. It enables clients to redevelop these high-risk liabilities into commercially productive and community-valued assets. With over 30 years of project experience on hundreds of Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, GZA is one of the few firms in the United States that can assemble an integrated team of in-house experts to support any aspect of an MGP program.

With valuable stakeholder input, GZA evaluated risk, and where needed, expedited the planning, design, construction, activation, and maintenance of short- and interim-term flood hardening systems at 31 substations located within inland and coastal Special Flood Hazard Areas. This utility’s existing substations are now significantly more resilient to outages from rising sea levels and the increasing trend in storm-related water damages.

Our engineers and scientists have contributed to the resilience of the most hardened and secure critical infrastructure in the United States. This experience will support the development of innovative designs for new advanced reactor technologies and small modular reactors.

Our engineers and scientists provide a wide range of support services for energy companies grappling with the challenges of producing upstream resources, mitigating midstream transmission constraints, and upgrading and expanding downstream storage, refining, and delivery of oil and natural gas.

LNG facilities rely on GZA's full breadth of services from planning through construction and maintenance of major upgrades to improve operational efficiency, meet and exceed regulatory requirements, and increase capacity to serve all customers during future cold weather demands.