About:
JOHNSON
eNVIRONMENTAL & DISASTER CONSULTING SERVICES experience in disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation
spans 2 decades. Our experience in
assistance with recovery projects includes ice storms, tornadoes, floods, and
hurricanes. Based in Wilmington, NC our
proximity to the coast and the frequency of landfall for Atlantic named storms
makes us uniquely positioned for hurricane response and recovery.
HISTORY
OF THE FIRM
Johnson Environmental was
formed out of a dream and necessity.
Hired in 1995 to spear head business development and project oversight
for an environmental remediation company’s new and revolutionary Thermal
Recovery process, our Principal, Barry Johnson, left the chemical manufacturing
industry following nearly 10 years of dedicated service. However, along with many fledgling startups,
the revolutionary technology failed woefully short of working consistently and
operating with the speed and efficiency necessary to make money. So, after some $12M dollars invested in
research and development of the unsuccessful technology, the parent company
pulled the plug. It’s a matter of
“semantics” at that point; Barry was out of a job or an overnight
entrepreneur.
1996 marks the beginning of
Johnson Environmental and our focus of offering technical and environmental
consulting services to industrial clients.
Our industrial environmental experience includes permit expertise in all
environmental media: Air, Water, and Soil / Solid Waste. Specification, evaluation, and testing of
treatment technologies and then permitting and employee training were the focus
of early Johnson Environmental.
Then, following the landfalls
of Hurricane’s Bertha and Fran in 1996, Johnson Environmental began applying
our multidisciplinary technical knowledge to disaster recovery. Johnson Environmental was subcontracted
through Killam and Associates (Freehold, NJ), to perform as a TAC (Technical
Advisory Consultant) to the State of North Carolina Division of Emergency
Management, with specific direction in design and construction oversight of
water treatment, wastewater treatment facilities and emergency shoreline
protection. Killam and Associates
completed its primary contractor obligations in 1997. However, Johnson Environmental was requested
by the State of North Carolina to continue overseeing disaster recovery
operations for all coastal communities for an additional year. While performing in this capacity a niche was
discovered that local governments needed technical assistance with regards to
many disaster related issues.
Following requests from several
communities Johnson Environmental & Disaster Consulting was fully committed
to service local governments with emergency planning, disaster recovery,
closeout documentation, debris monitoring and contractor oversight. Our client list has grown significantly over
the past few years, and we hope to develop a relationship with your local
government or private non-profit organization and add you to the top of our
list.