Cultural resources
Translating knowledge into practical management programs.
The cultural resource staff at AMEC pride themselves on their ability to conduct cultural resource studies of the highest technical quality, using state-of-the-art techniques within very restricted time frames.
The experience of many of AMEC ’s principal technical personnel and specialists are measured in decades, providing unmatched depth of experience and knowledge of historic preservation issues.
AMEC maintains a staff of historians, architects, ethnographers, ethnohistorians, and archaeologists who are expert at developing management and assessment programs involving initial survey, testing, and data recovery of cultural resources, either on a regional basis, such as part of city or country planning, or on an individual, project-specific basis.
AMEC’s staff has considerable experience in all levels of investigation from archival research to the development and implementation of comprehensive management plans. This experience provides us with technical knowledge and the ability to translate that knowledge into practical and useful management programs. Our staff also has considerable experience working with state, provincial and federal historic preservation laws and regulations, and have worked closely with State Historic Preservation Officers, Provincial Heritage Regulators and their staff.
Our in-house capabilities encompass:
- Cultural Resource Overview Studies
- Local and Regional Sampling Studies
- Cultural Resource Management Plans
- Inventory Survey Programs
- Protocol Development to Ensure Proponent Regulators are in Agreement as to Appropriate Action in the Event a Heritage Resource is Encountered During the Project
- Data Recovery Programs
- National Register Assessment and Nomination Programs
- Marine Archaeology Assessments
- Archaeological Monitoring
- Architectural Evaluations
- Historical Land Use Studies
AMEC also maintains a fully equipped cultural resources laboratory in Honolulu where artifacts are catalogued, analyzed, and curated. Our team of specialists have conducted cultural investigations of government and industry at all levels.
AMEC ’s cultural resource specialists are experienced in conducting specialized technical studies involving surveying, sampling, subsurface testing, mitigation, and monitoring for both historic and prehistoric sites and resources. These specialists regularly prepare research designs and resource management plans for sensitive resources and implement these plans through controlled testing, data recovery and mitigation programs.
Projects completed by AMEC cultural services for clients include:
- Historic Preservation Services Throughout the Pacific for the US Navy
- Cultural Resources Overview at Fort McClellan, Alabama to Meet National Historic Preservation Act Requirements
- Cultural and Archaeological Resource Coordination at Tennessee Army National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers Sites.
- Cultural Resources Investigations to Identify Potential Impacts of Idaho Air Guard Wing Conversion
- EIAs and Resource Identification Assessment for Linear Projects (highways, pipelines, transmission lines)
- Comprehensive and Adaptive Natural/Cultural Resource Management Plans for Protecting and Preserving Existing Resources on Lands Managed by Mountain Home Air Force Base
- Natural and Cultural Baseline Studies and Management Plans at Air Force Installations in Europe
- Phase 1 Cultural Studies at Federal Aviation Administration Weather Radar Stations
- Cultural Resources Investigation in Relation to Highway Relocation in Tennessee for the Department of Transportation
- Oil Survey, Testing, Data Recovery and Monitoring for Chevron Pipeline in California
Working closely with our clients,as well as with appropriate federal, state, provincial and city regulatory agencies, AMEC provides an integrated approach that helps the client plan the project to avoid or mitigate potential impacts to cultural resources.