Adaptive Management and Engineering, LLC. (AME) has expertise in providing geotechnical, instrumentation and monitoring services for various public and private clients. Our experienced staff is well versed in planning and providing geotechnical recommendations for industrial, commercial, roadway, coastal protection and restoration projects, upland disposal sites and beneficial use of dredged material projects along the Gulf Coast. Our team members are well known for working with various federal, state and local agencies in making our coast more resilient. As with any project, while meeting or exceeding industry standards, it is critical for the design to take construction means and methods and practical constraints into consideration to provide for a viable, economical and efficient design. AME’s planning and geotechnical design aims to accomplish that on every project. However, this can be a difficult task as it entails many factors including but not limited to:
- Understanding the requirements and incorporating project specific construction means and methods
- Getting all parties onboard with innovative ideas
- Contract limitations
- Contractor and owner limitations
- Land rights
- Varying subsurface conditions
- Regional geologic faults, subsidence and sea level rise
- Spatial variation in performance of constructed marsh or shoreline features
- Lift sequencing and drainage considerations
- Estimating cut-to-fill ratio
- Strength gain in soft soil
- Deep channel plugs (sheet piles, hay bales, sand and other options)
- Various construction considerations, etc.
PATH FORWARD FOR COASTAL PROJECTS
AME works closely with the design team to provide geotechnical recommendations that meet the industry standards and take in to account the above listed constraints to better help Owners and Dredgers to plan and design their projects. Our services include, but are not limited to:
- Preparing Coastal Use Permits
- Desktop study and research for planning mitigation projects, coastal protection and restoration projects, upland disposal sites and beneficial use of dredge material projects
- Site exploration and field testing of soft soil on land, in marshes and open water sites
- Obtaining, packaging and transporting high-quality soil samples
- Specialized laboratory testing
- Standard and specialized geotechnical laboratory testing (including low-stress consolidation and column settling tests)
- Containment dike and levee stability analyses (slope stability, settlement and bearing capacity)
- Hydraulically dredged and placed marsh fill analyses
- Borrow area soil analyses to estimate dredgeability of soil and clay-ball formation
- Ground improvements and strength gain
- Instrumentation and monitoring of dredged and placed hydraulic fill (ISPs and other instrumentation)
- During and post-construction analyses of marsh fill settlement based on instrumentation and monitoring of fill material
- Preparing geotechnical and monitoring reports as required by the agencies/owners.
AME develops innovative methods and revives/updates previous methods that have been used for upland disposal sites (UDS) and applies these lessons to marsh creation/restoration projects. It is crucial to understand the various inputs into programs like Primary Consolidation, Secondary Compression, and Desiccation of Dredged Fill (PSDDF) that have been developed for UDS.
AME is experienced in industrial, commercial, roadway and other projects where geotechnical recommendations are required to design the project. AME’s staff has groundwater monitoring and well installation experience. Mr. Michael McKinney’s extensive experience in providing geotechnical and environmental field services is crucial to plan and execute geotechnical projects. AME is teamed with various vendors, subcontractors, and firms in Louisiana and Texas to provide specialized geotechnical services. AME’s team is well-versed with Method of Planes (MOP) program for levee slope stability and other geotechnical programs required for various projects.
Our team understands the local challenges and the importance of adapting to changing conditions during
design and construction. Please feel free to contact us to talk about your next project or to simply
discuss various ideas and options.
We look forward to hearing from you.
About Us
Since its inception in 2019, AME has worked with various public and private sector clients and provided practical geotechnical solutions for multiple projects. Although AME is a small business and Hudson initiative, we routinely adapt and raise to the occasion on completing complex and time sensitive projects. We are proud to have clients that trust our judgement and are seeing measurable benefits in working with us. In addition to standard geotechnical services, our team has been developing new methods to improve the design of hydraulically dredged and placed marsh fill. Given below is a summary of the experience of our principal and operations manager.
Venu Tammineni, P.E.
Mr. Tammineni is a registered professional engineer in the States of Texas, Louisiana, and Ohio. He specializes in providing geotechnical design in soft soil sediments and is passionate about protecting and restoring the Gulf coast. He has over 15 years of experience working on geotechnical design for beneficial use of dredge material, marsh restoration, beach and dune restoration, shoreline protection, mitigation and other projects. He has successfully completed projects for various public agencies and private sector clients. He is well versed with the Engineering and Design Manual (EM 1110-2-5025) for Dredging and Dredged Material Management and has been in active discussions with various agencies for coastal research. He has worked with Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) on numerous coastal projects. Mr. Tammineni has experience in instrumentation and monitoring of hydraulically dredged and placed marsh fill sediments and has been involved with developing methods on accounting for dredging activities in geotechnical design. He is involved with the construction and post-construction monitoring of hydraulically dredged and placed fill. He has planned, coordinated and executed numerous field exploration programs over the years for projects on land and open water. He has completed Low-Stress Consolidation testing for sediments and column-settling test. Typical analyses for these projects involve analyses of self-weight consolidation of sediments and foundation soil, and dewatering methods to provide accelerated settlement of the hydraulically dredged and placed fill. A few representative projects completed by Mr. Tammineni are listed below in addition to the other information.
The following is a partial project list in which Mr. Venu Tammineni, P.E., has provided geotechnical and/or monitoring services:
- State of Louisiana, CPRA, Caminada Backbarrier Marsh S&I Services, Port Fourchon, LA
- State of Louisiana, CPRA, Cole’s Bayou Marsh Restoration (TV-63); Vermilion Parish, LA
- Levee Mitigation Services, Orange County, Texas
- Mitigation Plan for Port Arthur Liquefaction Project, Jefferson County, TX
- State of Louisiana, CPRA, Bayou La Loutre Ridge Restoration and Marsh Creation (PO-178); St. Bernard Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, New Orleans Landbridge Shoreline Stabilization & Marsh Creation (PO169); New Orleans, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Bayou Bonfouca Marsh Creation (PO-104); St. Tammany Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Bayou Bonfouca Marsh Creation (PO-104); St. Tammany Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Grand Liard Marsh and Ridge Restoration (BA-58); Plaquemines Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, MidBarataria Diversion (BA-153); Plaquemines Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Lost Lake Marsh Creation and Hydrologic Restoration Project (TE-72); Terrebonne Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Lake Pontchartrain Shoreline Protection; Tangipahoa Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Cameron Meadows Marsh Creation and Terracing (CS-66); Cameron Parish, LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery and Marsh Creation (BA-164); Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish, LA
- * NRCS, Lake Lery Shoreline Restoration and Marsh Creation (BS16); Plaquemines Parish, LA
- * NRCS, Alligator Bend Shoreline Protection (PO-34); Orleans Parish, LA
- * NRCS, Terracing and Marsh Creation South of Big Mar (BS-24); Plaquemines Parish, LA
- * Vermilion Parish/Oyster Reef Parallel to Coastline at Cheniere Au Tigre and Shoreline Protection; Vermilion Parish, LA
* Experience with previous employer
Michael McKinney, Jr.
Mr. McKinney is a Louisiana Licensed Water Well Contractor and experienced geotechnical and environmental driller/ Project Manager passionate about completing projects safely and efficiently, while maintaining quality. He has over 20 years of experience in executing and managing all facets of projects and providing quality drilling and field testing for a wide variety of projects including shoreline protection and restoration, transportation, industrial facilities, wastewater treatment plants, transmission lines and substations, and commercial developments. He specializes in providing quality geotechnical drilling and cone penetrometer testing (CPT) in soft soils on land and water. He has successfully completed projects for State and Federal agencies, Parishes and Cities, and industrial plants in Louisiana. He is also well versed in CMT operations and Management. Mr. McKinney has experience in concrete sampling and testing, soil density testing and compaction efforts. He is a licensed Radiation Safety Officer.
Mr. McKinney has extensive experience preforming Phase 1 and Phase 2 environmental investigations, sampling soil and groundwater in commercial and industrial settings. He is OSHA 30HR certified, and has developed health and safety programs for various projects. He has worked in geotechnical soils lab and has experience running an array of different tests. He enjoys training, learning, and helping. Mr. McKinney’s goal is to make sure that each job is completed safely, and with high quality, so that the client and everyone involved get the best results.
- State of Louisiana, CPRA, Golden Triangle Marsh Creation S&I Services, Lake Borgne, LA
- Levee Mitigation Services, Orange County, Texas
- Groundwater monitoring and well drawdown tests at various sites in LA
- * State of Louisiana, CPRA, Cole’s Bayou Marsh Restoration (TV-63); Vermilion Parish, LA
- * Mitigation Plan for Port Arthur Liquefaction Project, Jefferson County, TX
- * Jefferson Parish Landfill, Cell 24 Expansion
- * Confidential Client, HDD Pipeline Crossing at Sabine-Neches River DeSoto Parish, LA & Shelby County, TX
- * Pile supported Structure for Coal Loading Ramp, Desoto Parish, LA
- * Bonnet Carre Spillway New Railroad Bridge ST John Parish, LA
- * Sasol Ethylene Cracker Unit Sulphur, LA
- * Mosaic Rail Improvements St. James, LA
- * IHNC Floodwall for the USACE (First Phase) New Orleans, LA (USACE)
- * IHNC Floodwall for the USACE (Second Phase) New Orleans, LA (USACE)
- * Multiple Pumping Stations across Orleans Parish Metairie, LA (USACE)
- * 17th Street Canal Pumping Station Metairie, LA
- * 17th Street Canal Levee Break Orleans, LA
- * PCS Nitrogen Monitoring Well Perimeter Install Geismar, LA
- * Shell Chemical Goal Venture Project Geismar, LA
* Experience with previous employer
Contact Us
Our team understands the local challenges and the importance of adapting to changing conditions during design and construction. Please feel free to contact us to talk about your next project or to simply discuss various ideas and options. We look forward to hearing from you.
Location:
11429 Pennywood Avenue
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
Email:
venu@amesouth.com
Call:
Mobile: (614) 209-2580
Office: (225) 424-7869