Environmental permits are required for virtually all types of construction activities, whether it is breaking ground on a new development or performing infrastructure upgrades.  Furthermore, a common requirement for many types of businesses include a local, state, and/or federal operating permit for facilities such as auto repair shops, manufacturing facilities, and landfills.

If your company needs assistance with an environmental permit, our engineers and scientists will guide you through the entire process. Before beginning any permitting process, Westhorp & Associates will meet with the client, applicable permitting agencies, and private stakeholders to establish common objectives, goals, performance measures, and required outcomes. Depending on a project’s complexity, intermittent project progress meetings may be conducted at pre-determined milestones throughout the project’s duration to ensure compliance and a continued path towards the established goals.

Westhorp & Associates’ experienced and integrated permitting and compliance services help our clients achieve timely and cost-effective approvals.  We work closely with our clients and with regulators to identify the most appropriate means of addressing regulatory and permitting requirements for the broadest array of jurisdictions and sectors. We have an excellent record of satisfying the simultaneous obligations to proponents, regulators, stakeholders and communities.

Westhorp & Associates prepares permit applications for local municipalities as well as the Miami-Dade County Department of Permitting, Environment and Regulatory Affairs (PERA, previously known as DERM), Broward County Environmental Protection Department (BEPD), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) on a variety of projects such as: