LDG is presented by ACEC/PA with a Diamond Honor Award for Engineering Excellence.
Left to right:
Steven Bolt, PE, PTOE, President, ACEC/PA
Marty Muggleton, Vice President, LDG
Keith Kuzio, PE, CEO, LDG
Quay Shappell, CPSM, Director, LDG
Judy Hricak, Chair, Awards Committee, ACEC/PA

Larson Design Group (LDG) has won the ACEC/PA Diamond Honor Award for Engineering Excellence for design and development of TerrAqua Resource Management (TARM), Pennsylvania’s first enterprise for water recycling from Marcellus Shale development. (TARM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larson Design Group.)

TARM representatives Marty Muggleton and Quay Schappell joined LDG President and CEO, Keith Kuzio, as LDG accepted the award at the ACEC Diamond Awards gala on February 3 at the Hotel Hershey.

“LDG’s strategic commitment to innovation is the hidden element in this successful project,” stated Quay Schappell, Chief Operating Officer of TARM. “[Our] clients, including the gas industry, know LDG delivers quality designs. Coupled with design, LDG’s innovation allowed TARM to develop a service and enterprise that didn’t exist previously. TARM is an enterprise that supports the industry, protects the environment, and helps our region be sustainable.”

TARM also received a National Recognition Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies’ 2011 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition and will be recognized during the EEA awards gala on April 1, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.

In 2008, gas exploration firms (GEFs) commenced drilling programs in north central Pennsylvania, with multi-year, accelerated programs. The unrealized challenge facing GEFs was water resources, namely, what to do with waters generated by these drilling programs.

TARM developed a highly-compliant recycle/reuse facility that treats flowback and produced waters from Marcellus Shale Development. The solution allows clients to recycle nearly all of their generated water. The system is non-proprietary and may be replicated by other enterprises, integrated into client water management networks, and used in other unconventional gas shale plays. TARM is the recipient of the first permit issued for Residual Waste – Beneficial Reuse issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Waste Management. This successful business model for treating and recycling produced and flowback water from Marcellus development reinforces the message that high compliance and sustainability are important objectives for Marcellus Development. TARM has allowed its clients to recycle and reuse more than 34 million gallons of water generated from Marcellus development.

TARM benefits not only development of the Marcellus Shale but mitigates environmental impacts through reuse of water resources; reducing carbon footprint and impacts on local roadways by fewer truck trips; reducing air quality impact; reduced traffic congestion; and improved roadway safety.

Larson Design Group supplied to TARM water characterization data, well drilling pattern/schedule data, architecture, engineering, permitting support, road bonding agreements, traffic mitigation plan, construction administration/management, and construction inspection.

Every year, the ACEC/PA Diamond Awards are presented to firms that have made prestigious achievements in the engineering profession across Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.acecpa.org.

Larson Design Group is a growing, multi-disciplined brand architecture, engineering, and surveying firm, providing innovative design solutions for the private and public sectors. Our staff has diverse knowledge in environmental systems, energy, surveying, site development, structures, transportation, and inspection. Headquartered in Williamsport, other offices include Selinsgrove, Bloomsburg, Lititz, and Bethel, Pennsylvania, and Corning, New York.

To learn more about TerrAqua Resource Management, visit tarmsolutions.com.

For more information, please email us at marketing@larsondesigngroup.com.