• Facilities Studies And Economics Analysis

• Design And Procurement

• Permitting

Over the last 27 years, Dvirka and Bartilucci Consulting Engineers (D&B) has established itself as a premier independent consulting engineering firm in the highly specialized area of energy recovery facilities, including refuse derived fuel and mass burn systems. D&B has served as the engineering consultant on over 40 projects ranging in size from 12 to 3,000 tons per day. Over half of these assignments involved the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing facilities. D&B has hands-on experience with all of the commercially available refuse processing/fuel preparation systems, stokers, furnaces and boilers in operation today.

Each of D&B's assignments have included in-depth feasibility studies addressing the key elements of successful projects. Topics covered include waste stream quantity and characteristics, recycling and waste reduction projections, flow control, site development, site access and traffic, technology assessment, permitting requirements, potential energy markets and sales agreements, financeability, and project development schedule. These studies have been utilized by each of the parties essential to the successful development of an energy recovery facility project, including permitting agencies, bidders and contractors, attorneys, investment bankers, electric utilities, the general public and our clients. This aspect of D&B's capabilities has been credited on numerous occasions as part of the firm’s record of making projects happen where others have failed.

D&B possesses the in-house capability to either design an energy recovery facility from the ground up, or to procure a full-service contractor to design, build and operate. In both in stances, the firm has provided final design review, construction management and acceptance testing monitoring services to our clients.

Energy recovery facility from the ground up, or to procure a full-service contractor to design, build and operate. In both instances, the firm has provided final design review, construction management and acceptance testing monitoring services to our clients.

D&B's record of success includes its work in preparing all of the environmental impact statements, stack emissions dispersions analyses, health risk assessments and permit applications necessary to obtain authorization to construct and operate. D&B has been in the forefront the combustion system and air pollution control advancements which have been necessary to ensure that these facilities do not pose unacceptable health or environmental impairment risks.