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Southeast • Davidson County, North Carolina
Davidson County Solar Site Stabilization
SWCA developed a stabilization and revegetation plan for an existing solar farm in Davidson County, North Carolina.
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Raleigh-Durham
113 Edinburgh South Drive
Suite 120
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 27511
Suite 120
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 27511
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SWCA developed a stabilization and revegetation plan for an existing solar farm in Davidson County, North Carolina. Due to poor stabilization and soil management practices from construction 10 years ago, this site was experiencing significant erosion, which was threatening the on-site infrastructure. Proposed improvements included restoring topsoil to areas that were previously stripped of topsoil during the grading/construction process, installing vegetated swales and rock swales to convey stormwater flows off the site, and targeted seeding and mulching to stabilize the site.
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Principal Restoration Engineer
Josh Allen, PE
Josh has more than 16 years’ experience working on site stabilization, renewable energy, and ecosystem restoration projects across the country. He has spent much of his career in North Carolina and South Carolina serving both private- and public-sector clients. Josh works on a variety of projects, including solar site stabilization, solar site hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for stability analysis, floodplain vegetation/stabilization, stream and wetland restoration, and resiliency planning. Josh has extensive experience acquiring federal, state, and local permits for his projects, especially erosion and sediment control and stormwater permits such as NPDES Phase II permits, 401 Water Quality Certifications (WQC), and state and local land disturbance permits. All of his projects also have a revegetation component. Revegetation components are typically based on an appropriate nearby reference community and developed to restore the appropriate strata (canopy, understory, shrub, and herbaceous layers) for the site.
