Bono Consulting is excited to announce that with the support and guidance of our parent company – Sevee & Maher Engineers (SME) – we now offer engineering and support services for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installation projects across the Midwest.
SME has extensive experience in renewable energy design and permitting since 2009. Thus far, SME has provided professional consulting services in over 200 projects with a total generating capacity of more than 700MW for private landowners, municipalities, and leading commercial solar energy developers.
In the past year, Bono and SME have partnered on several renewable energy installation site designs and permitting projects throughout Illinois. With SME's experience in the renewable energy process and Bono's knowledge of Illinois's permitting procedure, we offer a unique service and a reliable team to all seeking expert assistance in solar power projects across the Midwest.
Our Services
Bono and SME provide preliminary site analysis, surveying, environmental review, civil engineering design, and environmental permitting for projects. For many typical projects, this encompasses a suite of site/civil services performed by SME in-house staff and in coordination with qualified subcontractors:
- Due diligence analysis to identify legal and physical design constraints of a site
- Phase I ESA to determine suitability of a site for the project
- Property line and topographic survey plans
- Site plan design for site plan review/special permit applications (e.g., Site Location of Development Act (SLODA))
- Environmental services to identify and evaluate factors such as wetlands delineations, flood zones, underlying rights, and archaeological significance
- State and local permitting
- Public hearings and stakeholder communications
- Easements plans
- ALTA/ACSM survey plans
- Construction layouts
- Construction documents, and
- Construction administration
The result is a seamless and streamlined site/civil development process that contributes to keeping projects on track.