The Cultural Resource Services Group at SCI Engineering offers in-house services for archaeological and architectural history. The group has completed projects ranging from archaeological monitoring of construction activities to mitigations of large archaeological sites and excavations of steamboat wrecks. Our staff can assist you in cultural resource surveys and other archaeological surveys to avoid delays and to keep your project on track.

Archaeology staff have conducted projects in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Tennessee. Services include:

• Pre-project consultation
  
• Phase One Cultural Resource Surveys (to locate and delineate sites)
  
• Phase Two Cultural Resource Surveys (to determine eligibility of archaeological sites for the National Register of Historic Places)
  
• Phase Three Mitigation (complete mitigation of an archaeological site)
  
• Construction Monitoring
• Native American consultation
  
  

Architectural History and Research Services

SCI staff have also conducted architectural history and historic preservation projects in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Services include:

• Architectural view shed calculations
  
• Architectural view shed area surveys
  
• Determinations of eligibility for structures, buildings, and cultural landscapes
  
• HABS/HAER documentation
  
• Shipwreck surveys
  
• Historic Bridge recordation reports
• Memorandum of agreement development
• Background historical research and reporting
• National Register nominations
  
  

Representative Projects:

• Multiple Communication Towers
  
• Dames Park
  
• Steamboat Montana
  
• Belleville, IL West High School
  
• Wal-Mart, Urbandale, IA
  
• Multiple Residential Developments
  
• Public Utility Corridors
  
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center
  
• Multiple Transportation Projects