The Leading Environmental Remediation, Geotechnical Construction, and Civil Construction Company: RECON

Remedial Construction Services, L.P. (RECON) is a national leader in environmental remediation services, including soil remediation, soil stabilization and solidification, landfill cap and cell construction, permeable reactive barriers, deep soil mixing, biopolymer trenches, slurry walls and demolition of hazardous waste sites. The company’s geotechnical division specializes in the construction of groundwater cut off walls, earth retention systems, and soil modification techniques. RECON focuses on helping clients solve their large, complex problems by leveraging our extensive project and industry experience, specialized equipment fleet, and patented technologies. It has helped its clients avoid downtime costs and save over $20 million in project costs.

Since 1989, RECON has successfully completed over 6,000 environmental remediation, geotechnical and civil construction projects across North America. Its team of dedicated employees, financial strength and large fleet of equipment empower the company to deliver world class solutions for the complex environmental problems its clients face.

RECON provides solutions and we are committed to investigating the advancing technology and continuously diversify our skill set to embrace the changing needs of our clients and the industries we serve. Given the competitive nature of the markets the company serves and the stringent regulatory environment, RECON is proud that 85% of its work is from repeat customers.

Mission, Vision and Values

Mission Statement

We strive to create value added solutions for our customers through innovative patented techniques and proprietary technologies to rectify the most challenging environmental and geotechnical problems in the world.

Vision

We aspire to grow our organization by expanding our suite of services to create long-term customer partnerships. We embrace advancing technology and continuously expand our technical capabilities to meet the challenging problems facing the industries we serve.

Values

Safety: Protecting the health and safety of every employee is our top priority and is the foundation of our success. We incorporate safety and risk management procedures into our daily operations and ensure integration throughout the entire RECON organization.

Integrity: We act with honesty, fairness, respect and safety, furthering a culture of unquestioned integrity.

Strong Work Ethic: Our strong work ethic is derived from our safe work practices, integrity, technical expertise and consistent performance.

Innovation: We continuously diversify our skill set and develop proprietary technologies that address the complex problems within the stringent environments and industries we serve.

Exceptional Performance: We aim to exceed our customer’s expectations in order to provide the best value and be the best in our industries.

Specialized Equipment Fleet

RECON owns a strategic fleet of 450 pieces of specialized equipment valued at over 30 million dollars. Its equipment inventory is comprised of numerous cranes, heavy equipment, excavators and other specialized equipment needed to properly execute environmental remediation, geotechnical or civil construction projects. In order to complete its complex projects efficiently, RECON customizes its equipment to provide capabilities that go beyond the traditional equipment scope. RECON’s ability to quickly mobilize by transporting and customizing our equipment for each project is an essential part of its success. The company has full service equipment shops where it can customize its equipment to meet project needs and mobilize quickly.

RECON extensive inventory of equipment enables its team to deliver flexible and reliable in-house services for both small and large scale projects while meeting its clients’ scope of work, schedule and budget. The firm uses its own specially designed and fabricated equipment tools to customize its equipment to meet desired applications. These specialty tools allow them to enhance its equipment and provide innovative application technologies that optimize construction schedules, which provide valuable savings to its clients.

The equipment fleet includes: long reach excavators, hydraulic crawler cranes, LGP dozers, off-road haul trucks, reagent mix plants, soil mixing drill rigs and waste reduction process equipment; and has the following features:

• Over 450 pieces of specialized construction equipment
• Cranes equipped with hydraulic and mechanical grabs, chisels, and jay attachments.
• Compaction equipment equipped with pad or smooth drums.
• Larger industrial dozers that feature extra wide tracks for low ground pressure and cab and air for environmental safety for operator.
• Deep soil mixing rigs with an assortment of various mixing tools and depth ranges, hydraulic soil mixers with attachments for dry and slurry applications, jet grouting rigs, and slurry mix plants.
• A large inventory of slurry trench and long reach excavators with thumb attachments, heavy duty booms, buckets, and hydraulic capabilities.
• Off-road, on-road heavy trucks, light vehicles and utility trailers to provide support during project duration

Meet the Chieftain

Steven R. Birdwell, Founder, and CEO: In 1989, Birdwell founded RECON to meet the growing demand for specialized construction services created by new regulations. He leveraged his experience in geological engineering and his practical knowledge of geotechnical construction techniques to create a value-added environmental and geotechnical services construction company. RECON has become a national leader in the field of environmental remediation services, including chemical, biological, thermal and physical treatment of soil, sludge, groundwater and facilities. With almost 500 employees, RECON has performed over $1 billion in remediation projects worldwide and is recognized as one of the top hazardous waste remediation specialty contractors by Engineering News Record.

Birdwell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Geology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his Master of Science in Geological Engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla in Rolla, Missouri.

“We employ some of the most talented professionals in our industry and our collective expertise in engineering; geosciences and regulatory compliance allow our team to customize solutions that provide exceptional cost savings for our clients.”