ABOUT US


About Environmental Development Group (EDG)

For over a decade, Grant County Excavation, Inc. dba Environmental Development Group (EDG) has been providing outstanding facility maintenance services to our customers. EDG is acknowledged as an industry leader in facility maintenance of industrial/commercial, and residential projects. We have developed and established Regional Programs servicing the Western and South Western United States. EDG is recognized nationwide as a leader in providing environmentally conscious, sustainable solutions and options.

Our facility maintenance services include:

Landscape and Horticultural - EDG creates curb appeal while effectively offering cost assessment evaluations, managing resources and providing cutting edge solutions to improve the customer's experience. Our services include:

  • Landscape site construction
  • Irrigation system installation, operation, and maintenance
  • Scheduled landscape maintenance and tree trimming
  • Herbicide and Pesticide application
  • Vector and pest control
  • Excess property maintenance

Stormwater and Watershed- At EDG, our mission is to restore and protect watersheds through proper maintenance of water resources, reducing the impacts of non-point sources of pollution on water resources, regulating activities for soil conservation and waterway/wetlands protection. EDG provides:

  • A comprehensive approach and accurate survey of stormwater structures and their condition
  • Maintains an appropriate maintenance frequency and schedule of stormwater structures
  • Stormwater inspections and asset summaries
  • An evaluation of systems and projected maintenance
  • Maintenance of the entire system of above ground basins and filtration systems, including bio-filtration basins, bio-retention basins, landscape swales, wetland swales, including underground water quality structures
  • Sweeping and dry surface cleaning

Plumbing - EDG provides a team of knowledgeable, experienced plumbers and tradesmen to assess your plumbing needs and is equipped for mobilization to any size commercial location. EDG offers:

  • Repair and installation of interior and exterior plumbing systems and fixtures
  • Lift Station maintenance and repairs including pumping and electrical systems

Grease Interceptor/Trap - EDG provides a fleet of vehicles and equipment with experienced crews trained in the maintenance, collection, and handling of grease interceptor/trap wastewater systems. EDG offers:

  • Grease interceptor/trap wastewater collection system inspection and asset summaries
  • Collection and disposal of all wastewater at authorized disposal sites
  • Maintenance of entire system, including preventative maintenance and required cleaning to improve performance
  • Compliance and completion of all required waste disposal manifests for disposal of grease interceptor/trap wastewater
  • Installation of grease interceptor/traps
  • Hydro-jetting of exterior wastewater lines

Biodiesel Production - EDG produces various blends of biodiesel from collected waste streams from our existing contracts. It is our goal to reduce the carbon footprint of our organization, produce a federally qualified ASTM biodiesel for motor vehicle fuel, and create an additional market for fuel to promote the efforts of the United States of America to decrease its dependence on foreign oil.

Our first facility will be located in Tucson, Arizona. Its name plate capacity will be 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 gallons per year, with the capability to expand capacity up to 3,000,000 gallons, depending upon feedstock acquisitions. It will be our goal to provide a high quality fuel in accordance with federal and state regulations.

In the future, EDG will demonstrate a distributive model for biodiesel plants production through strategic locations within the United States of America over the next five years. We are members of the National Biodiesel Board, and the Tucson Clean City Coalition. We are becoming members of the American Society for Testing and Materials and of other relevant industry associations. The EDG biodiesel facility will be BQ-9000 certified for producers and marketers.

Paving Division - EDG has a team of dedicated, experienced tradesmen for hard surface installation, repairs, and maintenance. EDG is committed to safety and the highest quality at the lowest total costs. EDG projects includes:

  • New parking lots
  • Private access roads
  • Concrete sidewalks, curb, and gutter installation and replacement
  • Repairs of potholes, crack sealing, and patching
  • Maintenance, seal coating, and striping

EDG is an innovative company who approaches facility maintenance as a responsibility for assuring reliability, ensuring quality, and cost effectiveness of building systems and on-site operational practices. We use preventative best management practices in our maintenance approach to provide greater value to your company. With a reputation of integrity and responsibility, we make a positive, long-term contribution to each property we maintain by protecting your investment.

Environmental Services - With knowledgeable professionals, EDG assists our clients by addressing environmental compliance issues such as:

  • Waste stream sampling and analysis
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Waste water pH control systems
  • Spill response coordination
  • Troubleshooting infrastructure and operational issues
  • High pressure, hot water pavement cleaning with complete collection and recycling of wash water with custom built service vehicles

EDG offers emergency service on all contract services - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!