Mundell & Associates, Inc.

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Mundell & Associates is a small consulting company with large-company credentials and significant experience with some of the most challenging and diverse environmental concerns.

Our project portfolio (which includes case histories, publications, and presentations) covers the world and includes time sensitive investigations as well as long term remediation and monitoring. Clients benefit from a cross disciplinary approach to problem solving and depend on our abilities to communicate complex scientific and engineering principles.

Subsidence Study Using Geophysics

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Mundell was contracted to examine an area experiencing subsidence in the backyard of a local residence, which was located near a quarry. The results of the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey and 2D resistivity profiles suggested that the subsidence was most likely caused by deep, vertical soil movement which may have been the result of settlement of the unconsolidated soils or soil loss into the underlying bedrock due to quarry activities. …..Read More »

Pipeline Subsidence Study Using Geophysics

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Mundell was contracted to examine an area experiencing subsidence along a section of pipeline crossing a former coal mining portion of central Indiana. To image the underlying soil and bedrock strata beneath the area of subsidence, Mundell collected, several two-dimensional resistivity imaging (2D ERI) profiles. The geophysical data showed that the shallow subsidence along the pipeline was caused by deep, vertical bedrock movement, which was likely the result of a mine collapse. …..Read More »

Geophysical Survey Locates Voids Beneath Concrete Floor

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A local construction company discovered voids beneath a concrete building floor after the floor collapsed in several locations. To determine the extent of void development beneath the concrete floor, Mundell personnel completed a geophysical survey using a ground penetrating radar system (GPR), with a 1000-megahertz antenna .The results of the GPR survey indicated several void areas between the bottom of the concrete floor and the underlying fill materials on the order of 0.1 and 0.4 feet in thickness, were linked to leaking sewer pipes nearby……Read More »

Geophysical Survey Locates Buried Conductive Objects at Industrial Landfill Site

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A records search and personal interviews at an aluminum industrial facility had reportedly indicated that landfill materials (in particular, carbon cathodes) had been buried in an approximately 53-acre area behind the facility. Mundell personnel completed a GPS controlled EM conductivity survey of the site, and the results indicated several large areas of highly conductive materials, which when excavated, revealed significant accumulations of spent buried carbon material, including several virgin carbon cathodes and anodes, metallic objects, and general construction debris……Read More »

Refraction Microtremor as a Tool to Map Bedrock Fractures

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Mundell was retained by an environmental consultant to use the Refraction Microtremor technique (a passive seismic method) to map out the subsurface geology beneath an active industrial site, in an attempt to locate any possible bedrock depressions and fracture zones which could be acting as preferential pathways for soil and groundwater impacts……Read More »

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John Mundell reflects on the legacy of Pope Francis and his concern for our common home

in Community Involvement

Using IndianaMap and web-based GIS to protect drinking water

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Emissions Reporting and Air Dispersion Modeling Allows Tracking of Indy’s Air Pollutants

in Science and Environment

Our Affiliations

- Midwestern States Environmental Consultants Association
- Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society
- Professional Geologists of Indiana, Inc.
- National Groundwater Association
- American Societies of Chemical / Civil Engineers
- Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
- Indiana Association for Environmental Professionals
- Geological Society of America
- Indiana Geographic Information Council
- Economy of Communion

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Check Your Heating Ducts

To ensure that as much warm air as possible is delivered through your central system, check the ductwork and wrap any leaks with duct mastic. Distribution losses (what’s lost while air is transported from your furnace through ductwork to the vents) often amounts to 30%. So, sealing ductwork could increase efficiency and the warm air you receive considerably … keeping you warmer and making your furnace work less.

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