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The 6.3-megawatt Desert Green Solar Farm, located in Borrego Springs, began commercial operations this week. The output is being sold to San Diego Gas & Electric to supply power for public consumption. The 62-acre renewable energy facility uses more than 3,500 concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules, made by San Diego-based Soitec […]

HELIX celebrated the groundbreaking of the Port of San Diego’s North Harbor Drive Realignment Project with representatives of the City of San Diego and the Port of San Diego.  This project, designed to beautify a section of North Harbor Drive near Scott Street, will add approximately 130 public parking spaces, […]

Don’t forget to schedule your wet season fairy shrimp survey. If vernal pools or ephemeral basins exist on your project site, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) protocol requires that a complete fairy shrimp survey be conducted.  The fairy shrimp survey is required to span two seasons: either two wet […]

HELIX welcomes Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Group Manager, Camille Lill, to our San Diego office.  Camille has a BA in Geography from the University of Oregon and a Masters of Spatial Information Science from the University of Adelaide in Australia. She brings to HELIX approximately 14 years of GIS experience […]

State Park employees worked with HELIX to successfully implement a prescribed burn of approximately 50 acres within Anza Borrego State Park to help eradicate dense stands of non-native, invasive tamarisk trees (also known as salt cedar). This is part of the larger 318-acre Carrizo Marsh area which HELIX is restoring […]

On October 2, at the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) San Diego Chapter awards banquet, HELIX Environmental Planning was honored to receive recognition, along with the County of San Diego, of a meritorious outstanding environmental analysis document for the Campus Park West Environmental Impact Report.

HELIX is working closely with Balfour Beatty’s design-build team to ensure the success of the new Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee. Balfour Beatty completed the first phase of the $221.5 million detention center that includes 1,216 beds and 25 buildings for the intake and housing of women inmates. HELIX […]

HELIX acquired the Cultural Resource Management division of El Cajon-based firm, Affinis.  Archaeologists Mr. Andrew Giletti and Ms. Kristina Davison, led by local cultural resources expert and Registered Professional Archaeologist, Ms. Mary Robbins-Wade, joined the HELIX team at their La Mesa headquarters location on September 2, 2014.   As the […]

HELIX proudly accepted the Caltrans District 11 Small Business Council’s Prime Contractor Award on August 27, 2014.  The award recognizes HELIX’s utilization of the Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise, Underutilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise for the 2013 calendar year.

HELIX has been named by ZweigWhite as one of their 2014 Best Firms to Work For. Noted in the top 10 of Best Firms to Work For in the environmental category, HELIX is recognized for inspiring teams to perform at their highest level and creating an environment where people feel […]

HELIX is now offering dry season fairy shrimp analysis. Many of the fairy shrimp found in southern California are listed as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. These protected invertebrates live primarily in seasonal wetlands that fill with water during the winter and dry up in spring […]

The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), in collaboration with the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), launched a new bus rapid transit service along the Interstate 15 corridor. Known as “Rapid”, this high-frequency and limited-stop service takes advantage of transit signal priority, dedicated lanes, and direct access ramps aimed to offer […]

A $78 million cross-border terminal is being built on the Otay Mesa side of the U.S.-Mexico border that will give airline passengers access to Tijuana’s Rodriguez International Airport.  Ground was broken on June 4 for the 95,000-square foot terminal which is set for completion in 2015. HELIX prepared the Environmental […]

La Mesa, CA – Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest has awarded a $30 million environmental services contract to a joint venture between HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. (HELIX) and Hon Consulting, Inc.  The contract covers National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance and related environmental services at Navy and U.S. Marine Corps […]