Inspections
Over the past 25 years, the SMC team has established a significant post-construction stormwater inspection practice. Our inspection teams are responsible for the ongoing inspection of tens of thousands of facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
What We Inspect
Detention (dry) ponds
Retention (wet) ponds
Underground stormwater structures
Bioretention and rain gardens
Low impact development practices
Environmental site design practices
Lakes
High hazard dams
Stormdrain systems
Inlets, catch basins, manholes, culverts
Streams & wetlands
NPDES erosion & sediment control practices
Why Inspect
Inspections are the only way to verify maintenance is being appropriately implemented to ensure compliance with municipal and MS4 requirements.
Our CCTV professionals and specialized equipment inspect pipe systems to map systems and find maintenance or failure issues.
All of our inspectors are confined space certified and have OSHA compliance equipment. We go underground every day.
Our professionals inspect thousands of stormwater facilities every year.
Why SMC
Over the past 25 years, the SMC team has established a significant post-construction stormwater inspection practice. Our inspection teams are responsible for the ongoing inspection of tens of thousands of facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic. SMC has probably performed more inspections of existing stormwater assets than any other firm.
We work for the leading MS4 jurisdictions in a wide variety of inspection roles to facilitate their ongoing compliance and to address the challenges of MS4 restoration requirements. The leading commercial property owners and managers look to us to inspect and advise them on forward-thinking infrastructure management.
Using professional judgement to avoid the “too much information” pattern, SMC has developed extremely efficient inspection methodologies that are individualized for specific clients. Our work focuses on delivering information that is clear, concise, and understandable for the end-user. We know that in many cases, less is definitely more.
Firm believers in an open-source approach, we have been honored to train others and continue to lead trends in inspection techniques with a singular goal of increasing the value of the results for our clients. To this end, we utilize 100% digital field data and have developed smart phone apps that maximize efficiency and have been used by hundreds of other practitioners.
Our Services
Stormwater Facilities
Regulatory Support
MS4 and State compliance with Triennial inspections
Property Management
Reduce maintenance costs with proactive conditional assessment
Proactive Maintenance
Maintenance recommendations, planning, and budget support
Due diligence
Property transaction inspections
Confined space entry
Fully equipped OSHA compliant inspection
Specialized Inspections
CCTV
Inspection of underground storm drains
High hazard dams Engineer-in-Charge services for high hazard dams
Conditional assessments
Condition by Professional Engineers and remedial recommendations
Drainage issue inspections
Inspection, analysis, and remediation design of flooding problems
Stream Inspection
Determine stability and geomorphic analysis
MS4 Services
Water Quality Retrofits
Field identification of restoration and retrofit sites
Restoration Analysis
Feasibility assessment of restoration opportunities
MS4 & TMDL stream monitoring
Monitoring, surveying, and sampling for stream restoration projects
Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination
Identification, reporting, investigation, and source location of non-stormwater discharges
Main Office
913 Ridgebrook Road, Suite 302
Sparks, MD 21152
Stormwater Maintenance, LLC (SMC) is an industry leader providing engineering, inspections, land surveying, construction, and maintenance of stormwater infrastructure and stream restoration throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
SMC ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact our office at (410) 785-0875.