Solutions:
Terrestrial Archeology
Nautical Archeology
Architectural & Historical Services
Remote sensing
GIS
Interactive Applications
Analytical & Conservation Services
Public Outreach
Information:
Who we are
What we do
Where we are
Pipelines & Utilities
Government Installations
Contact Information
Careers
Contact us:
Maryland Office:
241 East Fourth Street,
Suite 100
Frederick, Maryland 21701
301-694-0428
New Orleans Office:
309 Jefferson Highway
Suite A
New Orleans, Louisiana 70121
504-837-1940
Tallahassee Office:
848 Blountstown Highway,
Unit D
Tallahassee, Florida 32304
850-575-0565
Kansas Office:
850 13th Street,
Suite C
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
785-856-0744
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We've Been Here for You
For more than 20 years, R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates has met your planning and compliance needs. Our full-time, fully professional team brings hundreds of years of experience within your reach. The permanent nature of our staff of trained specialists means your project doesn't have to wait in line. Since we have local knowledge on a global scale, your project is always in our "backyard." If you need a partner you can count on, you came to the right place.
Highly Recognized
We are proud of our record of achievement. Since our inception, Goodwin & Associates has received local, state, and national recognition for excellence. One example is the U.S. Small Business Administration's Award of Excellence, which documents our national reputation for quality. This award recognizes our "outstanding contribution and service to the nation." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' nomination for this award emphasized our firm's "highly professional, efficient and timely" completion of a wide-range of tasks on successive, multi-year, indefinite quantity contracts.
We Are Your Best Choice
Our Cultural Resource Management (CRM) team will provide you with the expertise your project needs in terrestrial archeology, nautical archeology, historic architecture, and artifact conservation. Thanks to our multi-disciplinary planning teams, and our experts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), we can help you manage your project.
Terrestrial
Archeology
Our staff of professional archeologists has extensive experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating effects to all types of archeological resources in a variety of settings across the nation, the Caribbean, and overseas.
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. offers its clients superior technical services in archeology. Our staff of professional archeologists has extensive experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating all types of archeological resources in a variety of environmental settings across the nation, the Caribbean, and overseas.
Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has the staff, facilities, and resources to undertake multiple and complex projects simultaneously. We are committed to maintaining high professional standards without compromising important project deadlines.
In business since 1981, Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has offices across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. Goodwin & Associates, Inc. offers archeological services ranging from excavation and analysis of a single site to comprehensive cultural resources compliance services for large-scale and multi-state projects.
Clients
Federal (Sections 106 and 110)
Oil and gas pipelines
State agencies
Local municipalities
Private developers
Services
Literature reviews
Reconnaissance survey
Evaluatory testing
Intensive survey
Historic landscape analysis
Site examination
Data recovery/mitigation
Laboratory analysis
Artifact conservation
Native American consultation
Remote sensing
Public interpretation
Experience
Prehistoric sites
Protohistoric sites
Colonial sites
Military sites
Plantation sites
Urban sites
Industrial sites
International sites
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Nautical Archeology
Our experienced dive team is committed to staying up to date with the latest sophisticated equipment to keep its competitive edge and provide the high quality work our clients have become accustomed to.
The nautical archeology program at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates provides a seldom offered service in the CRM industry. Our team of nautical archeologists, historians and scientific divers is unsurpassed in the private sector. We are the first private CRM firm that is certified by the American Association of Underwater Science (AAUS). We can provide a full range of services including archival research, marine remote sensing (bathymetry, sidescan sonar, magnetometer and sub-bottom), third party data analysis, and full-scale underwater mitigation. Our in-house GIS program and artifact conservatory readily supports the nautical program.
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.’s scientific dive team members are trained in surface supplied air systems and the use of Kirby Morgan SuperLite 27 helmets. This allows Goodwin dive members to go beyond SCUBA giving them a greater technical breadth for research in submerged cultural resources as well as safer diving operations exceeding standards used today.
Clients
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
State Agencies
Dredging companies
Oil and Gas companies
Equipment
High resolution side scan sonar
Proton precision magnetometer
Digital sub-bottom profiler
Fully-integrated data aquisition
Satellite navigation
Digital recording fathometer
Services
Remote sensing surveys
Underwater survey and excavation
Underwater photography and videography
Conservation of archeological materials
Virtual ship reconstruction
Advantage
rivers, bays, oceans, harbors, and channels
surface supplied air
diver communication technology
specialize in adverse conditions
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Architectural & Historical Services
Our expert team of architectural historians, historians, and preservation planners executes survey, evaluation, planning, and management studies to support local, state, and federal preservation mandates.
The architectural history and preservation planning staff at Goodwin & Associates, Inc. is experienced in all phases of built resource management. We specialize in resource documentation, evaluation, and planning. Our expert team of architectural historians, historians, and preservation planners executes survey, evaluation, planning, and management studies to support local, state, and federal preservation mandates.
Goodwin & Associates, Inc. maintains a full time staff of historians specializing in public history and cultural resource management. Our offices provide access to local, regional, and national research facilities. Solid historical research is critical to the success of any cultural resource management project. Our team of research specialists provides support for all phases of cultural resource studies.
The experience and success of our Architectural and Historical Services are a cornerstone of this firm’s national reputation in cultural resource management.
Architectural History
Architectural Survey
National Register Nominations
Sections 106 and 110 Compliance
Preservation Plans
Interactive Database Management
HABS/HAER Documentation
Tax Act Applications
Preservation Technology
Court Qualified Expert Testimony
Historic Structure Reports
Historical Research
Public Interpretation
Exhibits
Brochures
Primary Source Research
Deed Research
Census Data
Patent Research
Historical Analysis
Historic Contexts
Historical Monographs
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Remote Sensing
We at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. routinely employ magnetic gradient, earth conductivity, and magnetic susceptibility studies at both prehistoric and historic sites.
Geophysical remote sensing survey during archeological investigations can provide a quick, non-intrusive means of gaining information about cultural resources. We at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. routinely employ magnetic gradient, earth conductivity, and magnetic susceptibility studies at both prehistoric and historic sites. These surveys are undertaken quickly and effectively with a Geonics Limited EM-38B Ground Conductivity Meter and a Geometrics G-858 Cesium Gradiometer. In cases where additional information is needed, other geophysical techniques (such as Ground Penetrating Radar) can be employed to gain a further understanding of the site without impacting the integrity of the archeological resource. We can provide a full range of nautical remote sensing services such as, sidescan sonar, magnetometer and deep bottom profilier. Our equipment includes high resolution side scan sonar, proton precision magnetometer, and digital sub-bottom profiler.
Geophysical remote sensing surveys are one of the areas where Goodwin & Associates is helping to shape future research in archeological Phase I identification, Phase II evaluation, and Phase III data recovery investigations throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast United States. The application of these non-intrusive geophysical techniques to archeological undertakings has helped us with the identification of features, the delineation of site/cemetery boundaries, and the recognition of internal site patterning.
Routine application of geophysics on the Phase I identification level can be particularly helpful in the search for features and human burials at prehistoric and historic cemeteries. This initial, non-intrusive survey method does not impact the human burials and provides us with valuable information to help our clients plan either avoidance or excavation strategies.
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GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Our experienced team of GIS professionals work in a variety of software packages to deliver reliable and comprehensive results for a variety of planning and compliance needs.
The GIS department at Goodwin and Associates is on the cutting edge of technology in the Cultural Resource Management field. Working with various software packages allows for studies like viewshed analysis, shaded relief maps, archaeological survey mapping, overlaying data, analysis of DEMs, and predictive modeling to be conducted. We are capable of importing, exporting, interpreting, and geo-referencing a variety of different vector and raster data types from DWG to SHP, MR. SID to JPEG. When trying to fully comprehend all of the factors that influence urban planning or site mapping GIS is an invaluable tool. Besides importing, exporting, and accurately depicting geographic data GIS is useful for visualization. Predictive modeling is a newer type of analysis that is gaining more and more acceptance within the field of Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management.
Our GIS department also has the ability to interpret engineering survey maps and data, making a collaborated effort that results in a comprehensive final product. We can save our clients time, money and energy.
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Interactive Applications
Our multimedia and design studio is based upon a variety of authoring packages and programming languages, so that we are able to create custom interactive software for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh based computer systems.
The Interactive/Interpretive Design program at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. is one of a kind. Using the latest technology, Goodwin Interactive has developed a unique program that allows us to produce cutting-edge, studio-quality print, exhibit, and new media products. Over the past several years, our graphics facility has been greatly expanded to include imaging, visualization, 3D, and multimedia authoring. We use 3D design to represent the past, and animation to bring it to life. We break the mold of classic print design to develop products that challenge and excite the viewer. Digital imaging no longer is limited to static images, and our graphics facility has been augmented with a full digital editing suite.
But, this is not just about flash and show; data and concepts are central to our projects. Let us transform your project presentation from esoteric research results to three dimensional computer graphics that can render complex data sets readily understandable. We are raising the bar on client products and services.
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Analytical & Conservation Services
Our firm has an archeological conservation laboratory and personnel trained to evaluate the conservation requirements for a variety of artifact classes.
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. offers a full suite of laboratory analytical services. Our dedicated staff of professionals includes faunal, lithic, prehistoric ceramic, and historic artifact analysts. Their combined analytical skills permit levels of study that range from basic artifact identification to lithic tool production analysis, ceramic vessel reconstruction, and animal butchering and consumption pattern studies. Data analysis utilizes a range of database and statistical packages, including Microsoft AccessTM and SurferTM.
Our laboratory analysts have extensive experience with the prehistoric material cultures of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, the Midwest, Southwest, and the Caribbean, and with the historic material assemblages from English, Dutch, and Spanish Colonial sites. Recent analytical studies have included rhyolite tool production sequences in Pennsylvania and Maryland, tobacco pipe and seventeenth century artifact analyses on an assemblage from southern Maryland, and Pre-Columbian ceramic analysis from Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Goodwin & Associates, Inc. also possesses an artifact conservation laboratory, with a fume hood. We have the capability to fully meet State curation standards established for conserved objects. Recent conservation projects have included Colonial and early Federal coins, jewelry, and agricultural implements, as well as the important artifact assemblage from the Civil War period steamship Kentucky.
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Public Outreach Services
We recognize the importance of communicating to the public the role of archeology, architectural history, and history in cultural resources management and the value of public participation.
We keep the "public" in Public Archeology. Our in-house experts can help you reach out to the community and show them some of the positive benefits your project has generated. We make what appears to be esoteric historical/archeological data into tangible, easily understandable information that will enhance the public's appreciation of our rich historical/archeological heritage.
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has extensive experience in providing public interpretation services to our clients. We have designed cultural resources exhibits for Naval facilities in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico, and for the Baltimore Ravens stadium in Maryland. These exhibits have included artifact displays and interpretive panels, and, in one case, an interactive computer program. We also have created educational packets for school groups. These packets have included instruction in archeological methods, background on cultural history, and activities for students.
We use only the very best sub-contractors to fabricate the exhibits, and we ensure that the panels and artifact cases are constructed of long-lasting laminated wood and plexiglass. Our public interpretation services offer clients an opportunity to fulfill compliance responsibilities and to enhance their relationships with surrounding communities.
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Military Experience
Let Us Help You Meet Your Obligations
We are proud of our long record of service to the Department of Defense. Since our inception more than 20 years ago, we have always held open contracts with various branches of the DoD. We are repeat recipients of open end contracts from numerous districts of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Clients:
U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
New
Orleans District
Vicksburg District
Baltimore District
Nashville District
St. Louis District
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S.
Naval Engineering Command
Chesapeak
Atlantic
U.S. Army National Guard
U.S. Air Force
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PIPELINES &
UTILITIES
We Are The Best In The Business
Our work with the pipeline industry is second to none. With over 20 years
of experience, R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has the resources,
technology, and expertise to guide you through the compliance maze.
The majority of our work is conducted under the mandate of Federal preservation
law and counterpart state legislation. Our firm has extensive experience
with projects undertaken to support compliance with Sections 106 and 110
of The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. Goodwin
& Associates, Inc. has extensive experience in undertaking projects
for the pipeline industry. We are experienced in completing survey, evaluation,
and mitigation projects for pipeline projects. In addition, our firm has
served as quality control consultant for pipeline companies to manage
consultant and Federal and state agency relations and activities. We also
have third-party EIS experience. Our firm has the practiced understanding
and management structure to prosecute cultural resources services for
the pipeline industry. Our large and interdisciplinary professional staff,
our physical plant, and our sound fiscal condition and financial management,
are mobilized to provide the highest quality services to our clients.
Our recent clients include:
El Paso
BP Amoco
Iroquois Gas Transmission System
Williams
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Duke Energy Gas Transmission
Gulfstream LLC
Northern Border Pipeline Company
ANR Pipeline Company
Destin Pipeline Company, Inc.
Enron Gas Pipeline Operating Company
Florida Gas Transmission Company
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Texas Eastern Pipeline Company
Trunkline Gas Company
Southern Natural Gas Company
Texaco
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
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Careers
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. has a different philosophy.
When it comes to CRM employment, we believe in hiring full-time professionals who want to grow with the company and who take a long-term view of their careers. We are proud of our professional team and encourage active learning of new skills. We also are proud of our 15 "alumni" who have gone on to graduate study in the last 5 years. We always are looking for high quality professionals to join our staff. Specific openings are listed below.
All positions are full time, salaried professional positions with a full benefits package. This package includes paid holidays; 2 weeks of paid vacation after one year, health, dental, and life insurance after 90 days; and a liberal 401(k) plan. Salaries are competitive and commensurate with educational and professional background.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Please submit a letter of application, CV, and (3) references to:
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.
Attn: Dr. Ann Markell
241 East Fourth Street, Suite 100
Frederick, MD 21701
or
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.
Attention: Ms. Gertrude Weinberger-Biondo, HRM
309 Jefferson Highway, Suite A
New Orleans, Louisiana 70121-2512
(504) 837-1940 phone (504) 837-1550 facsimile
Alternatively, these documents may be submitted via email to:EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER