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Pioneer contributed to updates to the West Elementary Project in Butte, Montana. We designed extra curbs and gutters, created a storm water pollution prevention plan fee, and designed the parking l...

11/16/2016. The Pioneer team in Billings (Joel Kane and Chad Raisland) had two of their projects listed within the top 10 DNRC Renewable Resource Grant and Loan Program funding recommendations. The...

The Pioneer-designed Opportunity Ponds Superfund Cleanup project was featured at the October SAME DCHWS Conference (

A new project for Pioneer this month. We will  develop a Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection (PA/SI) at a site in Nevada. The PA/SI will determine the presence and concentration of contaminants ...

Sponsoring and Presenting. At the NAAMLP Conference, Pioneer will present Subsidence Monitoring with a Survey Network: Comparison of Post Pr...

September 25-28. Mark your calendars! Pioneer will be at the 38th Annual National Association of Abandoned Mine Lands ...

June 4-9, 2016. Pioneer will be at the ASMR Conference 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mining & Reclamation.Spokane, Washington. Theme – Reclaiming the West –

Pioneer is continuing to support the Montana Folk Festival in Butte (July 8-10) by renewing as a major sponsor. Details https://www.fac...

Mark your calendars! Pioneer will be hosting and presenting at various upcoming conferences related to mines/abandoned mine lands remediation/reclamation. First up

The Montana Contractors' Association presented two Environmental Excellence awards to projects Pioneer is working on: UBMC Phase 2 project won the Special Recognition - Water Quality award.

Check out the November 2015 issue of the EPA Bunker Hill Superfund Site Basin Bulletin (Basin Bulleti...

Some recent projects Pioneer completed or is working on for the Bureau of Land Management. Silver King Mine Site, Montana – Characterization and Preliminary Engineering Evaluation/Cost ...

"Is My House Going to Sink?" Tim Ranf (Pioneer) and Bill Snoddy (Montana DEQ) will answer this question. Miles of former coal mine tunnels lie beneath the town of Red Lodge, MT at 8 different level...

Pioneer's Tim Ranf will be speaking at the 37th Annual Conference National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs. The conference is September 28-30, 2015, at the La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, New...

Pioneer was recently prequalified to work on projects for the City of Billings, Montana, and for the Stillwater Conservation District.

Montana Tech’s newest building on campus will be the Natural Resources Research Center (NRRC). Pioneer will provide Materials Testing and Inspection on the new building. Go Diggers!

Pioneer was one of three consultants recently selected for a term contract by the City of Post Falls, Idaho, to provide Technical and Scientific Expertise to the City.

After 16 years, major remediation of Silver Bow Creek (Montana) is almost complete. Part of that remediation is the Greenway project. Since 1997, Pioneer has been the lead engineering firm on the S...

Pioneer Technical Services Inc. has received a national recognition award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 49th annual 2015 Engineering ...

Pioneer was selected to provide consulting services for Butte-Silver Bow’s two CTEP projects: Landscaping areas of Butte and providing a Montana Street At-Grade Pedestrian Crossing.

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Pioneer, and Knife River this week received the Montana Contractors Construction Excellence Award for their work on the McLaren Abandoned Mine...

The  New Mexico Department of Game and Fish awarded Pioneer a project to perform Aquatic Organism Barrier Engineering Services for the State of New Mexico.

Pioneer employee Janet Manchester traveled half-way around the world, rolled up her sleeves and engaged in hard labor helping a ...

Helena -- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. this week received an Engineering Excellence Award in the environmental category from the Americ...