Soil, Water, and Environment Group, PLLC

SWE Group's team of experts specializes in advising and managing site analyses of natural resource mitigation, ecological assets, credit markets, alternative revenue streams, and innovative reclaimed water and nutrient removal treatment systems.  SWE Group manages team members with expertise in mitigation banking, ecological restoration, soil science, natural resources, ecology, and biological and agricultural engineering.  

Scott Frederick

Engineer, Ecologist, Soil Scientist

Scott Frederick is President and Founder of Soil, Water, and Environment Group, PLLC in Raleigh, NC.  Scott received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from NCSU in the Environmental/Soil and Water Program in 1996.  He also received a Master of Science in Natural Resources and a minor in soil science from N.C. State University in 1998.  Working first in 1992 for Triangle Wetland Consultants as a field technician on primarily wetland restoration mitigation projects and then GreenVest in 1999 as a project manager for their natural resource restoration and mitigation banking in NC, Scott gained invaluable project experience before founding SWE Group in 2004.  

Scott is a licensed soil scientist in North Carolina (NCLSS) and nationally certified through ARCPACS as a Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS), and an environmental engineer.  He has experience with many ecological service restoration projects involving project-specific mitigation and credit banking.  Natural resources and associated mitigation credits developed from projects include stream, wetland, riparian buffers, nutrient offset buffers, as well as upland and aquatic forest habitats.  Restoration work over the last 25-plus years includes turn-key project services such as planning and design, State and Federal permitting, construction, maintenance and monitoring, marketing and sales, investor relations, conservation easements, and successful project close-out.  Scott has provided input and guidance on numerous other conservation projects and full-delivery proposals for resource mitigation and for companies entering specific mitigation markets.

In addition, Scott has implemented and collaborated on numerous water resource and residual land-based treatment systems, promoting sustainable water quality initiatives.  These projects utilize natural systems for the final treatment of municipal wastewater through forested and forage land application and conjunctive use permits utilizing rapid infiltration basins and reclaimed water end users.  Additional residual resource projects involve municipal and agricultural biosolids, including designing and permitting various composting facilities and biological treatment systems.

Recent projects include collaborating on a state-of-the-art education facility designed to promote holistic sustainable resource programs using reclaimed water irrigation for orchard crops.  Other project components include solar, wind, organic/regenerative farming, and rainwater harvesting.

Project Team Affiliates

Stephen Crawford, PE

Mr. Crawford is the President of Crawford Engineering and Consulting, PA.  He is a graduate of North Carolina State University and has 28 years of experience in the agricultural engineering, animal waste management, and biogas utilization fields.  He is currently a licensed Professional Engineer in North Carolina and Oklahoma.  He has worked on multiple biogas collection systems in North Carolina, both in a research capacity as well as providing initial design, operational consulting, and modification designs for existing digester and biogas recovery systems.  He also has extensive experience in animal waste management, specifically in the swine production industry.  Mr. Crawford provides experience with overall facility and individual waste system component design, permitting, waste nutrient management, and environmental compliance for swine facilities.  He also has considerable experience with reclaimed water systems and composting facilities, both for agricultural and municipal waste resources.

Edwin E. Andrews III, PG, NCLSS

Ed Andrews is President of Edwin Andrews & Associates, P.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, a specialty consulting firm providing soils, geology, and groundwater consulting services since 1982.  Edwin Andrews & Associates, PC has been involved with SWE Group on many municipal and industrial land application projects across North Carolina providing integral hydrogeology, modeling, soils, and agronomic services required for reuse, land application, and groundwater projects.  Mr. Andrews is a licensed geologist in North Carolina and four other states and a licensed soil scientist in North Carolina. In addition, Mr. Andrews has served on numerous governor-appointed committees including the NC Board for Licensing of Geologists, NC Mining Commission, and the NC Environmental Management Commission.

F. Bryan Brice, Jr., Attorney at Law

Bryan Brice is a practicing attorney and has been involved in the legal aspects of several NC projects with SWE Group.  He specializes in contracts, easements, and federal and state laws that affect SWE Group projects.  Mr. Brice also has expertise in wetlands mitigation and brownfields.  He represents SWE Group in contract negotiations with state agencies and other entities.  Mr. Brice was formerly Assistant Attorney General, handling all environmental legal matters for the NC Department of Transportation.  Prior to that, he worked for five years as a staff attorney at the US EPA headquarters in Washington, DC.  Bryan received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 and is licensed to practice in North Carolina and in the District of Columbia.

Dr. A.R. Rubin

Bob Rubin has been an integral part of SWE Group and has worked closely as a consultant on many wastewater, bioremediation, and constructed wetlands projects.  He has worked with numerous municipalities and environmental agencies implementing alternative wastewater treatment systems throughout North Carolina and nationally.  Formerly, Dr. Rubin was a professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at N.C. State University and was involved with many projects involving waste management as well as constructed wetlands for wastewater renovation.  His experience also comes from research in soil science, forestry, and numerous projects associated with the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Extension at NCSU and the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.

Douglas J. Frederick, Ph.D. 

Doug Frederick is President and Founder of Quality Woods, LLC, and Emeritus Professor of Forestry at NC State University.  Dr. Frederick has specialized in wetlands management, forest ecosystem analysis, and wetland wastewater research for 25 years.  He has conducted numerous environmental assessments in forest and wetland systems and has particular expertise in evaluating the functions and processes of wetland systems.  He has extensive experience in mine reclamation and forested wetland mitigation, forestry investment analysis, and expert testimony involving forest land management conflicts.  He has actively promoted forested wetland mitigation research, monitoring hydrological and nutrient budgets for land application of waste systems, and designing constructed wetlands to treat high BOD wastes.  Doug has also served as an instructor for the National Wetlands Science Training Cooperative.  Dr. Frederick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management and Master of Science degree in Silviculture from the University of West Virginia, and his Doctoral of Science in Forest Ecology/Pathology from the University of Idaho.