Site Investigation Remediation & Brownfields Development
Environmental Standards brownfield redevelopment professionals function seamlessly within the multi-disciplinary teams often needed to complete property redevelopment projects. We have successfully guided clients through many redevelopment projects by applying science and current technology to develop efficient, cost-effective redevelopment strategies that make the best use of the flexibility allowed in various brownfield programs. Our brownfields site redevelopment professionals have assisted economic development authorities, municipal clients, and the many Fortune 500 members of our client portfolio to efficiently redevelop properties and maximize investment and return for real estate transactions valued at more than $1 billion.
Site Investigation and Assessment
Environmental risk associated with real estate transactions is a concern to all parties involved. Current and historical environmental practices and conditions at a property must be identified so that a realistic picture of the total environmental liability is known prior to the transaction. We provide services associated with Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments (ESAs), calculation of liabilities and remedial costs, real estate portfolio analysis, and project management and oversight. Phase II ESA results are conveyed to clients in a format and on a time schedule set by the client and other project stakeholders. Reports, when produced, present a thorough and concise evaluation of potential site environmental liabilities and circumstances.
Remediation
There are times when planning for remedial action is just as (if not more) important as actually executing the remedy itself. Environmental Standards has a broad range of professionals with multi-disciplinary experience that allows the firm to tailor remedial action plans, Quality Assurance Project Plans, and other project control or planning documents to site-specific circumstances. Our remediation plans and control documents carefully take into account logistics issues, project budgets, scale, and simple practicalities associated with remediating a site and returning it quickly to productive use.
Environmental Standards professionals not only design remedies – they have the knowledge and expertise to execute the associated work. In addition, we are often asked to act as the client’s eyes and ears during remedial action implementation. From excavation and disposal to complex in-situ chemical remediation, Environmental Standards help our clients, better monitor remediation system performance. Our remedial action is conducted in as economical a manner as possible, while at the same time provides clients value through the application of a broad assortment of remedial technologies.
Brownfield Redevelopment Services
Our professionals are associated with some of the most successful Brownfields projects as recognized by the US EPA. Working through a Brownfield or “land recycling” program as well as state-specific voluntary clean-up programs, can be complicated and confusing to individuals not intimately familiar with the concepts and issues involved in brownfields redevelopment. Environmental Standards has more than 25-years of award-winning history with successful site redevelopment programs.
Community Involvement
Public participation in the brownfields redevelopment process includes public hearings on the initial findings at a site, involvement during the design of work and sampling plans, and the presentation of the final development plans. We help our clients prepare for the community’s questions regarding brownfield project redevelopment. The best way to communicate project goals is to start by developing scientifically valid and defensible plans followed by effective translation of the plans into understandable terms. It is informative and advantageous to compare the hypothetical risks associated with a property redevelopment program to issues encountered every day by community members. Environmental Standards personnel often participate in public meetings to communicate brownfield redevelopment plans in terms that can easily be understood by the general public.
Joe Kraycik, P.G.
Senior Consulting Geoscientist
