brownfield project Articles
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BioTech restorations - Project summaries
GeoSolve is BioTech Restorations' West Coast affiliate and has closed three (3) Brownfield projects in California using Factor. Attached is a summary of our operations and more information can be found at ...
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Driving your growth and profits with brownfields
Brownfields create economic growth while better protecting human health and the environment. Eligible Brownfield properties generally include property that has been or is being used for industrial, commercial, residential, agricultural or public purposes, is contaminated or perceived to be contaminated and/or functionally obsolete and/or blighted.Being a Michigan native, I will use Michigan as a ...
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TCE remediation at an operating railroad fueling facility glendive, Montana
TRS Group, Inc. (TRS) worked as a subcontractor to Kennedy Jenks Consultants (KJ) to remediate trichloroethene(TCE) in soil during the winter months in Eastern Montana. The project was performed for a firm fixed price based on the TRS standard contract that included installing and operating the ERH system until either the remedial goal was achieved or the design energy was applied, whichever ...
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Risk assessment and brownfields-determining exposure to site contaminants
The USEPA’s Brownfields Program was developed to facilitate the rehabilitation of contaminated property for re-development. EPA has set forth criteria that must be met for a revitalized property to be used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes. The main thrust of these criteria is the long-term protection of residents or visitors (including shoppers and business employees). As ...
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Risk Assessment and Contaminated Properties: Determining Exposure to Site Contaminants
USEPA’s Brownfields Program was established to facilitate the rehabilitation of contaminated property for redevelopment. EPA has set forth criteria that must be met before a revitalized property can be used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes. The focus of these criteria is the long-term protection of residents, employees or visitors of a new facility. There are numerous ...
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Risk Assessment and Brownfields: Determining Exposure to Site Contaminants
The USEPA’s Brownfields Program USEPA’s Brownfields Program was established to facilitate the rehabilitation of contaminated property for redevelopment. EPA has set forth criteria that must be met before a revitalized property can be used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes. The focus of these criteria is the long-term protection of residents, employees or visitors of ...
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A 2006 GLOBE award winner
The GLOBE Corporate Award for Technology Innovation and Application is presented is to a company that has demonstrated outstanding technical ingenuity in the development and/or application of an innovative technology or process with a significant environmental application. This year’s winner, Ivey International Inc., has developed a surfactant remediation technology (Ivey-sol®) solution that ...
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GPS-enabled gas analyser finds & proves borehole locations case study
Prove it? They can now! Landfill technicians and environmental consultants can now find and prove borehole locations with a GPS-enhanced portable gas analyser from Geotech. Its on-board GPS guidance system takes staff to the precise location of the 1000 it can store. It adds the GPS-received location, date and time to the gas analysis record. GPS locations can be added at boreholes or pre-loaded ...
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Financing brownfields: EPA state program highlights
Public financing is often essential for encouraging the assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Without public financing or government-backed financial incentives, many brownfields would remain idle and potentially contaminated. The costs associated with the redevelopment of brownfields include costs associated with demolition, site preparation, and construction. In addition to these costs, ...
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WKC has been appointed to conduct Acoustic and Flow Induced Vibration studies for Qatar Energy
WKC has been appointed to undertake an acoustic induced vibration (AIV) Study and a Flow Induced Vibration (FIV) Study for the EPIC for WHP-U08C Topside, Pipelines, Umbilical & Brownfield Modification at PS1K (Phase 5-1B). The scope of the project include a new wellhead platform (WHP-U08C) as well as modifications at existing Production Station PS1 Complex, pipelines and umbilical between ...
By WKC Group
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Insurance Matures for Redevelopment
After going through an often-painful learning curve in the late 1970s and 1980s, insurance underwriters have developed increasing expertise in writing policies to protect property owners, contractors and other parties in site-remediation projects against unforeseen cost exposures. Two principal insurance vehicles - remediation cost-cap and pollution legal liability (PLL) - are used on many ...
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Prominant developer chooses cetco gas vapor barrier for chromium protection case study
Project: Droyers Point Location: Jersey City, NJ Products: Liquid Boot® Gas Vapor Mitigation System Background: During the summer of 2004, construction commenced on a multi-family housing plan, developed by K. Hovnanian Homes. This 23-acre Brownfield redevelopment project included 30 new three-story townhouse buildings situated along the Jersey City shoreline in New Jersey. Challenge: The ...
By CETCO
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GCL serves as cap in brownfield remediation site
PROJECT: Patterson Plank Road Brownfield Remediation LOCATION: Patterson, New Jersey PRODUCTS: BENTOMAT® SDN BACKGROUND: This New Jersey brownfield was formerly the site of a chemical recycling facility. CHALLENGE: The soil at the site was heavily contaminated, and off-site removal would have been extremely costly. High winds and very cold weather also posed a problem. SOLUTION: The site ...
By CETCO
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Biosoil Project for the Sustainable Management of Brownfields
ABSTRACT INKOA SISTEMAS, a company specialised in supplying integral solutions for sustainable development, leads the BIOSOIL ENV/ES/000263 project, whose main objective is to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of Compost Bioremediation technology for the remediation of polluted soils in order to promote a sustainable urban planning of derelict polluted sites, and facilitate ...
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FMC`s brownfield lessons learned
A corporate officer shares the valuable lessons his company has learned in addressing its brownfield redevelopment sites, providing case studies of four separate projects to demonstrate how a cooperative approach to remediation and redevelopment can pay dividends for the process and the company. Over the years, FMC Corporation has learned many important lessons as the company has worked to ...
By AHC Group
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Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments
Executive Summary Many sites across the nation once used for industrial and commercial purposes are now abandoned or under-used. Some of these sites — often referred to as “Brownfields”— are contaminated; others are perceived or suspected to be contaminated. In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative to empower States, Tribes, ...
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The world is on the verge of a new economy…one that is transparent and motivated by making money while doing what’s good for society and the environment.
On March 6th Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, announced that they were committing $20 Billion to support growth of environmentally sustainable business enterprises and activities, especially those that address global climate change. For corporate clients the commitment by Bank of America will provide financing for projects spanning LEED certified commercial ...
By AHC Group
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Hydro modernisation in South America requires better financing and regulation
Sector consultation on hydropower modernisation in Latin America and the Caribbean has shown that, despite clear drivers for modernisation, more investment and regulatory support is urgently needed to encourage projects. The region is heavily dependent on hydropower, which is the main source of electricity in many countries. A recent IDB-IHA study on hydropower modernisation potential and ...
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Improving the Predictability of Petroleum Brownfield Restoration
It’s no secret that the United States has an aging infrastructure problem. The public’s attention is focused on the repair of roadways and bridges, but there is also an ongoing initiative to address the existing infrastructure of legacy underground storage tanks, abandoned gas stations and truck stops, that are designated petroleum brownfields. As of July 2021, approximately 21 ...
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New Perimeter Air Monitoring Guidelines Expected Soon in New Jersey
This summer, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is expected to introduce a long-anticipated guidance document on perimeter air monitoring. The guidance will apply to sites for which an NJDEP spill case has been generated, placing them under regulation of the Contaminated Site Remediation and Redevelopment Program unit (formerly referred to as the Site Remediation ...
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