Blue Ridge Services, Inc. services

Managing a waste facility is a challenging job. You have to constantly juggle budgets, staffing, regulatory changes, and competition from other facilities. Sometimes, you need a helping hand. That’s where we come in. We can provide management consulting and support during times of transition. In addition to the wide range of consulting services offered by BRS, our staff can also provide interim management services at a wide variety of facilities. With the help of our proprietary efficiency tools and combined experience of our consultants, we can provide organizational training, improve efficiency, assist with interviewing/hiring new management, and improve overall operations.

Neal Bolton is one of the waste industry’s most recognized and respected speakers, writers, and consultants on landfill operations and safety. Based on over three decades of experience, he has provided expert research, opinion and testimony on landfill operations and safety for both civil and criminal cases.

Blue Ridge Services offers a wide range of environmental field services, specializing in vegetation management and landfill site maintenance/monitoring. With a strong focus on safety and environmental awareness, we provide low impact work such as fire protection, groundwater/landfill gas system monitoring, erosion control, support for biological studies, construction preparation, trail construction and agricultural clearing, and field support for active and closed landfills.

We evaluate your operation from top to bottom, looking at equipment, labor, site development, planning, airspace utilization, soil usage, surface water management, safety, litter control, etc. If it’s part of your landfill’s operation …it’s covered. Then we measure the productivity of scores of individual activities using LANDOP, our proprietary Landfill Operations Model.

Many landfills are operated under a contract. Whether you are the owner of the landfill or the operator, it’s important to have a clear agreement. There are essentially two parts: the legal part – with all of the terms and conditions …and the work part – with a description of roles and responsibilities for each party. We recommend you have an attorney review the legal portion of the agreement. The Uniform Commercial Code provides certain standards, but there can be state-specific variations in regard to the terms and conditions. But when it comes to the work portion – how the landfill is supposed to be operated – we can help. We’ve helped develop and review contracts for landfills ranging in size from very small facilities …up to regional landfills handling thousands of tons of waste per day. And in every case, the key to success – for both parties – was clarity.

The equipment fleet at your facility is one of the most important aspects of your operation. Do you have the best machines for your specific facility? Are they running at optimum efficiency? Do you have a good grasp on your owning and operating costs?. Blue Ridge Services Inc. staff has many years of experience selecting, specifying and analyzing landfill and construction and equipment for use in the solid waste industry. We have past experience working with equipment manufacturers, studying the performance and production of a variety of equipment.

Our Comprehensive Operational Review (CORE) offers a comprehensive look at your entire operation. But sometimes, you might not have the budget or the need for an in-depth review. Maybe you want to take a closer look at one aspect of your operation, like your compaction efforts. Or perhaps your load check program isn`t working.

You’ve seen short-term landfill sequence plans, so has your crew. But were the plans clear? Were they understandable? And, could your crew go out and build what was shown on the plans? Most often the answers are, “No.” Landfill Fill Sequence Plans. Well, we’ve solved that problem by creating an animated 3D plan that shows lift-by-lift, how the landfill is to be constructed. Simple and effective. Let’s get your landfill crew working together by putting your landfill on the big screen.

We will create a site-specific plan that outlines every aspect of your waste facility’s operation – safety, equipment, personnel management, environmental reporting/inspections, waste handling, et c. You will essentially have a customized plan for running your site in the most efficient manner.