environmental consulting Articles
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EnviroSound Consulting joins Krazan
Krazan & Associates (Clovis, Calif.) has acquired EnviroSound Consulting (Bremerton, Wash.), a geotechnical and environmental consulting firm. The new team includes licensed staff in geotechnical consulting, and environmental staff with experience ranging from Preliminary Environmental Studies to Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and Feasibility Studies for ...
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Lasting impressions
Every day, we make split-second decisions whether to read, save, or discard the printed materials that land on our desk. Color can be an important business tool for strategic sales or marketing. When used effectively, color helps speed learning and increase information retention by drawing attention to key information and creating a lasting impression. In my environmental consulting practice, I ...
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Sustainable Solutions: Environmental Consultancy in Qatar Paving the Way for a Greener Future
In recent years, Qatar has been making remarkable strides towards a more sustainable future, and environmental consultancy plays a crucial role in this transformation. As the country embraces a greener mindset, businesses and organizations are recognizing the importance of integrating sustainable practices into their operations. In this blog post, we delve into the world of environmental ...
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WKC Newsletter: Second Edition, September 2021
Welcome to our quarterly newsletter, where we share our latest news, environmental consulting sector updates and introduce you to our latest open source environmental engineering tools. Enjoy! Read more About WKC Group WKC Group is an award-winning, international environmental consultancy firm with strategically located offices in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Technical Air Quality Noise ...
By WKC Group
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Case Study: City of Torrance Library
Ellis provides indoor air quality studies, Phase I and II environmental site assessments, and other environmental consulting services for the City of Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Pasadena, City of Commerce, and other Southern California schools and municipalities. Our success has been built on our ability to respond – quietly, quickly, and efficiently - to every new ...
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Environmental damage: what to quantify, prevent and insure
The Environmental Responsibility of the various economic agents operating in Spain has already been required for the last two years with the passing of Law 26/2007 of 26 October on Environmental Responsibility. Also, its partial development, as defined by Regulation 2090/2008 of 22 December, has helped to better know the environmental damages repair projects contents. Over the next year, one of ...
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Development of Plans and Specifications and Bidding Assistance
Asbestos Survey – Building Surveys and Testing ACC helps developing owners and supervisors meet their regulating specifications to test suppose components for asbestos fiber prior to remodelling or development activities. To ensure quality, our certified professionals perform all area work according to OSHA, EPA and AHERA methods. Following the asbestos fiber survey, ACC provides a ...
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Limitation on NJDEP Oversight Fees
Are you aware of a law New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) follows that places a cap on the amount of oversight costs (fees) NJDEP can charge for a specific site? EWMA has negotiated a refund for several clients due to excess oversight costs based on this law and other reasons. NJDEP typically issues invoices on a quarterly basis for oversight costs. As stated in P.L. ...
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`Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Permitting of Major Refinery Expansion Projects (An Important Case Study),` presented at the 1999 National Petroleum Refiners Assoc. Env. Conf.
Introduction Williams Refining, LLC (Williams) operates an integrated petroleum refinery in Memphis, Tennessee. In the fall of 1997, Williams began the process of new source review (NSR) permitting under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations. The focus of the permitting was on two major expansion projects: Expansion of the east and west crude units ...
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CityPlace Redevelopment, Toronto
Since 1999, XCG Consultants has been assisting Canada Lands Company Limited (CLC) with developing an Environmental Master Plan and overseeing, on behalf of CLC, the remediation and development of the former Canadian National Railway lands in downtown Toronto. CityPlace lands occupy an area of nearly 40 acres in downtown Toronto located directly west of the SkyDome. These lands were originally ...
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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) , Permitting of Major Refinery Expansion Projects (An Important Case Study)
Williams Refining, LLC (Williams) operates an integrated petroleum refinery in Memphis, Tennessee. In the fall of 1997, Williams began the process of new source review (NSR) permitting under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations. The focus of the permitting was on two major expansion projects: 1) Expansion of the east and west crude units 2) ...
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Concerns Related to Environmental Hazards
Environmental site assessment assists the commercial developers to know any existing or the potential environmental Hazards or the liabilities seen in exact property. Well every commercial developer needs guarantee that their money is well invested. It works only through environmental monitoring assessment report that generally looks at physical improvements which need to be doe and underling ...
By Sixense Ltd
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Recent & Other Noteworthy Projects - Case Study
Hanby Field Test Kits continue to lead the way in environmental assessment for marine and land petroleum clean-up projects. Entrix, the primary environmental consultant for BP for the recent Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf, employed the Hanby water test in hundreds of water column analyses they performed offshore. These analyses enabled clean-up and skimming vessels to rapidly determine ...
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IGE Consulting uses ION Science TigerLT to provide comprehensive risk assessments of on-site contamination - Case Study
Well-proven, handheld gas detection instrument monitors potentially harmful volatile organic compounds in soils. Geo-environmental consultancy, IGE Consulting, is using a TigerLT handheld photoionisation detector (PID) from Ion Science – leading global manufacturer of high-performance gas detection instrumentation for environmental or occupational health applications – to provide ...
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Indoor Air Quality Complaint Response
Hygieneering’s Industrial Hygiene department recently responded to Indoor Air Quality concerns by occupants in a hospital following a localized fire within their building. The response including conducting air sampling for potential contaminants associated with the fire and an evaluation of remediation efforts. Recommendations were provided to change air flow patterns to better isolate ...
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Tropical Storm Isaias Causes Flooding and Property Damage in Puerto Rico
This week, heavy rains and wind from Tropical Storm Isaias lashed parts of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. The storm knocked out power to almost 450,000 homes and businesses and dropped enough rain to cause serious flooding in parts Puerto Rico. The water damage not only destroyed property, in many cases, it also left behind exposure concerns. Whenever water enters a building, no matter ...
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Transfer Your Environmental Risks to a Third Party
Remediation of contaminated sites often is costly and time-consuming, diverting scarce corporate resources from a company’s core operations. Moreover, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and recent Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board rules and standards governing accounting for and reporting of environmental liabilities (e.g., FIN 47 Accounting for Conditional Asset ...
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The Phase 1 Environmental Assessment
In today’s world where every property is subject to potential environmental risks a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment or ESA is an appropriate action to take. An ESA can help determine if the property has been contaminated by previous or current activities. The ESA can help protect the purchaser of a property from environmental risks prior to the closing on a property. Lenders ...
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RECs and recommendations
As environmental consultants, we all provide our clients with recommendations following a site inspection, site investigation, removal action or most any type of work we do on a property. Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) often differ in this regard as many clients do not want recommendations, at least not included as part of the written report. I personally do not provide ...
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£16 million refurbishment of London Bridge Station
Main Contractor: Costain Groundworks: Substructure Protection Systems London Bridge Station Work at London Bridge railway station is part of the Government-sponsored Thameslink Programme. With completion scheduled before the end of 2018, the station will have more space with improved connections to more destinations. The concourse at London Bridge station will be bigger than the pitch at ...
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