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Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation Services
Since BluMetric’s inception in 1976, we provide high-level site assessment and remediation services to the property management, real estate, legal, and brownfield redevelopment fields across Canada — including the far north. During real estate transactions or corporate mergers, or simply through standard operations and management of properties, environmental liabilities can be a major concern. BluMetric is frequently called upon to perform or contribute to due diligence audits of properties or buildings prior to transactions. These Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) involve intensive reviews of information, site inspections, and interviews, and may lead to testing of soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water. The goal is to identify and quantify environmental liabilities, assess compliance, and estimate the costs of achieving or maintaining compliance.
In most cases, the adequacy of an ESA will be judged by how it compares to standards such as those established by the Regional and Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Senior BluMetric staff were members of the CSA committee that established the standards for Phase I ESAs.
Brownfield site redevelopment is heavily regulated. BluMetric works closely with stakeholders including property owners and potential purchasers, municipal officials, conservation authorities, regulatory agencies, and financial institution to navigate this regulatory regime efficiently and economically.
BluMetric has obtained numerous permits to allow redevelopment of brownfield sites. When generic Site Condition Standards are not met, BluMetric will complete an environmental management options analysis which includes an evaluation of numerous remedial alternatives and Risk Assessment (RA). RA is the process of estimating the potential risks posed by contaminants to human and ecological occupants of a site. The RA will consider site-specific conditions and exposure scenarios to identify property specific standards that correspond to acceptable risk levels that are often less stringent than generic standards. This can lead to a reduction or elimination of the need for remediation leading to both time and cost savings.