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Project Details: Legacy WWII-era former refinery site containing extremely high concentrations of heavy hydrocarbon waste, including free product tar, Located in the middle of the City of Whitehorse, and surrounded by residential communities as well as commercial & industrial ...
Approach: TCH heaters were installed to depths between 23 and 30 ft bgs to heat the target treatment zone (TTZ) to ...
Recognizing the economic and environmental importance of brownfield redevelopment, Iron Creek Group has designed patented and proven soil treatment technology that mitigates the risks of land revitalization, adding a layer of predictability to brownfield restoration. The Risks and Rewards of Petroleum Brownfield Remediation ...
Aestus performed our GeoTrax Survey to determine potential environmental liabilities at this abandoned gas station site. We discovered a previously unknown buried tank (see image above). The client removed the leaking tank and impacted soils before construction began on this redevelopment project. Our client was pleased that Aestus’ GeoTrax Survey identified this problem area before ...
Petroleum brownfields are exceptionally prevalent throughout the United States. As of July 2021, data suggests that approximately 238 million people live within three miles of a leaking underground storage tank (also known as a LUST). ...
The new industrial ecodistricts are areas in which production activities, increasingly attentive to research and development, optimise resource management and interact with the local territory: they are the evolution of the old, often abandoned, industrial districts. The transformation of these areas is a great economic opportunity, and not just for the region. ...
Site Description Dry cleaning solvent spills in a storage area lead to the contamination of soil and ground water on the property of a 50-year-old dry cleaners in the middle of a hot brownfield redevelopment. After the contaminated soil was excavated for off site disposal to the most practical extent, residual perched ground water contamination impacted the ...
This is apparent in some policy actions, such as Cohesion Policy spending for brownfield redevelopment. The CAP's cross-compliance requirements, as well as its new 'greening' component, seek to reduce impacts from direct payments; new rules on indirect changes in land use may reduce the impacts of renewables targets related to the promotion of intensive biofuel ...
Land recycling Land recycling, i.e. regeneration of previously developed land that is currently not in active use or available for redevelopment (so-called brownfield sites), is seen as a solution to limit land take. The reuse of brownfield land (e.g. former industrial areas, waterfront areas) has become important in developing housing, ...
Brownfield Redevelopment in South Lake Union Area of Seattle Project Summary TRS Group, Inc. ...
Challenge: A property owner sought the services of Antea Group to assist in the Brownfield redevelopment of a 17-acre former railroad depot located in a high-profile urban area. ...
Service performed: Brownfield redevelopment Summary: EFI Global performed removal of several underground storage tanks (USTs), coordinated transport and disposal of approximately 1,000 cubic yards of soil from the tank pit on an abandoned wood manufacturing facility located in a downtown area. ...
Both the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, under the Places to Grow Act, 2005, and the Provincial Policy Statement under the Planning Act encourage important policy objectives, such as new or renewed infrastructure, intensification of urban areas, and the redevelopment of brownfield sites. These activities often result in the need to manage large ...
Hovnanian Homes. This 23-acre Brownfield redevelopment project included 30 new three-story townhouse buildings situated along the Jersey City shoreline in New Jersey. ...
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Most brownfield redevelopment and environmental protection applications require the use of a hydrocarbon resistant membrane. ...
Yet, this necessity has often turned out as a significant opportunity of revival for some urban areas. In particular, brownfield redevelopment and waterfront revitalisation have been significantly pursued by British and Irish cities, which have creatively rediscovered neglected areas along water courses, changing them into landmarks for urban life and ...
Regulations Divisions include: Division 1: General Administration Division 2: Environmental Management Commission Division 3: Air Pollution Control Program Division 4: Scrap Tire Program Division 5: Uniform Environmental Covenants Program Division 6: Water Quality Program Division 7: Water Supply Program Division 8: Coastal Program Division 9: Well Driller Licensing Program Division ...
Reuse or Recycle Inactive Land or Discarded Materials Bioremediation has been used during the redevelopment of many brownfield properties, bringing the land back into productive use. ...
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. ...
Their concerns surfaced at the turn of the century, when the economy slowed down and a few high-profile bankruptcies occurred. At the same time, national Brownfield reuse and revitalization gained momentum. This all coincided with a general trend toward greater acceptance of risk-based remediation, as it became more apparent that full restoration was technically impracticable and ...