PIPELINE INSTALLATION SUPPORT
Client: Fortune 500 Petroleum Pipeline Owner, PA Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI) was hired to provide qualified and experienced Professional Geologists (P.G.) licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support contractor oversight and comply with pipeline installation environmental permit requirements. A Pennsylvania-licensed P.G. oversaw each horizontal directional drill location to ensure adherence to approved drilling techniques, […]
WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING
Client: Infrastructure company, Gap, PA Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI) was hired to provide environmental health and safety monitoring and support services during roadway expansion within an area that included environmental contaminants, most notably petroleum products. BSTI took on the role of identifying impacted areas as they were encountered and determined the best course of action […]
THERMAL REMEDIATION
Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI), was hired to coordinate site construction and environmental monitoring activities pursuant to the terms of remedial actions on a contaminated site as defined by the USEPA’s Record of Decision. The remediation project utilized Electro Resistive Heating – Multi Phase Extraction (ERH-MPE) technologies designed to recover chlorinated volatile organic compounds […]
SOLVING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS #17 – FORENSIC ASSESSMENT THROUGH GROUNDWATER DATING NEGATES REMEDIATION
BSTI was hired to assist with a former gas station which has been an open LUST site since the 1980s. Benzene impacts were present in groundwater and in the Site’s potable well. The client’s scope of work included additional soil and groundwater characterization to be followed by remedial pilot testing and ultimately full-scale remediation. However, […]
LEAD PAINT INSPECTION
Description: Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI) provided technical lead assessment services to the owner of a structure undergoing renovation. The structure was built in the late 18th century and required substantial renovation prior to occupation. Due to the age of the structure, lead-based paint (LBP) was presumed to be present. A lead paint inspection is a surface-by-surface […]
IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN FRACTURED ROCK
Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI) was retained by a lead consultant to assist in the operations and maintenance of an Accelerated In-Situ Bioremediation system (AISB) designed to address chlorinated solvent impacts in fractured bedrock at a Superfund site in Pennsylvania. The primary objectives of the AISB system is to reduce the extent of the […]
DEFINING RISK FOR INVESTORS
Brownfield Science & Technology, Inc. (BSTI) was retained by a private equity firm to evaluate and define possible environmental regulatory and business risks associated with their contemplated foreclosure on a commercial property in East Brunswick, NJ. At project inception, no environmental conditions were known to exist at the eight-acre retail shopping center. However, BSTI identified that […]