Pinchin Indoor Air Quality Investigation Report Letter

Statement of Qualifications – Environmental Due Diligence & Remediation
Environmental Remediation
Remediation is normally conducted if the property is not in compliance with regulatory requirements or
recognized standards, or when unacceptable risks are associated with the site, financial or legal liability
exist, or simply to enhance property value.
Pinchin has extensive technical and project management expertise related to the identification,
assessment, design, and implementation of risk-based site management/remedial solutions for sites
contaminated with chlorinated solvents, hydrocarbons, metals, pesticides and emerging chemicals such as
perchlorate, NDMA and 1,4-dioxane. We have a proven track record developing and implementing costeffective
remedial investigation programs resulting in carefully designed innovative remediation and
management solutions in Canada, United States and worldwide. Our range of services include site
assessment, feasibility studies, regulatory negotiations, remediation conceptual design and full
construction design, permitting, remedial performance evaluation and optimization, and post construction
monitoring.
Our staff has the experience and training to address issues that may affect not only the subsurface at the
site but also a full range of building environmental issues, particularly pre-demolition decontamination.
Pinchin has developed project management expertise and experience originating from our work in
hazardous materials abatement. The project management role has developed from projects where the
client required a turnkey abatement project. Contracts now performed under either contract management
or full project management include work in asbestos abatement, lead clean-up, underground storage tank
removal and soil clean-up, installation of environmental pollution abatement equipment (ducts, collection
hoods, regenerative thermal oxidizer) and building fit-up following environmental abatement.
Our remediation services group capabilities includes a wide array of specialized services to meet our
client’s remediation / risk management needs.
Remediation System Evaluation and Design
Choosing the most appropriate remediation system can save both time and money. Remediation
evaluation should be developed based on fundamentally sound site characterization, selection of feasible
remediation technologies and adequate remediation technology testing (bench and pilot). In most cases
our approach to remediation system evaluation and selection consists of developing a short list of
technologies applicable to the contaminants of concern (COCs) at the Site. An evaluation is conducted
using a feasibility type framework comprising the following key decision criteria:
• Short and long-term effectiveness for site COCs
• Ability to implement the technology, with consideration of site conditions
• Life-cycle costs
The selection of the remediation system focuses on those technologies that can meet site management
objectives—whether they are technical, regulatory, legal, or administrative, with the lowest life-cycle
costs. This process is continued until a technology is identified that meets the site management objectives
(based on priority), resulting in the selection of the lowest cost technology. Efficacy testing (bench or
pilot) can be conducted if proof of concept is needed or if full-scale design elements are needed to
complete full-scale system construction.
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