Environmental consulting and testing

In today’s economy, many larger companies are right-sizing to remain profitable, or they are refraining from hiring in-house personnel to handle environmental issues. Operations and/or plant managers are already overwhelmed by process, material, labor and output issues. Smaller facilities and small businesses cannot afford a full-time environmental specialist. Neither the manager nor the small business owner can take on the growing list of environmental tasks. New federal and state regulations have been promulgated that require complex and time-consuming record-keeping and reporting. And industrial and commercial real estate cannot be bought or sold without an environmental analysis because lenders will not finance a deal without one — nor can the innocent purchaser defense be called upon should litigation ensue.

Many companies hire environmental consultants to design new or upgrade existing pollution control systems. Environmental impact studies have become standard operating procedure. Many industrial manufacturers conduct some sort of periodic environmental audit of their facilities.

The answer to this challenge can be a reliable environmental consultant to perform facility audits, site assessments, and remedial investigations/feasibility studies, or to remediate contaminated soil and groundwater, interpret regulatory requirements, and serve as a liaison with regulatory agencies.