Project Experience Environmental and Civil Services

Phase I/Phase II/NEPA Services
Various Clients (Wireless Carriers)
National Coverage
Responsible for performing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and NEPA assessments, including Lead-Based Paint (LBP) surveys and Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) surveys at 1000+ new and existing collocation tower sites.

Civil Engineering/Environmental Consulting
Oil Can Henry’s
Washington State
Contract to provide civil engineering and environmental consulting to OCH landowners and franchisees throughout Washington. VEI works closely with the project architect. Projects include site topographic/boundary surveying, erosion and sediment control planning, grading and storm drainage planning including notes and details, water and sanitary sewer planning including notes and details, development permitting, SEPA, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, environmental investigations, feasibility studies, remedial actions, and regulatory closures.

Environmental Consulting
Various Clients (Commercial/Industrial Developers)
Seattle, WA
Provided Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II Environmental Site Investigations, regulatory technical arguments to financial institutions, PCB investigations, soil and groundwater investigations, feasibility studies, Lead Based Paint & Asbestos Containing Material surveys (including resultant O&M Plans), insurance recovery for investigations and remedial actions.

Environmental Consulting
Former Rainier Brewery (500,000 ft 2 Industrial Complex)
Seattle, WA
Provided: 1) PCB in Sediment Investigation through Remedial Action and Regulatory Closure to Washington State Department of Ecology and City of Seattle Public Utility Satisfaction, 2) Asbestos Survey and Abatement Action of 27 buildings (225,000 ft 2 facility), 3) Facility Lead and PCB Base Paint Survey through Regulatory Closure, 4) Asbestos Containing Material (ACM), Lead and PCB Base Paint Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Plans, 5) Stormwater System Sediment: Removal Action Plan, Reporting and Remedial Action Implementation under Ecology Oversight, and 6) Four (4) 10,000 ft3 UST Regulatory Closure Actions.

Project Management
Engineering Field Activity Northwest, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Bremerton, Washington
Responsible for seven projects under the United States Navy’s Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) contract totaling approximately $7 million. Provided scope, proposal preparation & negotiations, and technical and administrative project management for (1) remedial investigation/feasibility studies, (2) site investigations, (3) an underground storage tank management plan, (4) bioremediation, free product recovery, groundwater pumping and treatment, and soil venting, (5) risk assessments, (6) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) closure plans, and (7) treatability studies.

Project Management
Confidential Client
Responsible for biological treatability studies of soils contaminated with PCP and PAHs. Project consisted of bench-scale liquid/solid (slurry) treatment, soil pan reactor degradation, treatment system air emission monitoring, and soil/waste/water partitioning investigation. Provided client with engineering design recommendations for full-scale treatment system.

Project Management/Technical Management
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
Valdez, Alaska
Responsible for bioremediation enhancement strategies for ballast water contaminated with aromatic hydrocarbons. Strategies included ancillary carbon addition, inorganic nutrient growth limitation, immobilization, inoculation, and chemical/physical treatment methods. Also responsible for analytical protocols, results, and quality analysis/quality control for these studies.

Project Management
Navy CLEAN Contract, Jackson Park Housing Complex
Silverdale, Washington
Responsible for a $500,000 investigation and site characterization in an area that contained a 100,000 gallon, field-constructed underground concrete vault that was used for storing Bunker “C” fuel. Provided plans and specifications for removal, remedial actions, and closure of the site. Used ground-penetrating radar for determining the size and location of the tank and associated piping. Provided field oversight of the remedial action contractor during excavation activities.

Project Management
Navy CLEAN Contract, Jackson Park Housing Complex
Silverdale, Washington
Responsible for conducting a site inspection to investigate the nature and extent of volatile, semi-volatile, metal, and ordnance compounds in a 200-acre, wooded, steeply sloped area. This project included surface water and sediment sampling in three perennial streams. Cost-saving measures implemented for this $900,000 task included installation of soil borings and monitoring wells in high bias locations determined from historical aerial photographs. The Navy awarded a grade of excellent for budget, schedule, and quality control.

Project Management
Navy CLEAN Contract, Jackson Park Housing Complex
Silverdale, Washington
Responsible for conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) and developing a Record of Decision that selected a cost-effective and technically sound remedy. As part of URS’ contract with the Navy to perform the CLEAN contract hazardous waste investigations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, a considerable number of investigations and immediate response actions totaling $3.8 million were accomplished at the Jackson Park Housing Complex Naval site. The RI/FS at this site was performed under the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) regulatory program as promulgated by an Enforcement Order. A grade of excellent was earned for budget and schedule control, innovative and cost-saving solutions, and regulatory agency negotiations.

Much of the site is developed and is occupied by well-designed housing, street, and utility systems. The 255-acre complex is partially wooded. Topography across the site ranges from steep slope to lower flat-lying areas. The site borders Ostrich Bay, which includes about 1 mile of coastline. Formerly, the site was used for Naval ordnance production and demilitarization activities. Chemicals of concern at this site include volatile, semivolatile, metal, and ordnance compounds. These compounds were detected in surface water and groundwater, surface and subsurface soils, and fresh and marine water sediments. The number of soil borings/monitoring wells and field samples were 50 and 1,500 respectively. The completed RI field activities included mapping each site, identifying contaminant migration pathways, determining nature and extent of contamination, and performing a human health and ecological risk assessment. During the field investigation, a mobile soil gas (vapor) laboratory was quickly mobilized to analyze more than 100 soil locations to cost-effectively characterize an unexpected chemical plume. The FS included remedial alternatives such as no action, institutional control, capping and limited removal, and disposal actions.


Project Management/Remedial Design Technical Advisor
Navy CLEAN Contract, Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island
Whidbey Island, Washington
Responsible for providing an alternatives analysis of remedial approaches for free product removal as an interim action, providing a technical memorandum to support the interim action plan, and preparing a Record of Decision. This site contained approximately 300,000 gallons of JP-5 jet fuel floating on the groundwater. Seven free product recovery wells containing double-staged pumps with timers were selected as the preferred alternative in conjunction with a biological water treatment system for treating the contaminated water prior to discharge.

Project Management
Navy CLEAN Contract, Naval Station Puget Sound and Pacific Beach
Everett, Washington
Responsible for writing site inspection work plans at Naval Station Puget Sound and Pacific Beach complex and implementing the field inspection. A cost-saving phased approach was initiated for both of these sites by conducting a screening-level investigation before the full site investigation. This approach was sufficient to eliminate the Naval Station Puget Sound site from further investigations, which represented a savings of $200,000.

Technical Management
Navy CLEAN Contract, Submarine Base, Bangor
Bangor, Washington
Responsible for the design and implementation of a $125,000 bench-scale biological remediation treatability study for soils contaminated with ordnance compounds. The site soils contained nitroaromatic compounds, e.g., trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitro- and amino-benzene-toluene, and RDX and HMX. This study investigated composting and novel anaerobic methods associated with treatment approaches. The anaerobic approach represented substantial savings to the Navy as compared to a labor- and energy-intensive composting system.

Consulting Services
Exxon U.S.A.
Valdez, Alaska
Provided consulting services as a member of the environmental team and assisted in the development of the chemical fate and monitoring program for Prince William Sound waters in response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The program included contract laboratory setup, quality assurance/quality control planning, analytical methods, and reporting. Advised client regarding bioremediation efforts.

Project Management/Remedial Action
METRO
Seattle, Washington
Responsible for a $1.2 million remedial action located at the intersection of 8th & Dearborn Street (currently the Asian District Community Center). Project management included estimating, client relations, engineering design, field supervision, reporting, and budget and schedule control. Excavated and treated 12,000 tons of TPH impacted soils by thermal desorption. Designed a novel shoring system to holdup 8th & Dearborn Streets by using a controlled density fill technique instead of driving sheet piling. Saved the client $100,000.

Project Management/LUST Remedial Actions
Numerous Clients
Washington
Implemented numerous UST removals and remedial actions through out Washington. Tank volumes ranged from 1000 gallons to 20,000 gallons. Many projects were located near Puget Sound and required groundwater pump and treatment through trailer mounted carbon filters for discharge into sanitary sewers.

Project Management/Remedial Action
Washington State Department of Parks and Recreation
North Bend, Washington
Provided project and technical management for the removal and treatment of 40,000 gallons of PCB contaminated water within a confined space. The water was treated on-site and discharged to the North Bend Sewage Treatment Facility. Stabilized PCB laden soil inside an underground vault (200 ft x 100 ft) with approximately 1000 cubic yards of concrete.

Site Investigation/ Phase II
Spieker Properties
Seattle, Washington
Provided environmental work plans for City Commerce Park. City Commerce Park is a 179,413 square foot light industrial/warehouse distribution building on 6.79 acres of land located at 3901-4143 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA (the, “site”). The subject site was initially developed in 1946. There were two areas of concern on the subject site. The first was a business located on the property (Penthouse Drapery), which used perchloroethylene (PERC or PCE) to clean draperies in a dry cleaning machine with a floor drain located in an area where PCE was used. The second area of concern was a former 550-gallon gasoline or diesel underground storage tank (UST) area, which was removed from the south parking lot in 1988. Confirmed and suspected chemicals-of-concern included WTPH-G, D, Extended; halogenated and non-halogenated VOCs, heavy metals (lead), and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Site Investigation/Phase II
Spieker Properties
Seattle, Washington
Provided field sampling plan for Georgetown Center. Georgetown Center is a 130,151 square foot light industrial/warehouse showroom and retail complex on 8-acres of land located at the northwest corner of Corson Avenue South and South Michigan Street, Seattle, WA (the, “site”). The subject site was initially developed in 1958. There were two areas of concern on the subject site. The first was a former automobile service area, which used perchloroethylene (PERC or PCE). The second area of concern was a former gasoline or diesel underground storage tank (UST) area (former Gull Station with 3-USTs). The USTs were removed from the south end of the site in 1987. Confirmed and suspected chemicals-of-concern included WTPH-G, D, Extended; halogenated and non-halogenated VOCs, heavy metals (lead), and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).