Environmental Site Assessment
Environmental site assessment (ESA) is the phased identification and delineation of environmental hazards and liabilities associated with contaminated lands. Phase I ESAs involve the review of readily available information on current and former land uses and a site inspection. Phase II ESAs include subsurface investigation and chemical testing to evaluate contaminant presence, level and extent. Intera’s environmental site assessment services are designed at the outset to provide clients with the critical technical information needed to make sound business decisions on acquisition, divestment or refinancing of property.
Site investigation is an evolving discipline, the need for which is frequently driven by regulatory agency requirements. Our scientific and engineering professionals offer extensive experience with federal, provincial and local regulatory agencies, and bring to client projects an up-to-date understanding of environmental regulation and site assessment procedures and methods.
The information obtained from our site assessment work is followed by expert advice. We draw upon expertise and lessons learned from hundreds of investigations of a variety of sites and site settings, including fractured bedrock sites. We have experience in investigation of retail and bulk fuel petroleum facilities, refineries, chemical plants, manufactured gas plants, airports, railways, mining complexes, landfills and brownfield sites. If contaminants are found, we determine the nature and extent of the problem and work with clients to design the most effective course of action.
- Review of former site land uses and completion of municipal, provincial and national historical land use inventories
- Development of site investigation work plans including health and safety plans and quality assurance plans
- Screening level investigations including soil gas surveys and airborne and ground geophysical surveys (electromagnetic, magnetic and ground penetrating radar)
- Design and performance of drilling, soil sampling and monitoring well installation programs
- Design and completion of groundwater, surface water, sediment and air monitoring testing programs
- Aquifer hydraulic and tracer testing
- Data analysis and interpretation
Intera News & Updates
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22/03/2010 Intera wins 3-year contract for gas transport modelling of the Lasgit Experiment (Large Scale Gas Injection Test).
12/02/2010
3 years and 5000 metres later: drilling at DGR is now complete.
25/02/2010
Dr. Robert Walsh provides mView and TOUGH2 training to Nippon-Koei Research Division in Tsukuba-shi, Japan.
28/01/2010
New Website released.
