The Vices and Virtues of Public Consultation
By Mark Sabourin - The St. Lawrence Seaway, 60 years after its official opening...
Environmental Consultant as Expert Witness
By Mark Sabourin - Opinions matter: ECs must not cross the line from expert to advocate.
Conducting a Better Phase I ESA
By Bill Leedham, P. Geo., CESA, QPESA - A few suggestions for practitioners to conduct better Phase I ESAs...
Data Overload and How to Manage It
By Bill Leedham, P. Geo., CESA, QPESA - It’s not enough to just obtain historical records or database information and include them as an appendix to an ESA report.
Potential Changes (and Charges!) to EDD in Michigan and Implications for All Jurisdictions
By Joseph Berlin, PE, EP and Nichole Mason - To comply with environmental regulations in real estate transactions, most environmental due diligence (EDD) begins with completion of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA).
Recipe for Economic Development Success Part 3
By Brownfield Listings - Why Chicago is #1 for Corporate Investment 5 Years Running
Recipe for Economic Development Success Part 2
By Brownfield Listings - A refresher course is useful at this moment of flux
Recipe for Redevelopment Success Part 1
By Brownfield Listings - Cities Thriving in the Hottest Season of Site Selection Ever Seen
PFAS is to Environmental Due Diligence as…
By Joseph Berlin, PE, CP - One could say that the world of environmental consulting has been turned upside down with the emergence of PFAS as a concern in conducting Environmental Due Diligence (EDD)
By Mark Sabourin - Humans have an often capricious relationship with risk. Just ask Michael Ivanco, a nuclear scientist now retired from SNC Lavalin and Atomic Energy of Canada. To anyone who’s willing to listen, he’ll still rhyme off facts and figures to show...