Facilities
Chicago, Illinois
Challenge: Deliver environmental liability information to allow client to make a business decision for a potential acquisition within a expiring due diligence period (1 week).
Solution: Immediately responded to the needs of the client by assigning key technical staff and utilizing key subcontract Geoprobe contractor and analytical laboratory to meet the needs of the client.
Result: Conducted field work, laboratory analysis and delivered the preliminary report within a week of receiving the request from the client
Advancement of soil borings, installation of temporary monitoring wells and the collection of soil and groundwater samples for laboratory analysis. Soil samples were screened for volatile organic vapors to assist with sample selection using a photoionization detector (PID). Groundwater samples
were collected from the temporary wells using a peristaltic pump. Upon collection of the samples, they were placed into a cooler containing ice and transported to an analytical laboratory. Submitted samples
were analyzed on an expedited “rush” analysis for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including perchloroethylene (PCE) a common dry cleaning solvent historically used.
Once the samples were collected, the temporary wells were removed and the borings were backfilled and the asphalt surface was repaired.
Final laboratory results were compared to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA’s) Tired Approach to Corrective Action (TACO) Soil and Groundwater Remediation Objectives (SROs and GROs). A preliminary report was provided to the client within one business day of the collection of the samples. A final report was provided within one week of receipt of the analytical results.
