CLIENT:
BiState Agency & NYC Consulting Firm
PROJECT TYPE:
Sediment Characterization
DESCRIPTION:
Sediment
samples were characterized for disposal options according to “the
management and regulation of dredging activities and dredged material
in New Jersey’s tidal water, October 1997” via bulk chemistry and
leachate methods.
CLIENT:
Top Twenty
Environmental Consulting Firm
PROJECT TYPE:
Fast Track site characterization
DESCRIPTION:
10-20
samples were received each evening for TCL/TAL analysis on a 72 HR
fax, one week hardcopy TAT. The project lasted for 7 days and was
successfully completed. The quick TAT facilitated the property
transaction and additional contracts have been obtained with the final
client.
CLIENT:
National
Consulting Company
PROJECT TYPE:
Site Characterization
DESCRIPTION:
100’s of
soil, sediment, water, and fish samples were analyzed for TAL/TCL
parameters. Results were provided in a full validation type package
and Delimited ASCII Diskette Deliverable.
CLIENT:
National
Consulting Company
PROJECT TYPE:
Plume Delineation
DESCRIPTION:
Veritech
provided 3 hour TAT on TCL Volatile Analysis to direct two Geoprobes
during plume delineation project. Samples were collected each morning
and afternoon; the plume was delineated in a week.
CLIENT:
BiState
Agency
PROJECT TYPE:
Call in Support
DESCRIPTION:
Veritech
analyzed 1000’s of samples in support of investigation & remediation
projects. Analyses were typically quick TAT work on heavily
contaminated soils and sediments. Field sampling support was also
provided.
CLIENT:
National
Insurance Company
PROJECT TYPE:
Home Heating Oil Replacement
DESCRIPTION:
1000’s
of samples were received from numerous contractors for soil
characterization of UST parameters. All TPH samples were performed on
TAT of 48 hrs. and VOA samples on a TAT of 72 hours.
CLIENT:
Environmental
Engineering Firm
PROJECT TYPE:
Lead in Drinking Water Analyses
DESCRIPTION:
Project
required analysis of over four hundred drinking water taps on a
military base. The samples had to be analyzed within a two-week period
with diskette deliverables provided. The project was completed ahead
of schedule and has shown numerous lead contaminated locations.
CLIENT:
Fortune 100
Lighting Company
PROJECT TYPE:
Plant Decontamination and Closure Analyses
DESCRIPTION:
Two-year
project involving analyses for interior decontamination of a large
fluorescent light manufacturing facility. Expedited turnarounds for
approximately three thousand inorganic samples were normal over
lifetime of the project. The site was successfully decontaminated and
sold within six months of project completion.
CLIENT:
Environmental
Engineering Firm
PROJECT TYPE:
Analyses of Soils and Waters for Fortune 500 Site Remediation
DESCRIPTION:
Veritech
performed priority pollutant metals on approximately two hundred
samples (soils and waters) for a major manufacturer of specialty
metals. The project required development of analytical methods for
cerium and samarium. The soil and water samples were taken to support
a plant closure and sale. The project was successfully completed after
one and a half years.
CLIENT:
Construction
Company (DOT Project)
PROJECT TYPE:
Waste characterization of Soils for DOT Road Project.
DESCRIPTION:
Major
roadway construction required massive soil disposal. Client needed
approximately one hundred waste classification samples analyzed in a
one-month period. Analysis of the samples were performed on time
allowing the client to remain on schedule with road construction.
CLIENT:
Federal
Government
PROJECT TYPE:
Characterization of Drinking Water Samples
DESCRIPTION:
100
drinking water samples were received over a two-month period for
complete investigation of potential hazards. Standard 500 series
methods (524.2, 525.2, 515.2, 505, 551, 552) were performed by
Veritech and non-standard common methods were subcontracted and
coordinated by Veritech.
CLIENT:
Remedial
Contractor
PROJECT TYPE:
Building Decommissioning
DESCRIPTION:
Over 800
wipe samples were analyzed for Base/Neutral constituents. The
turnaround time was 36 hours after sample received. Samples arrived in
batches of 10-90 six days per week.
CLIENT:
Environmental
Remediation Firm
PROJECT TYPE:
Hazardous Characteristics Screening of Unknowns
DESCRIPTION:
In order
to support a long- term contract for disposal of unknown chemicals at
a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, Veritech developed qualitative
tests specific to the incineration facilities profile sheet. More than
three thousand samples were analyzed over a two-year period. Using the
developed methods enabled the client to dispose of fifty percent more
unknowns than the previous contract winner and at less cost.
CLIENT:
Federal
Government (DOD)
PROJECT TYPE:
Waste Characterization of Stockpiled Soil
DESCRIPTION:
Stockpiled soils from numerous remediation projects at DOD research
facility required waste characterization for disposal. Approximately
fifty samples had to be analyzed in a one-month period and reported
with full regulatory deliverables as per DOD specifications. The
project was completed on schedule.
CLIENT:
Federal
Government (DOD)
PROJECT TYPE:
Identification of unknown samples
DESCRIPTION:
Storage
building for DOD research facility required absolute identification of
over 2500 samples in a three-month time frame. The project was
completed within the required period by utilizing a combination of
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, X Ray Fluorescence
Spectroscopy, and X Ray diffraction. Based upon the absolute
identifications, no priority pollutant scans were necessary and the
ultimate savings to the government was in excess of $ 2,000,000.
CLIENT:
Fortune 100
Electronics Company
PROJECT TYPE:
Mercury
Analysis of Soil and Water samples
DESCRIPTION:
Natural
disaster caused collapse of warehouse. The building was extensively
stocked with items containing elemental mercury. Snow and spring rains
threatened to carry the contamination off-site. An emergency clean-up
effort was commenced and hundreds of emergency soil and water samples
were analyzed for mercury. The contamination was successfully
contained on-site in part to the timeliness of the mercury analyses.
CLIENT: Major Consultant/US Army Corps of Engineers
PROJECT TYPE:
TCL/TAL
Analysis
DESCRIPTION:
Investigation and delineation of contaminants at a NJ Superfund site.
100s of samples were received for TCL/TAL and Herbicide analysis.
Data was performed according to the Shell Document
specifications and validated by Army Corps personnel.
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