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Soil Stabilization and Decontamination

ARCO in coordination with Brown & Root
Reno, PA – 2001-2002 – $800,000

Scope of Work:
In the late 1800s, when northwest Pennsylvania was the oil production capital of the world, the Atlantic Oil Company built the world’s largest refinery along the Allegheny River near Franklin immediately downstream of the main oil fields. At the time, the drillers pumped the oil into creeks near the wells to transfer crude oil to the refinery. It floated downstream to the refinery where it was siphoned off the surface of the water. The refinery’s waste products, including the tars and sludges that are used for asphalt today, were dumped into lagoons at the refinery and covered with soil. This particular refinery was dismantled in the late 1940s and the site was redeveloped for commercial use. Over time, the sludge and oil within the buried lagoon began to rise to the surface. Neumeyer Environmental was contracted to remediate the subsurface tars so that the property could be returned to full use.

The stabilization process involved drilling over 300 wells about 30 feet deep. Neumeyer Environmental injected grout into the wells through a rotary wellhead that mixed the grout and tar to stabilize it in place. The resultant material is considered inert and stable.

Neumeyer Environmental performed the work to avoid interrupting commercial activity during the project. Site restoration included repaving parking lots, landscaping the surrounding areas and constructing a public park along the riverbank.

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Pittsburgh Technical Center

Allison Park Contractors
Pittsburgh, PA – 2008-2009 – $250,000

Scope of Work:
The Urban Redevelopment Authority has been redeveloping the previous Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation facility for numerous years. This ACT 2 site has been redeveloped as the Pittsburgh Technology Center under a multi-phased program. The 2009 phase included excavation of surplus soils that exhibited contamination and required regulated management.

In support of the work, Neumeyer Environmental provided oversight, sampling and analysis, application for the Form U permit, and transportation and disposal of regulated residual materials. We provided support to the contractor so that much of the work could be performed by their crews. The load-out operations were conducted during night shifts to allow suitable progression of the work.

Neumeyer Environmental was able to quickly transport and dispose of the contaminated materials by utilizing truck fleets to transport the stockpiled materials efficiently during non-work hours. This approach allowed the contractor to minimize the stockpile management impacts and on-site spacial constraints.

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Decommission Light Plant

Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Bloomfield, NJ – 1988 – $2,500,000

Scope of Work:
Neumeyer Environmental assisted in the decommissioning of a former light bulb manufacturing facility. The facility had been used during World War II for the development of the atom bomb. Radiological, mercury and asbestos contamination was present in nearly 1,000,000 square feet of the facility.

The services Neumeyer Environmental provided included:
•Decontamination of building components and equipment.
•Sizing and packaging of contaminated waste.
•Complete dismantling of two buildings.

90% of the structure was decontaminated on site allowing nearly 1,600 tons of debris to be handled as construction debris saving the client substantial disposal costs. The site has been redeveloped as a mixed-use shopping and residential complex.

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PTC New Stanton Service Plaza Renovation

Trumbull Corporation
New Stanton, PA – 2007 – $247,000

Scope of Work:
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission renovated a service plaza in New Stanton, Pennsylvania. Neumeyer Environmental was contracted to perform demolition, asbestos abatement and storage tank removal. Significant contamination was encountered during the storage tank closures and the materials had to be specially managed on-site or disposed off-site.

The majority of the demolition items for this project were donated to charitable organizations including walk-in coolers, doors, kitchen components, lighting, bathroom fixtures, ceiling tile, metal components.

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Large Furnace Demolition

Metal Fabricator (anonymity requested)
Eastern Ohio, OH – 1997 – $220,000

Scope of Work:
A change in process required an obsolete pre-heat furnace to be removed. The furnace was in the center of an operating facility and was 30 feet wide X 60 feet long X 20 feet high. The furnace was coated with lead-based paint. Asbestos insulation was affixed between the wall and roof of the building, adjacent to the furnace. PCB-containing hydraulic oil had contaminated the foundation beneath the furnace.

Neumeyer Environmental constructed a negative-pressure containment completely around the furnace. The asbestos insulation was removed and the furnace was demolished utilizing cold-cut techniques to prevent lead and PCBs from vaporizing into the atmosphere. Contaminated concrete and soil beneath the furnace was crushed, packaged, and hauled to a regulated landfill with the furnace debris. After the furnace pit was backfilled and a new concrete surface was installed, the area was returned to productive operations.