ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants announced today the acquisition of the assets of Rainwater Recovery Inc. of Waltham, Mass., a specialty consulting firm focused on the design of rainwater harvesting and integrated stormwater management systems. Geosyntec regards the acquisition as an important step in the expansion of the firm's service offerings in the water and natural resources sector.Rainwater Recovery was founded by Philip Reidy, PE, six years ago. With the acquisition, Phil joins Geosyntec based…
CHICAGO, Il. — Geosyntec Consultants is a winner of the 2010 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award given by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. The award will be formally presented at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2010.The winning project, " Microbial Risk Assessment for Recreational Use of the Chicago Area Waterways," was a research study — the first microbiological characterization of the CAWS for fecal indicators and pathogens — conducted…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Site Assessment Leads to Unique Landfill Cover Plan
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Polk County, Fla., recently awarded Geosyntec Consultants a consultant agreement to design a cover for its closed, 120-acre Tri-City Landfill.Although the landfill was closed in 1977, in 1982, incidents of up to 24 cattle deaths and "neuropathy" in a man on site led to an investigation by the State of Florida. After a series of investigations, Polk County retained Geosyntec in 2007 to complete a site assessment, which was completed in 2009.…
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Geosyntec family of companies welcomes Michael D'Alessandro, PE, PMP, as Director of Corporate Development. Mike began his career as a consulting engineer more than 25 years ago. He is experienced as an engineering practitioner, operations manager, and management consultant.During his career, Mike has worked with some of the largest and most widely recognized client organizations to plan, design, and deliver capital infrastructure and environmental projects. He brings to the Geosyntec team…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Consultants Announces Scott Drew Among New Jersey's First Licensed Site Remediation Professionals
PRINCETON, NJ — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce that Scott Drew has received his designation as a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) in New Jersey. With this designation, Scott joins an elite group of environmental professionals with expanded authorities and responsibilities in the remediation of sites contaminated by past disposal practices.In 2009, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) to help address the backlog of more than 19,000 sites in…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Jim Bannantine as Senior Geologist
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Geosyntec welcomes Jim Bannantine, PG, as Senior Geologist. Jim is based in the firm's Cedarburg, Wis., office.Jim comes to Geosyntec with 20 years of experience in the environmental industry. He specializes in the biological dechlorination and chemical oxidation of VOCs, LNAPL recovery systems, and soil vapor extraction systems. Jim's project work has included contamination assessments as well as remediation strategy development and implementation at Brownfield sites, dry cleaners, railroad yards, and a…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Scott Sheridan as Senior Engineer
RICHMOND, Va. — Geosyntec welcomes Scott Sheridan, PE, as Senior Engineer. Scott is based in the firm's Richmond, Va., office.Scott has 15 years of experience in solid waste facility permitting, design, and closure management providing the full range of professional services to clients developing new "greenfield" facilities and expanding or closing existing facilities. During the course of his career, he has provided facility construction quality assurance services for projects that included mechanically stabilized earth berms,…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Bruce Marvin as Associate
OAKLAND, Ca. — Geosyntec welcomes Bruce Marvin, PE, as Associate. He is based in the firm's Oakland, Ca., office.Bruce's background in the civil and environmental engineering field has focused on remediation technology applications, particularly related to in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO). Bruce's interest in ISCO technology began in 1998. While presenting the results of his first in situ ozone treatment pilot test, he saw firsthand the potential of potassium permanganate for ISCO. He spent the…
HOUSTON, Texas — Geosyntec Consultants and MMI Engineering welcome Rodolfo Sancio, PhD, PE, as Senior Engineer to expand geotechnical engineering services to oil and gas industry clients. He is based in the firm's Houston office.Rodolfo has over 14 years of geotechnical experience with expertise in the areas of: foundation engineering and site preparation design for large and heavy industrial facilities; issues related to offshore submarine pipelines in cold regions; soil liquefaction ; and specialized geotechnical…
October 2, 2013
Fan Zhu Co-Authors Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Article on Geosynthetic in Reinforced Earth Structures
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec staff member Fan Zhu is the co-author of the article "Required Unfactored Strength of Geosynthetic in Reinforced Earth Structures," which is published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering's February 2010 issue. The co-authors are Prof. Dov Leshchinsky and Assistant Prof. Christopher L. Meehan of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware.Fan's article presents a limit equilibrium methodology to determine the unfactored global geosynthetic strength…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Chris Voci as Senior Geologist
PRINCETON, NJ — Geosyntec welcomes Chris Voci, PG, as Senior Geologist. Chris is based in the firm's Princeton office.Chris joins Geosyntec with more than 17 years of experience in a wide variety of hydrogeologic environments. His practice centers on environmental site characterization, soil vapor and groundwater investigations, in situ and ex situ soil and groundwater remediation (specializing in bioremediation and in situ chemical oxidation technologies), and groundwater supply evaluations. He has conducted environmental programs nationwide…
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec staff members Aaron Getchell, PG, and Mike Lodato, PG, provided sensible environmental compliance advice to nearly 30,000 dry cleaners and their suppliers in the article "No Runs, No Drips, No Errors"_ Practical Environmental Compliance," published in the February 2010 edition of the National Clothesline newsletter.In addition to illustrating a practical view of environmental compliance, Aaron and Mike wrote the article to provide resources for regulatory guidance and explain items an environmental…
COLUMBIA, Md. — Meng Wang, PhD, a senior staff engineer in Geosyntec's Columbia, Md., office, was selected as one of five winners in the 2010 Battelle Monterey conference student paper competition. She will present her award-winning paper, "Hydrodynamic Impacts on Bacterial Chemotaxis in Heterogeneous Porous Media," at the Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds held in Monterey, Ca., in May 2010.Meng's paper investigates the effect of chemotaxis on microbial migration in…
October 2, 2013
Meng Wang Lead Author of Environmental Science and Technology Article on Bacterial Migration
COLUMBIA, Md. — Geosyntec staff member Meng Wang, PhD, is the lead author of the article "Quantitative Analysis of Transverse Bacterial Migration Induced by Chemotaxis in a Packed Column with Structured Physical Heterogeneity," which is published in Environmental Science and Technology's January 15, 2010 issue. The co-author, Prof. Roseanne M. Ford, was Meng's graduate advisor at the University of Virginia's Department of Chemical Engineering.Meng, a recent University of Virginia (UVA) graduate, performed her doctoral research…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Client Praises Firm for Innovative WallTracker
BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Bauer Foundation Corporation commended Geosyntec Consultants for its continuing efforts on the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation Cutoff Wall Construction Project in 2009.Bauer, a Geosyntec client, received an "Above Average" rating in its 2009 Interim Performance Evaluation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District for the development and implementation of Geosyntec's "WallTracker." WallTracker, developed by Jamey Rosen, is a GIS database management system used to track a myriad…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Receives 2010 Engineering Excellence Award for Engineered Wetlands for Sustainable Leachate Management
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants received a 2010 Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia and the Georgia Engineering Alliance for the design of an Engineered Wetlands System for Sustainable Leachate Management at the Timberlands Landfill in Brewton, Ala. The Timberlands Landfill is owned and operated by Republic Services, Inc., (Republic) one of the largest municipal solid waste disposal companies in North America. Geosyntec, the prime consultant, teamed with AQUA…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Staff to Present at 2010 New England Water Environment Association Annual Conference
BOSTON, Ma. — Several representatives of Geosyntec's Boston operation will be presenting at the upcoming 2010 New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Annual Conference and Exhibition in January in Boston. With an attendance of over 1,800 participants, this is one of the largest groups of water professionals in New England that includes municipal clients.Renee Fitsik will be a member of a panel entitled "Watershed Management I — Green Technologies in Stormwater Management." Her presentation will…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Staff Member Co-Authors Canadian Geotechnical Journal Article on Low-Cost ERT for Soil Monitoring
Geosyntec Consultants' Victor Damasceno, PhD, along with Dante Fratta and Peter J. Bosscher of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), co-authored the Canadian Geotechnical Journal article "Development and Validation of a Low-Cost Electrical Resistivity Tomographer for Soil Process Monitoring" last summer. The paper, written as part of Victor's research dissertation at UW, presents the development and validation of a low-cost electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) system for the monitoring of process in soils."I designed and built an…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Bill Priore as Senior Consultant
Geosyntec Consultants welcomes Bill Priore, PG, to the Great Lakes Region as a Senior Consultant. Bill comes to Geosyntec with 23 years of experience in geology, hydrogeology, sedimentology, and natural resources. He has been focused in the contaminated sediment market for 18 years. At Geosyntec, Bill will be working with our sediment practice leaders to further expand our service offerings to include construction activities.Before joining the firm, Bill worked with CH2M HILL for the last…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to welcome Paul L. Brookner, MBA, PG, who will open and manage the firm's new office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Paul brings more than 20 years of experience in the environmental industry to the firm, having served in multiple stakeholder roles during his career. Most recently, he served as program manager for the corporate environmental affairs group of a Fortune 500 company where he managed corporate environmental compliance, risk, and…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Staff Member Co-Authors Waste Management Article on Impact of Landfill Liner Time-Temperature
AUSTIN, Texas — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce that Zahirul Islam, PhD, PEng, co-authored the Waste Management article, "Impact of Landfill Liner Time-Temperature History on the Service Life of HDPE Geomembranes," which was published in the October 2009 issue.In the article, Zahirul and his co-author, Professor Kerry Rowe of the GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, estimated the service life of different HDPE geomembranes based on a number of idealized time-temperature…
BOSTON, Ma. — On October 9, 2009, Geosyntec client Omya North America held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a new $10-million tailings dewatering facility (TDF) at its ground calcium carbonate plant in Florence, Vt. Geosyntec is Omya's groundwater consultant, and through a two-year state-mandated, Omya-funded study, has helped them establish unprecedented credibility with regulators and various stakeholders.Quarried marble is brought to the Vermont facility where it is crushed, milled, and purified to…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Practitioners Lead in Numbers at CASQA Conference
SAN DIEGO, Ca. — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce that the California Storm Water Quality Association (CASQA) Annual Conference, to be held November 2 - 4, 2009 in San Diego, will feature several staff members. The following practitioners will be conducting workshops and presenting papers on topics ranging from bacteria related TMDLs to construction site stormwater management:Felicia Federico, D.Env., CPSWQ, will give the workshop "Hydromodification: Latest Advances and Pending Challenges." This workshop will compare…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Client, Borough of Somerville, Awarded Brownfield Designation Area Status by NJDEP
PRINCETON, N.J. — The Borough of Somerville, N.J., announced on October 6, 2009 that its former landfill and surrounding redevelopment area properties received Brownfield Development Area (BDA) designation by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Municipalities receiving this designation are eligible for grants of up to $5 million each year from NJDEP's Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) for investigation and remediation activities. The Borough's environmental consulting team, Geosyntec Consultants and Whitman have…
BOSTON, Ma. — Erik Petrovskis, Ph.D., PE, Marcus Quigley, PE, CPESC, D.WRE, and Steve Roy,LEED AP, have been invited to speak at the 2009 Sustainability Colloquium "Yes We Can — Greening our Future," an interagency conference to be held in Washington, D.C., from November 3 - 5, 2009. The meeting will feature presentations, discussions, and workshops on the latest in federal facility "green" policies and sustainability initiatives.Steve and Marcus will present on "Innovative Stormwater Approaches"…
GUELPH, Ontario, Canada — The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada selected Geosyntec Consultants and Dr. Elizabeth Edwards of the University of Toronto (U of T) as a Synergy Award for Innovation winner. The award honors the most outstanding achievements of university-industry collaboration.The decade-long partnership between Geosyntec and U of T researchers has primarily focused on the remediation of groundwater contaminated with the chlorinated solvents perchloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE), which are harmful…
CHICAGO, Il. — Geosyntec Consultants, along with teaming partners Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd. (CGL) and Clark Dietz, Inc., is pleased to announce its selection by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and the Hickory Creek Watershed Planning Group to develop a watershed plan that describes strategies to protect and restore Hickory Creek and its tributaries. Hickory Creek, which has been referred to as the "gem" of the Des Plaines River system in Illinois, is…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) selected Geosyntec Consultants to complete the research project "Cost and Benefit of Transportation Specific MS4 and Construction Permitting."The primary objective of the NCHRP project is to assist state transportation departments (DOTs) in developing practical, defensible National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting strategies for their highway environments. "The specific research objectives are: 1) to characterize the various NPDES permitting strategies and options for DOTs; 2)…
October 2, 2013
Staff to Present at Sediment Management Working Group Fall Sponsor Forum in New York
PORTLAND, Ore. — Geosyntec Consultants' Eric Strecker, PE, will present a paper co-authored with Marcus Quigley, PE, D.WRE and Marc Leisenring, PE, on "Minimizing the Potential for Sediment Recontamination and Associated Liability from Stormwater System Sources" at the Sediment Management Working Group (SMWG) Fall Sponsor Forum in Saratoga Springs, NY, September 29 - 30, 2009.The presentation will share information on various pollutant types and characteristics in urban and industrial stormwater as well as how they…
BOSTON, Ma. — Marcus Quigley, PE, CPESC, of Geosyntec Consultants was recently named a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE), a subsidiary of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In support of AAWRE's mission to broaden and deepen the body of knowledge for practicing engineers, AAWRE's certification was developed to improve the practice, elevate the standards, and advance the profession of water resources engineers. The D.WRE…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Staff Co-Author Article on First Chicago Waterway Microbiological Characterization Study
CHICAGO, Il. — Chriso Petropoulou, PhD, PE, BCEE, Keith Tolson, PhD, and Mary DeFlaun, PhD, co-authored the article "Dry and Wet Weather Microbial Characterization of the Chicago Area Waterway," which is scheduled to be published in an upcoming issue of Water Science and Technology. Other co-authors include Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona as well as Geeta Rijal, Richard Gore, Tony Glymph, Thomas Granato, Catherine O'Connor, Louis Kollias, and Richard Lanyon of the Metropolitan…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Howard Cumberland as Principal
PORTLAND, Ore. — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to welcome Howard Cumberland as Principal in the firm's Portland office. He will be responsible for leading Geosyntec's efforts in increasing its west coast business related to ports, harbors, and waterfront development. Howard is a 20-year-career marine scientist with an emphasis in assessing and mitigating the ecological impacts associated with nearshore in-water activities from contaminated sediments, dredging, and redevelopment. Howard has managed, designed, and conducted remedial investigations and…
October 2, 2013
Geosyntec Receives Gold Rating for Safety
BOSTON, Ma. — Geosyntec Consultants has been recognized as a Gold Award winner for 2009 by the Harvard Contractor Safety Assessment Program. The Gold designation demonstrates outstanding performance in the assessment, which is an independent evaluation administered by ConstructSecure, Inc. It measures both historical performance and forward-looking factors within a company's safety program."Safeguarding the safety of our employees, our clients and the community is a Geosyntec core value, and are pleased to receive the Gold…
