Category: Environmental

All You Need to Know About Asbestos Inspections

By Bill Honea Before structures can be rehabilitated, renovated, or demolished, they must be checked for the presence of asbestos-containing materials (ACM) to meet strict state and federal laws. In Wisconsin, these rules apply to institutional, commercial, industrial, and public buildings or structures and multifamily residential buildings with more than four dwelling units. About the… Read More »

What Do Environmental Engineers and Environmental Scientists Do?

A five-year redevelopment effort turned the City of Glendale, Wisconsin’s former Bender Road Landfill site into a vibrant community park and collegiate-level baseball facility. On the highest level, environmental engineering has two goals. The first is to help correct the mistakes of the past that have led to the environmental issues of today. The second… Read More »

WDNR Assured Wetland Delineation Saves Time, Money

By Rob Wayne Wetland delineation may not be most people’s favorite topic to research. But if you are involved in any way in developing projects that affect the sites where they are proposed, wetland delineations can have unexpected impacts when they are required for your project. For the unfamiliar, wetlands – a k a bogs,… Read More »