3 Steps to Recruiting Field Staff Through Effective Pipeline Management
Recruiting and retention is a pain point across the environmental services industry, particularly in skilled labor roles. In an industry so lean and niche, it’s becoming more...
ZVI 101: What is ZVI Emplacement and How Does It Work?
Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) technology has been a preferred remediation tool for nearly 30 years. It's important for every environmental consultant to understand what ZVI is and how it...
What It’s Like to Be a Project Manager in the Environmental Services Industry
Annie Washington didn’t grow up dreaming of a career as a project manager, but after hearing someone from the Department of Health & Environmental Control speak to her college...
Why In Situ Thermal Remediation Should be Considered for Treatment of MGP Sites
Remediation of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites typically target coal tar (which can exist as both LNAPL and/or DNAPL), and is usually treated by excavating and disposing of...
The Next Step: Potential Career Paths After Your First Drilling Job
Environmental drilling isn’t something that’s taught in most environmental sciences programs, and there aren’t many trade or vocational institutions in the United States that...
Implementing Diversity Training: The Importance of Buy-in and the Organizational “Diversity Mindset”
We already know why the environmental services industry needs to take diversity seriously (here’s the recap if you missed it), but that doesn’t mean we always know the best way to...
How HRSC Tools Provide Actionable Intelligence for Remediation Optimization
Inadequate site characterization is one of the main reasons remediation projects underperform or fail. Although no project is guaranteed success, a solid plan for site...
What It’s Like to Be a Probe Operator
Like many people working in high resolution site characterization (HRSC), Cody Spiker didn’t know he’d end up here. His path to becoming a HRSC probe operator had a lot of bends...
5 Best Practices for Working Successfully With Drilling Contractors
Whether you’ve worked with a drilling contractor many times or only on a single project, you likely have similar goals—mainly, a well-managed, safe and on-time project completed...
How to Optimize Injection Performance and Distribution Through Manifolding Multiple Injection Locations
As our industry becomes more sensitive to the importance of distribution of in situ amendments to achieve contact with contaminants like TCE, Benzene and Hex Chrome, injection...
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