Brownfield Development – Kent, WA CRETE is led the site investigation, waste profiling, permitting, design and construction oversight for the cleanup of a secondary aluminum smelter site in Kent, WA. Maralco Aluminum operated from 1980 to 1986 when the property was abandoned and over 30,000 cubic yards (cy) of waste from smelting activities was abandoned […]
Umatilla River – Pendleton, OR A train derailment near Pendleton, Oregon resulted in the release of 10,000 gallons of toluene in a farmer’s field within a few hundred feet of the Umatilla River. CRETE principals responded to the spill as part of an organized spill response program. Due to salvage and mainline restoration activities, initial […]
Municipal Utility Upgrades – Burien, WA CRETE principals subcontracted to a civil engineering firm to perform a Phase I environmental site assessment associated with the design of a significant utility and right-of-way enhancement project. The project was for a 2-mile stretch of a commercial business district with stormwater outfall to a salmon-bearing stream. The purpose […]
Former Manufactured Gas Plant – Seattle, WA CRETE principals performed cleanup and restoration of an urban park and prepared an RI/FS for the lake sediment. The 25-acre public park was created in the mid-1970s and retained many of the former industrial structures. The upland remedy included tar removal, soil capping, an air sparging system along […]
Former Car Dealership – Seattle, WA Canal Station was once the site of the New Wilson Ford car dealership. Although car dealership activities led to certain environmental conditions (leaking UST and abandoned oil-water separator), the primary environmental concern at the site was a chlorinated solvent groundwater plume originating off-site. The property was purchased to construct a mixed-use […]
Steel Mill Expansion – Portland, OR An existing steel mill was looking to expand operations by constructing a large pipe rolling mill on their property. In order to make the planned new pipe rolling mill work efficiently, rail service to the mill needed to be rerouted into the location of two existing inert material landfills. […]