The increasing public awareness and the relatively high remediation costs for site rehabilitation have
owners, tenants, business partners, buyers and financial institutions seriously concerned about the risk of
substantial liability with respect to possible ground and structure contamination prior to property purchase
or at the site of an existing business operation. To assist in dealing with these concerns, a typical property
assessment carried out by AN-GEO often includes the following:
(a) Initial Interview with Owner/Client
- nature of location and surrounding area development
- historic use
- chronology of ownership
- utility layout
- previous studies
(b) Review of Public and Other Historical Records
- environmental regulatory agencies
- local concerns
- evidence of past activities
- review historical aerial photographs and maps
- company records
- review geological/hydrogeological/meteorological setting
- review historical and present adjacent land use
(c) Site Reconnaissance and Interviews
- visual reconnaissance of surrounding, interior and HVAC installations
- photographic documentation
- interview with site personnel
- use of adjacent properties
- identify probable environmentally sensitive issues/areas
(d) Site Investigation
- air/airborne substance (e.g. mould etc.) sampling
- surficial material/soil/sediment sampling
- test pit/soil boring exploration and sampling
- monitoring well installation
- surface water/groundwater sampling
- field environmental testing
(e) Laboratory Testing and Analyses
- microbial/chemical assessment
- data interpretation
(f) Final Report
- investigation finding
- issue identification/evaluation
- recommendations
AN-GEO also has the capability to carry out site-specific studies where extra-ordinary circumstances
necessitate the need for special investigation strategies in accordance with past and present use of the site
and adjacent properties. This could apply to challenges associated with industrial plants, mine sites,
chemical release, spills, buried hazardous wastes, etc.