RemTech 2011 Presentations
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Pre-Conference Workshops
Facilities – End of Life: Decommissioning, Abatement and Demolition Workshop
- Introduction of Workshop – Presentation
Don Jakul, PHH ARC Environmental - Hazardous Materials Survey – Presentation
Paul Hammond, PHH ARC Environmental - Managing Safety – Presentation
Michelle Grignon, Shell Canada Energy, Waterton Project - Hazardous Materials Abatement – Presentation
Jason Kruczko, Quantum Murray - From Turnaround to Teardown – Presentation
Mark White, P.Eng., Nexen
Sustainable Remediation in Canada
- SURF the Globe – Presentation
Dave Woodward, SuRF USA - Sustainability Decision Support Tool for Site Remediation in Canada – Presentation
Sebastien Yelle, PWGSC - BalancE3 Tool – Presentation
Alexis Troschinetz, Arcadis US - SURF USA Framework – Presentation
Stella Karnis, CN - Market Adoption of Sustainable Practices in the Contaminated Sites Field in Western Canada – Presentation 1 – Presentation 2
Michael Charles, Stantec
Conference Technical Sessions
Quebec Perspective
- In-Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents – Case Study – Presentation
René Filion, Connestoga-Rovers & Associates - Ex-Situ Soil Washing – Achieving Effective Mass Reduction for Organic Contaminant in Soil via the use of a Co solvent/Surfactant Process – Presentation
Jean Paré, Chemco Inc. - Optimization of Soil and Groundwater Remediation at a Former Gas Station and Adjacent Properties, Using a Combination of In Situ and Ex Situ Technologies– Presentation
Guy Lavoie , LVM - MCEBR’s Approach to Innovative Treatment Technology Demonstration Projects – Case Study: Treatment of Soil Contaminated by PHCs and PAHs Leftover from the Petroleum Industry Decommissioning in the East End of Montreal – Presentation
Josée Méthot, Montreal Centre of Excellence in Brownfields Rehabilitation
Sustainable Remediation
- Green vs. Sustainable Remediation and Its Evolution Around the World – Presentation
Dave Woodward, AECOM & Board of Trustees SURF - The Varied Landscape of Tools for Green & Sustainable Remediation – Presentation
Justin Kelley, AECOM - GoldSET©-CN-SR: An Innovative Sustainable Development Decision Support Tool Adapted to CN’s Needs – Presentation
François Beaudoin, Golder Associates - Green Remediation & Contaminated Sites Risk Management Best Practices: A Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Remedial Options– Presentation
Anju Wicke, Hemmera - What is Sustainable Remediation? Answers from Recent North American and European literature – Presentation
Ken Lyon, WorleyParson - Phytoremediation of Petroleum and Salt Impacted Soils: Using Scientifically Based Green Technologies to Successfully Meet Generic Tier 1 Standards– Presentation
Bruce M. Greenberg, University of Waterloo - Revitalizing Weak Soils and Improving Site Revegetation with Biotics: Erosion Control and Remediation in the Mining Industry – Presentation
Mark Myrowich, Verdyol Plant Research
Hydrocarbons
- UV Fluorescence of Heavy Petroleum Hydrocarbons – Results from Field Tests – Presentation 1 – Presentation 2
Chris Swyngedouw, Exova - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Tier 2 Remediation Guideline Calculation Software
Sunita Ranganathan, Equilibrium Environmental - On-Site Remediation Approach for a Former Petrochemical Plant – Presentation
Jason Christensen, Keystone Environmental - Remediation and Closure of a Former Oilfield Land Treatment Facility Using Alberta Environment Draft Tier 2 ECO-Contact Guidelines – Presentation
Kathryn Bessie, EBA - The Remediation Benefits of a Tier 2 Evaluation for a Hydrocarbon Contaminated Site in Calgary, Alberta – Presentation
Ginger Rogers, AECOM Canada Ltd. - Precise Determination of Salt Impacted Soil on an Oilfield Site using 3D Salt Imaging in combination with Dual Tube Soil Sampling – Presentation
Sean T. Clarke, KiNiLau Physics Inc. - Occurrence of Polar Organic Compounds in Groundwater Resulting from Biodegradation – Implications for Petroleum Site Investigations and Remediation– Presentation
Stephen Munzar, Hemmera
Groundwater
- Investigating Background Groundwater Quality at Contaminated Sites – A Hydrogeochemical Approach– Presentation
Stephen Munzar, Hemmera - Sustained-Release Permanganate: Reactive Barriers for Green and Sustainable Remediation – Presentation
Pamela J. Dugan, Carus Remediation Technologies - Pilot Testing of Carbon Dioxide Sparging for Caustic Groundwater in a Coastal Aquifer – Presentation
Lynda Smithard, McCue Environmental - Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination to Treat PCE and TCE in a Deep Gravel Aquifer– Presentation
Steven R. Hammer, SLR International Corp
British Columbia Perspective
- Risk Management of Contaminated Sites and Landfills within a Road Right-of-Way – Presentation
Claire Lewis, Hemmera - Vapour Intrusion in High Density Development – Presentation
Mark Adamson, Golder Associates - Risk Management of Mercury Contamination during Oceanfront Park Development– Presentation
Greg Quandt, Hemmera on behalf of Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation - Remediation and Risk Management of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Freshwater Sediments – Presentation
Tiona Todoruk, WorleyParsons
Netherlands Perspective
- Urban Redevelopment – Brownfield Regeneration – Presentation
Hans van Duijne, Deltares – Netherlands Soil Partnership - Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons – Presentation
Aleida de Vos van Steenwijk, Bioclear BV - “A Triple Win”: A Higher Recovery Rate, a Reduced Viscosity and a Cleaner Rresidue. “All in One Go” – Presentation
Pol Knops, Innovation Concepts B.V. - Dutch Approach to Water Innovation
Aleid Diepeveen, Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), Innovation Office for Water Technology
In-Situ
- Oxidant Dispersal in Tight Clay Formations using EK-OX Technology – Presentation
Jason Beaudin, Ground Effects Environmental Services - Source Control of Solvents Using Jet Grout Containment Wall – Presentation
Loris Bertoncello, WorleyParson - Common Questions About Chemical Oxidation Using Modified Fenton’s Reagent with Case Study Answers – Presentation
Jevins Waddell, Trium Environmental - Enhanced TCE DNAPL Mass Removal through Surfactant and Polyphosphate-Enhanced Permanganate Oxidation – Presentation
Pamela J. Dugan, Carus Remediation Technologies
Salt
- Investigation into the Treatment of Co-Mingled Saline-Hydrocarbon Affected Soil and Groundwater– Presentation
Gordon Bures , Frac Rite Environmental - Wellsite Salt Remediation: Subsoil Salinity Tool vs. Site-Specific Salt Risk Assessment? – Presentation
Erik Martin, CH2M Hill - Progress Toward Updated Subsoil SAR Remediation Guidelines Below the Root-Zone – Presentation
Greg Huber, Equilibrium Environmental - A Review of Three Methods to Delienate Salt Impacts in Soil – Presentation
Mayson Abraham, Marquis Alliance
Risk Management & Assessment
- Environmental Liability from Chemical Contamination at Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Sites – Presentation
Marc Cameron, Hemmera - Aquifer Protection: Risk Management and Engineered Controls as an Alternative to Remediation– Presentation
Julie Burghardt, Golder Associates - Old Clyde River Town: Site Assessment and Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment for Remediation – Case Study– Presentation
Kamran Faisal, Stantec Consulting - Expectations and Challenges for Risk Based Closure of Upstream Crown Leases in N.E. British Columbia– Presentation
Craig Harris, AECOM - Mapping Weathered Subsurface Bedrock Using Traditional Logging, geophysics and Downhole Camera in Central Alberta – Presentation
Ole Mrklas ,ConocoPhillips - Challenges Facing Secondary Emergency Responders – Presentation
Garry Chan, Stantec Consulting - Professional Certification in the Contaminated Sites Industry – Presentation
Elizabeth Watterworth, ECO Canada
Interesting Locations
- Innovative Hudson River Habitat Restoration – Presentation
Todd Schwendeman, AECOM - Determination of PAHs in Groundwater at a Former Coal Gasification Plant Using Polyethylene Passive Samplers – Presentation
Bryan Chubb, Maxxam Analytics - The First Canadian Arctic Remediation of a Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Salt Affected Historical Drilling Sump (Unipkat I-22) – Presentation
Jeff Whitter, Klohn Crippen Berger - Medicine Hat Phosphogypsum Stack Capping Project – A Method to Manage Tailings Pond Deposits – Presentation
Don Davies, Stantec Consulting
Miscellaneous
- Age Dating a Heating Oil Release: Investigations into Liability Ownership Following a Spill and Associated Reclamation– Presentation
Detlef (Deib) Birkholz, ALS Environmental - Overview of ITRC’s New Guidance on S/S Performance Standards – Presentation
Charles Wilk, CETCO Contracting Services Company - Remedial Excavation of Metals-Contaminated Sediment and Creek Restoration – Presentation
Melissa Hamilton, Dillon Consulting - 3D Conceptual Site Model Development using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) for Optimisation of Remedial Design– Presentation
Steve Hardy, WorleyParsons
Landfill & Municipal
- Case Study: Installing Landfill Gas Controls within a Redeveloped Inactive Landfill – Presentation
Marc Adams, City of Calgary - Case Study: The New Science Centre 2011 Project, TELUS World of Science Design Optimization of an Active Sub Slab Depressurization System to Mitigate Vapour Intrusion (VI) of Methane Gas from Former City of Calgary Landfill – Presentation
Sean Ezekiel, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure - Remediation of a Sand Aquifer beneath Residential/ Commercial Properties Using a Multi-Phase Extraction (MPE) System– Presentation
Dele Akinnola, Stantec Consulting
LNAPL
- Two LNAPL Mobility Assessments: A Coarse Grained Site in British Columbia and a Fine Grained Site in Alberta– Presentation
Douglas A. Sweeney, SLR Consulting (Canada) Limited - Remediation of a Fuel Release in Steeply-Sloping Terrain Adjacent to a River– Presentation
Francis Galbraith, SNC-Lavalin Environment - Advanced Application of Laser-induced Fluorescence for Delineation of Treatment Zones for LNAPL Treatment – Presentation
Tom Palaia, CH2M Hill