Agenda

Firms across the environmental industry are rethinking how they use technology, people, and processes in response to growing project complexities and evolving client needs and expectations. Panelists will discuss:

• What You Need to Know About Digital Transformation
• Applying an Integrated Data Management and Visualization Solution for Multiple Townsite Remediation Projects
• When and Why to Add Mobile Field Tools to Your Information Management System (IMS)

Moderator:

Scott Kranz, GHD

Speakers:

Swanand Kulkarni, GHD 
Vincent Lam, Matidor
Amanda Willingham, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Horizontal wells have unique capabilities and can provide many advantages compared to vertical wells and trenches at remedial sites. Applications include groundwater extraction, chemical injection, and/or soil vapor extraction and air sparging. Expert practitioners will present an informative set of case studies demonstrating innovative applications of horizontal wells at remedial sites.

Moderator:

Josh Hancock, ERM

Speakers:

Patrick Brice, PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc.
Mike Lubrecht, Ellingson – DTD
Miao Zhang, ERM

The Pacific Northwest has a long history of remediating sediment sites starting with one of the first such sites – the Commencement Bay Near Shore NPL site. Now, over 30 years later, numerous bays, rivers, and waterways are identified as sediment sites remediated under MTCA and CERCLA. This panel will explore the state of the administrative and remediation process generally for a few of these sites, the status of achieving remedial action objectives, and whether CERCLA/MTCA are the appropriate tools to address such environmental issues.

Moderator:

Ryen Godwin, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt

Speakers:

Josh Bale, GSI Water Solutions, Inc.
Greg Jacoby, McGavick Graves
Katie Page, Perkins Coie LLP

The groundwater – surface water interface is a hydrologically dynamic zone in which natural physical, chemical, and biological processes impact contaminant fate and exposure risk. Panelists will investigate these and other complex fate and transport processes and their effect on cleanup and management of shoreline and aquatic sites.

Moderator:

Halah Voges, Anchor QEA, LLC

Speakers:

Mike Gefell, Anchor QEA, LLC
Piper Roelen, Landau Associates, Inc.
Dimitri Vlassopoulos, Anchor QEA, LLC

Creative Center for Land Recycling (CCLR) will present the Brownfields FUNdamentals & Beyond workshop on October 5, preceding the Northwest Remediation Workshop on October 6 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center.

The Brownfields FUNdamentals and Beyond workshop is a practical and interactive workshop that provides brownfields project managers with the tools, techniques, and resources required to move projects forward. Why brownfields? How do I develop a vision for reuse and engage the community? Where can I get funding or financing?  What roles do consultants play, and how do I find the right one? What are the environmental rules, and how do these work with the development process?

A multi-disciplinary team of expert practitioners will guide workshop participants through the regulatory, funding and financing, planning, and development framework for dealing with brownfields.

Coordinated and led by Joelle Greenland, AICP, Senior Planning Consultant at CCLR. Featuring experts from Washington Dept. of Ecology, US EPA, Washington Dept. of Commerce, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, and Stantec.