Environmental Engineering

When active remediation is required to protect a receptor from contaminants associated with a release to the environment, and a remedial alternative analysis has selected an active remedial technology, Peak’s engineering professionals design, permit, install and operate remediation systems addressing contaminants in soil, groundwater and vapor. Peak’s professional staff has extensive experience with remediation systems and technologies.

- Chemical oxidation (in-situ) utilizing hydrogen peroxide, potassium and sodium permanganate via direct injection or semi-permeable reactive barrier
- Electrical resistance heating remediation
- Soil vapor extraction & bio-sparge remediation systems
- Soil Excavation (including sites that require excavation dewatering, underpinning, sheet pile stabilization, building demolition, etc.)
- Soil Washing
- Soil Stabilization
- Bioremediation (in situ) via direct injection or semi-permeable reactive barrier
- Chemical reduction (in situ) utilizing Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI) via direct injection or semipermeable reactive barrier
- Groundwater pump and treatment
- Surfactant Enhanced Aquifer Remediation
- Sub slab depressurization system

Projects

Heating Oil Release, Brooklyn, NY

Peak Environmental, A Nova Group GBC company (Peak) was retained by a heating oil delivery company to respond to an overfill of a heating oil tank in a church basement. Approximately 400 gallons of oil was lost. The released flowed through gaps between the concrete floor and walls into...

Industrial Site Recovery Act Site, Hackettstown, NJ

Peak has remediated PCB-contaminated soil at an industrial facility that previously triggered the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA). The primary area of concern is a former storage area that was investigated through soil sampling under previous ISRA events. An area...

Heating Oil Release, Public High School, Bergen County, NJ

Peak Environmental (Peak) was retained by a public school board to remediate a No. 4 Fuel Oil release associated with a previously removed 10,000-gallon underground storage tank (UST) at the local high school. Peak completed a soil investigation at the former UST...