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Pre-Construction Contamination Profiling

PRE-CONSTRUCTION PROFILING

Pre-Construction Profiling is used to determine the amount and extent of soil contamination before removing or installing Underground Storage Tanks or excavating or constructing for any purposes, on possibly contaminated soil.

Predetermination of the amount and extent of the contamination allows for planning how to proceed with your project.

With Profiling you will learn, find, answer or establish the following:

The aerial extent and concentration of the soil contamination.
If over-excavating is practical and to what extent should it be done.
Pre-approval by a land fill, to accept the soil before any excavating, thus reducing soil handling and exposure. The soil can go directly from the excavator into the truck with no stockpiles consuming valuable space on site. Your crews and equipment will not have to wait for analytical results and acceptance for disposal.
You can plan in advance the type(s) of remedial action(s) that will be needed and what your system equipment needs will be. This allows for a better plan for the site.

Profiling Procedures

Depending on the complexity of the site, Pre-Profiling can vary from simply obtaining a few soil samples from hand augured holes to a more complex study that may involve a direct push or drilling study and/or installing temporary groundwater monitor wells. Sites that are more complex may require a full Rapid Site Characterization.