ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller Awarded $5 Million Contract With Colorado Department of Transportation to Provide State-Wide Environmental Remediation Services.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, Inc., an environmental and engineering services consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , was recently awarded a $5 million, multi-year contract to support the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT CDOT Colorado Department Of Transportation CDOT Chicago Department of Transportation (Illinois) CDOT California Department of Transportation CDOT Connecticut Department of Transportation ) by providing environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a services at their state-wide facilities. Work on this contract began in May and will complement the firm's existing five-year contract with CDOT to provide environmental assessment services at sites throughout Colorado. CDOT's goal is to implement remedial measures at facilities where contamination has been identified. CDOT operates more than 200 maintenance facilities throughout the state. Contamination issues are primarily related to hydrocarbons released from leaking underground storage tanks An Underground Storage Tank (UST), in United States environmental law, is a tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground. . Through this contract, CDOT will access ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller's expertise in the fields of site investigation, risk assessment, risk-based remediation, and in situ In place. When something is "in situ," it is in its original location. remedial technology. ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller has worked with CDOT on several environmental projects over the past 13 years. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Charlie Senz, project manager for the CDOT contracts: "We have assisted CDOT with environmental assessment and remediation since 1986 on a variety of projects. Our emphasis has always been on providing technically-sound, practical, and economical environmental approaches that focus on the ultimate goal of closure. We believe our selection by CDOT was largely the result of our track record and we look forward to working with them over the coming years." ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller is an environmental and engineering services consulting firm, specializing in full-service capabilities within the environment, infrastructure and technology sectors. The firm is the U.S.-based operations arm of ARCADIS NV (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ARCAF) (Arnhem, The Netherlands), a multi-national engineering company specializing in consulting and implementation services for environment, infrastructure, and construction engineering. |
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