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ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller to Provide Guaranteed Remediation Services for Lockheed Martin Corporation.


DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1999--

ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, an environmental and engineering services consulting firm, was recently awarded a major fixed price contract to provide Lockheed Martin Corporation guaranteed environmental remediation services at four facilities in California, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
.

In this risk-sharing alliance, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller will assume full responsibility for bringing these sites to regulatory closure.

ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller offers Lockheed Martin a fixed price to bring final resolution to environmental contamination issues at these former manufacturing facilities. Drawing upon the firm's expertise in 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' overall project strategy emphasizes practical and economical environmental solutions with the ultimate goal of closure. A variety of innovative remediation technologies -- including in situ reductive dechlorination and in-well sparging The term sparging may mean:
  • Sparging (beer), a process used in brewing beer.
  • Sparging (oils), a process used in edible oils
  • Sparging (chemistry), a process used in chemistry.
 -- will be applied to efficiently and cost-effectively remediate groundwater and soils primarily impacted by chlorinated chlorinated /chlo·ri·nat·ed/ (klor´i-nat?ed) treated or charged with chlorine.

chlorinated

charged with chlorine.


chlorinated acids
some, e.g.
 volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids .

ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller has worked with Lockheed Martin on many environmental projects over the past 20 years. According to Steve Blake, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller's Chief Executive Officer, "This contract represents a new era in how we serve our clients. It is an important part of our overall strategic direction. The contract is an expansion of our existing Guaranteed Remediation Insurance Program(TM) and reflects our strategy of being the number one provider of business-oriented solutions for our clients' environmental needs."

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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