In Situ Remediation Advisory Services

Below are an example of the services and deliverables that can be provided.

Characterization:

Evaluation of site characterization data and looking for any data gaps and how to fill them.

Chemistries:

Evaluation of selected chemistries to ensure they fit for the soil type to be targeted and that they are dosed correctly. This especially becomes critical where sites have considerable soil mass to overcome and multiple events are inevitable. A review of the pros and cons of the chemistry will be provided as it applies to remediation goals.
Evaluation of manufacturer chemistry dosing and assumptions to ensure sound and transparent design basis.

Guarantees:

Evaluation of manufacturer and/or injection contractor guarantees to ensure they actually do have skin in the game and not just lining themselves up for future lower margin work. Also an understanding of any remediation performance insurance being used needs to be evaluated, because that may come into your play on your project.
If you want to require a guarantee, evaluation of your expectations are even reasonable and impact on your costs.

RFPs and Bids:

Evaluation of your RFP/SOW to make sure chemistry and injection contactors have enough information to bid on to allow for apples to apples comparison. Recommendations for a revised RFP/SOW and bid form will be provided.
Evaluation of references and personnel to ensure applicability to your project.
Evaluation of proposed bench scale or pilot scale testing to determine if they can be extrapolated to full scale remediation.
Evaluation of proposals received to ensure you know what you will be getting, and any assumptions made that can result in excessive change orders. It is often thought the best way to manage this risk is to require lump sum bids. Based on my experience, especially if the contractor selected has not injected on the site before, is that this doesn’t prevent change orders and results in them taking cost saving shortcuts that can jeopardize project results. A summary of what you are getting, what you are not, and what you need to get will be provided.
Evaluation of bid pricing to ensure consistency with industry pricing established over the last few years. Too low, raises performance issues and experience, and too high may reflect supply and demand issues or proprietary technologies, but often just trying to add more margin to a sole source project.

Project Oversight:

Field oversight or client training during project startup to make sure what was proposed is provided in terms of experience, training, equipment, performance monitoring, adequacy and compliance with the HASP, and the accuracy of daily reporting with complete injection logs and reconciliation of chemical inventory applied.
Groundwater and soil post remediation performance interpretation. Review of performance monitoring program and are the results telling a representative, compelling and stainable story about contaminant treatment.
Implementation Risk Assessment to ensure zero incidents.