Retail Service Center Grant-Funded Investigation & Remediation

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) introduced underground storage tank (UST) upgrade regulations that often required service centers to undertake closure and remediation of multiple fuel storage tanks. Challenge This service station’s owner was unable to fund the mandated upgrades, jeopardizing the small business owner’s livelihood. Solution GZA prepared a successful application for … Read more

Gerry Street Brownfield Redevelopment

The developer of this former pharmaceutical and drum recycling site, comprising two parcels on an approximately 1.5-acre property in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, retained GZA to design and oversee remediation of its portion of the site. A seven-story residential development was planned. Remediation of chlorinated solvents in groundwater throughout the site was being completed by the … Read more

Landing Road Affordable and Supportive Housing Brownfield Redevelopment

Challenge Bowery Residents’ Committee retained GZA to investigate and remediate environmental contamination of a steeply-sloped, vacant brownfield site redeveloped into a 13-story supportive housing development with subsurface parking. Historic uses at the site included manufactured gas plant-related structures and an engineering research facility. The project was enrolled in the NYC Office of Environmental Remediation (NYC … Read more