On behalf of the New Castle Conservation District, Ten Bears completed an assessment and developed rehabilitation recommendations for a pond in a residential subdivision. The neighborhood association appealed to the Conservation District for help due to repeated algal blooms clogging…
WRPA Design Evaluation – New Castle, Delaware
Because this project site was primarily located within a Water Resource Protection Area (WRPA), New Castle County required supplemental recharge to permit development of more than 20 percent of the area within the WRPA with impervious surfaces. Ten Bears completed…
Downtown Office & Parking Garage Construction – Wilmington, Delaware
After performing Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments for the multiple properties comprising this site, Ten Bears personnel developed cost estimates and provided field review for the segregation and disposal of petroleum soils excavated for construction. Excavation of petroleum…
Remedial Demolition of Abandoned Poultry Plant – Maine
Ten Bears personnel performed remedial investigation, remedial design, and remedial oversight for the closure of an abandoned poultry plant. The project involved asbestos abatement, cleanup of spills of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), petroleum UST removal, disposal of containers of hazardous wastes,…
Newark Lumber
Ten Bears personnel provided environmental evaluation and remedial construction management services to facilitate the re-development of this Brownfield site into a mixed use, residential / commercial complex. This former lumber and coal yard was addressed under Delaware’s Voluntary Cleanup Program…
Cabean Square
The City of Wilmington proposed to develop this South Wilmington site as an apartment complex to provide housing for low-income families. Previous site evaluation performed by others indicated that near-surface soils contained elevated concentrations of metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and PAHS.…
Corporate Daycare Center
Ten Bears personnel participated in this fast-track VCP project from the initial, due-diligence property assessments through remedial construction. The owner developed the property, located near downtown Wilmington, into a daycare center with below-grade parking, necessitating bulk excavation that included environmentally…
State of Delaware Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (HSCA) Sites
Ten Bears personnel have experience working on dozens of HSCA sites under enforcement, VCP, and Brownfields Programs. Completing these projects requires not only taking on technical challenges, but navigating complex regulatory and policy requirements and balancing competing economic and often…
Automobile Filling Station – Selbyville, Delaware
Ten Bears completed an environmental due diligence assessment of an automobile filling station located in Selbyville, Delaware on behalf of a financial lender. In addition to the standard practices of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), the due diligence…
Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments
Ten Bears personnel have prepared hundreds of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for buyers, sellers, developers, government, and lending institutions. All of Ten Bears full-time staff described in the attached resumes meet the definition of an…