PS&S Going Green

Spring 2010

PS&S in the News...


2010 Supporter Award
North Jersey Chapter of the
New Jersey Water
Environment Association


2010 Smart Growth Award
New Jersey Future
"Creative Neighborhood Affordable Housing" category- Lafayette Hope VI Revitalization, Jersey City, NJ


New York Construction Magazine
April 2010 - Feature Article
Red Bull Stadium, Harrison, NJ


2010 Architectural Merit Award
AIA New York
Koby Cottage, Albion, MI
(Structural Engineering)


2010 Merit Award
"Precast Concrete" category
American Concrete Institute-
New Jersey Chapter
Pier C Park, Hoboken, NJ


... and on the Go

June 11, 2010
Big Apple Brownfield Workshop
City University of New York
New York, NY

June 15-18, 2010
NJ Association of Counties
Bally's Park Place Hotel/Casino
Atlantic City, NJ
PS&S will present a seminar on "Restoration of Urban Streams"
June 17 - 12:00-1:00pm



GREEN A-Z

Did you know that potential LEED credits are available utilizing underground stormwater detention? Minimizes habitat disturbance and maximizes open space.

For more information, please contact
Joe Fleming
Executive Vice President
jfleming@psands.com

www.psands.com

Adaptive Reuse

MGP and Remediation Services: Smart Adaptive Reuse

Since 2001, PS&S has provided professional Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) and remediation services on a total of 18 projects in New York and in Pennsylvania. Our experience has ranged from remedial investigation activities to complex remedial designs and construction.

For remedial investigations at sites, such as Glen Cove in New York and Philadelphia Coke Site in Pennsylvania, PS&S has demonstrated its ability to identify, characterize and delineate MGP-related wastes. In addition to multi-media sampling activities, our services have included:

  • Conceptual model development
  • Groundwater pump tests/evaluations
  • Flow and fate & transport modeling
  • Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids monitoring
  • Soil vapor investigations/monitoring
  • Redevelopment scenarios
  • Web-based GIS Site Management Tools

For the complex remedial designs at sites such as Coney Island and Clifton in New York, PS&S has prepared designs that balance the needs of the community, the objectives of our client and the regulatory agencies. Our services on this type of sites have also included:

  • Community Participation Plans
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Permitting
  • Bid Documents
  • Bidding Review
  • Remedial Construction Oversight
  • Noise and Vibration Monitoring/Modeling/Abatement Plans
  • Construction Surveying
  • Remedial Action/Construction Completion Report Preparation

Regulatory Updates: New Jersey

Time of Application Law:
Governor Christie recently signed into law S-82. This new law will prevent municipalities from changing zoning regulations in direct response to development applications that are "unwanted" but otherwise comply with zoning. The law will not take effect until May of 2011, giving municipalities one year in which to update their master plans and zoning regulations. A copy of the new law may be viewed here

Red Tape Review Group (RTRG):
The RTRG, under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor, issued its report on April 19, 2010. The report provides very thoughtful suggestions for reforming the complex and time-consuming maze of regulations that have hurt or hindered the state's ability to recruit and retain business and foster new, responsible development projects. The report may be viewed here.



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