Pennoni received the American Council of Engineering Companies Pennsylvania Chapter (ACEC/PA) 2009 Diamond Honor Award in the Environmental Category for the Glanraffan Creek TMDL Remediation project. The award, which is the highest in its category, was given during the a special banquet held at Hotel Hershey.

Working for the Township of Lower Merion, Pennoni’s Philadelphia Water/Wastewater Division, led by Evan Andrews, P.E., provided the groundwater seep passive treatment system design to remediate the Glanraffan Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) to meet the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. As a result of Pennoni’s work on this project, the Township of Lower Merion was able to reduce the high level of iron in the water through the construction of a seep water collection system that discharges into a pond. The water is then aerated by flowing over a cascade into a holding pond before eventually flowing through constructed wetlands for final polishing into Glanraffan Creek. The creek itself is small and flows through a narrow wooded area before reaching the Schuylkill River.

Pennoni Associates has received the 2003 Diamond Certificate Award from the Council of Engineering Companies Pennsylvania Chapter (CEC/PA) for the consulting engineering services provided for the Remedial Investigation /Risk Assessment/Cleanup Plan Land Recycling And Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2) Commercial Development Site at Exton, PA. The CEC/PA Diamond Awards recognize the contributions of Pennsylvania consulting engineering firms for enhancing the social and economic welfare of the Commonwealth and its citizens.

Pennoni, on behalf of Wolfson-Verrichia Group, provided comprehensive environmental engineering consulting services at a former industrial and agricultural light commercial site located in Exton, West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Redevelopment of this property needed to factor in existing environmental conditions. Pennoni developed a site-specific remediation plan that integrated the site redevelopment with the environmental cleanup. The redevelopment of this property has resulted in increased jobs, tax revenues and economic growth for the community.

Pennoni Associates recently received the 2005 Distinguished Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies New Jersey Chapter (ACEC/NJ) for design work done on behalf of the Delaware River Port Authority for the Brownfield Redevelopment of the Former RCA Building 17. The ACEC/NJ 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards program recognizes the best of the engineering and land surveying projects in the State of New Jersey.

Pennoni’s Environmental Technology was hired by the Delaware County Port Authority to complete a Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation/Remedial Investigation for the former RCA facility and develop a Remedial Action Workplan under oversight of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to remediate this former industrial facility to residential standards. Pennoni’s investigation and reporting of the environmental remediation on the Nipper Building enabled Dranoff Properties to secure the necessary funding to purchase and renovate the building, converting it into the viable and tax-contributing entity that it is today.

Pennoni has been ranked as #190 on the Engineering News Record’s (ENR) list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms. Pennoni’s Environmental services make up 20% of its total gross revenue, focusing on commercial development and construction, industrial compliance and regulatory affairs, and alternative energy sources.

ENR, a publication of McGraw-Hill, published the list in its June/July 2008 issue. This annual listing ranks the top 200 firms that profit from sustainability and resource cleanup, protection and reuse. The 16 page report includes tables showing the most vigorous markets and the top firms in all environmental fields, design/consulting studies, construction remediation, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, water treatment/supply, waste/storm water treatment, air-pollution control, environmental management and environmental sciences.
 

Pennoni has been ranked as #192 on the Engineering News Record’s (ENR) list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms. Pennoni’s Environmental services make up 20% of its total gross revenue, focusing on air, solid and hazardous waste, water and wastewater for our chemical, commercial, industrial, and mining clients.

ENR, a publication of McGraw-Hill, published the list in its July 2009 issue. This annual listing ranks the top 200 firms that profit from sustainability and resource cleanup, protection and reuse. The report includes tables showing the most vigorous markets and the top firms in all environmental fields, design/consulting studies, construction remediation, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, water treatment/supply, waste/storm water treatment, air-pollution control, environmental management and environmental sciences.

Site assessment, investigation, alternatives analysis and remediation are key strengths of Pennoni’s Environmental Technology.  We have designed and implemented in-situ and ex-situ remediation technologies for soil and groundwater contamination sites.  With extensive experience from our scientists, technicians, geologists, chemists and engineers, Pennoni performs all aspects of remediation projects, including turnkey solutions.  We have completed numerous remediation projects for CERCLA, RCRA, NJ-ISRA, PA-Act 2, NY STARS and related state agency-controlled regulations at sites in the Mid-Atlantic and across the United States. 

Pennoni’s experience in remediation technologies includes soil stabilization, soil removal and disposal, UST removal and management, bioremediation, in-situ air sparging, chemical oxidation, cometabolic degradation, air scrubbing, hazardous materials abatement, pump and treat, vapor extraction and waste management.  We routinely apply this knowledge in assessing solutions to our clients’ needs and optimizing a design to minimize remediation costs and achieve a practical and efficient result that is acceptable to each regulatory agency.

Recent trends have steered development away from  wooded and agricultural land, toward the recovery and reuse of vacant and abandoned urban and suburban sites known as Brownfields. Pennoni Associates has a team of experienced  environmental, civil and chemical engineers, geologists, and environmental scientists able to  perform services necessary for Brownfield redevelopment, including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for Due Diligence, Phase II soil and groundwater investigations, remedial alternative analyses, and remedial design and implementation for in-situ and ex-situ remediation of soil and groundwater.

Pennoni has a working relationship with area regulatory agencies and vast experience with regulatory programs such as the Pennsylvania Land Recycling and Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), New Jersey’s Technical Requirements for Site Remediation and Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), and DNREC’s voluntary cleanup program.  We perform the necessary investigations, determine the applicable cleanup standard and remediation strategy, as well as, submit the required reports and administrative paperwork to obtain a release of liability or no further action determination for a site, an important step in Brownfield redevelopment.
 

William F. Schmidt, PE, serves as Associate Vice President for Environmental Services. He is responsible for the growth and success of the Environmental divisions in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA. Bill joined Pennoni Associates in 2000, and his experience includes in-situ and ex-situ soil and groundwater remediation and remedial design, hazardous waste site assessments, remedial investigations/feasibility studies, underground storage tank management, soil/groundwater sampling/analysis and monitoring, due diligence assessments, construction management oversight, subcontractor monitoring and project cost control, site safety monitoring, and landfill closures. Bill earned a Civil Engineering degree from Rutgers University, and then a MS in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Villanova University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

James G. Gallagher, PE, serves as Vice President and Regional Manager for Northern NJ/NY, as well as Office Principal for Edison, NJ. Jim is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Cedar Knolls and Edison Offices in New Jersey as well as the New York Office. Jim also manages operations in the Edison Office. He joined Pennoni Associates in 1993, and is expert in the fields of environmental investigation and environmental remediation. Jim’s experience includes environmental site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial design for soil, groundwater, and asbestos related issues, and remedial implementation of the same issues for industrial, commercial, institutional, and government clients. Jim has a Civil Engineering degree from Drexel University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as well as a Certified Municipal Engineer in New Jersey.

James G. Gallagher, PE, serves as Vice President and Regional Manager for Northern NJ/NY, as well as Office Principal for Edison, NJ. Jim is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Cedar Knolls and Edison Offices in New Jersey as well as the New York Office. Jim also manages operations in the Edison Office. He joined Pennoni Associates in 1993, and is expert in the fields of environmental investigation and environmental remediation. Jim’s experience includes environmental site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial design for soil, groundwater, and asbestos related issues, and remedial implementation of the same issues for industrial, commercial, institutional, and government clients. Jim has a Civil Engineering degree from Drexel University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as well as a Certified Municipal Engineer in New Jersey.

James G. Gallagher, PE, serves as Vice President and Regional Manager for Northern NJ/NY, as well as Office Principal for Edison, NJ. Jim is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Cedar Knolls and Edison Offices in New Jersey as well as the New York Office. Jim also manages operations in the Edison Office. He joined Pennoni Associates in 1993, and is expert in the fields of environmental investigation and environmental remediation. Jim’s experience includes environmental site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial design for soil, groundwater, and asbestos related issues, and remedial implementation of the same issues for industrial, commercial, institutional, and government clients. Jim has a Civil Engineering degree from Drexel University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as well as a Certified Municipal Engineer in New Jersey.

Environmental services such as due diligence, remediation and permitting are all important components of development and growth today.  Pennoni’s Environmental Technology consists of environmental, civil and chemical engineers, geologists, industrial hygienists, and environmental scientists experienced in performing a wide range of environmental support services. Our client base includes financial institutions, commercial and residential developers, municipalities, and law firms. 

Pennoni’s environmental professionals can provide a complete scope of services including Phase I environmental site assessments for due diligence, Phase II soil and groundwater investigations, remedial alternative analyses, and remedial design and implementation for in-situ and ex-situ remediation of soil and groundwater.

Our Environmental staff is qualified and experienced in providing hazardous materials surveys, asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, and PCB management, indoor air quality studies, and health and safety planning.  Pennoni has a working relationship with area regulatory agencies and can provide air permitting, solid and hazardous waste management, underground storage tank management, as well as, agency negotiations, and expert testimony/litigation support services.  We also have experience with environmental impact statements, endangered species and wetland delineations/mitigations, compliance audits, and landfill investigations/closures.

Pennoni was ranked 184th on Engineering News-Record's 2010 list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms.

Pennoni Associates’ industrial site remediation and compliance experience covers the vast range of services needed by chemical, pharmaceutical, and raw materials processing plants to maintain compliance with the latest USEPA or state agency requirements. 

Compliance-related services include Indoor air quality monitoring, Tier 2 and SARA Title 3 reporting, SPCC Plan updates, air and stormwater permitting, routine groundwater monitoring, monthly DMR sampling and reporting.

Operational services include process audits, chemical tracking and mass balance calculation, emissions control, hazardous materials surveys, utilities and infrastructure design, UST management and remediation. 

As your preferred environmental consultant, Pennoni will help to resolve your environmental compliance issues in a typical engineer-procure-contract relationship or on a turnkey design-build relationship to suit your corporation’s contracting preference.  We understand production and we do our best to avoid all interruptions to existing plant operations.  Our expert scientists, engineers and technicians routinely help our clients stay in compliance with operating, reporting and environmental permits, as well as assisting them to improve operations while controlling costs of production.
 

From stockpiles to crushers, wastewater to mine drainage, and site design to environmental compliance, Pennoni has the expertise to design and assist new and existing coal processing operations.  Our mining engineers design primary crushers, samplers and wash systems.  Our structural engineers design foundations for conveyors, separators and support buildings.  Our environmental engineers design controls for runoff, wastewater treatment, and air compliance.  We have completed coal reserve resource evaluation studies, legacy site remediation and AMD treatment systems. 

Pennoni offers a single source of supply for all your engineering needs.  We can provide traditional design specification to turnkey design/build solutions.
 

Karst geology includes those rock formations that experience dissolution that is caused by permeation of acidic waters through the subsoil into the rock.  The phenomenon is most widely associated with carbonate rocks including limestone and dolomite.  These rock types are widely found throughout the Northeastern United States.  In the areas underlain by carbonate rock, the question is not “will a sinkhole occur?” but “when and where will a sinkhole occur?”

Pennoni’s professional staff of geologists and geotechnical engineers has significant experience with the exploration and stabilization of active sinkholes.  Sound technical and cost effective approaches are provided by our staff to develop long term stability for our client’s interests.  Each situation is evaluated on an individual basis.  Our goal is to remediate once while minimizing costs to our clients.