Professional Report Reviews

PIERS offers site-specific consultation and has created the following report types to address unique circumstances:

When a Phase I, II or III Environmental Assessment has been completed 1) by a company which the client is not familiar with 2) an individual or company that is not on the client’s approved consultant list, or 3) the report appears empty, too technical or confusing, PIERS provides a third party review of the report in an easy to interperate manner. These reviews critique the report as it relates to reporting standards, and support or discourage the conclusions and recommendations made and offer necessary additons or changes. Report Reviews are often accompanied by a current one-mile PIERS Identified Hazardous Materials Radius Report in order to accurately document the most current regulatory status of the property and any hazardous materials generator, storage or release sites which surround the subject property.

Previous Phase I Updates

Recently a popular report choice, the Phase I update report is ordered to avoid the costs and redundancy of preparing an entirely new Phase I Report when a previous Phase I Report already exists. Phase I Reports are valid for 6 months, updates therefore, are appropriate for Phase I ESA reports that are from six months up to one year old. If a Phase I report is 1 year or older, PIERS recommends completing a new ETS or Phase I as historical and regulatory agency data has likely changed since the time of the orginal report, and therefore should be reviewed. The Update includes:

1. A professional review of the previous Phase I
2. A new PIERS Identified Hazardous Materials Sites Radius Report and analysis
3. A thorough property site inspection
4. A review of one or two pieces of historical or regulatory agency research and;
5. A brief report stating current property conditions and any environmental changes which may have occurred since the completion of the original Phase I.
   

Identified Hazardous Materials Sites Radius Report

PIERS has recently created its own identified hazardous materials sites database/GIS mapping software and reports. This customized software searches over 40 different environmental databases and plots all of the known hazardous materials sites within a one-mile radius around the subject property. The databases used for all PIERS reports are continually updated with the most current environmental regulatory data available. Clients request that PIERS generate one of these reports when they would like to insure that the subject property, or any adjacent sites are not listed in any such database. As releases from one site may contaminate surrouding properties, clients will also often order a review/analysis of the radius report in order to understand its implications to the subject property. These radius search analysis reports are often used as updates for existing reports. Click here to view sample pages from a PIERS Identified Hazardous Materials Sites Radius Report.