Posts in Permits And Approvals
UST + Site Investigation + Remediation

A historical underground storage tank containing heating oil was leaking from a residential property onto a City of Vancouver (the City) owned laneway. Ambleside Environmental (Ambleside) was engaged to complete an onsite underground storage tank remediation and subsequent offsite Updated Stage 2 Preliminary Site Investigation, and subsequent Remediation.

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Soil Characterization + Remediation

Historical filling activities within Vancouver’s Chinatown area has created many properties with poor quality surficial fill soils.  Ambleside Environmental (Ambleside) was engaged to characterize the soils intended to be shipped offsite during development, and subsequently design and implement a remediation plan due to the discovery of contaminated fill soils. 

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Commercial Underground Storage Tank

For due diligence purposes, the owner of an older low-rise apartment building wanted to remove an underground storage tank from the rear parking area of their property. The underground storage tank was unused for several decades and situated in a high use area. A site visit identified the close proximity of the storage tank to the foundation of the building and the presence of approximately 4600L of bunker oil within the tank.

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