Environmental Site Remediation is Our Main Business Focus and Specialty

Our dedicated team of qualified, trained, and real site experienced professionals have completed numerous successful projects in site remediation, groundwater treatment, ex-situ and in-situ soil remediation, as well as total property cleanup multi-phase remediation projects throughout Ontario. We have experience in large scale outdoor soil remediation, indoor tight access with shoring and underpinning, as well as technical and specialized methods for those tough sites that really need a practical and reasonable approach to gain access and restore the property as it was prior. 

As Environmental Remediation Specialists, we have developed a safe and effective process for taking care of cleanups. Our staff is highly trained in chemical safety, waste regulations, safe operation of tools and equipment, and first aid.  

Soil and Ground Water standards are governed by the provincial government under the Soil, Ground Water, and Sediment Standards for use under the Environmental Protection Act. 

 The standards, regulations, and guidelines for properties in Ontario should be researched by a licensed, professional environmental engineering consulting firm to help you understand what potential environmental concerns, if any, a property may have. This will help you understand what can potentially be done to rectify and stop the environmental issue (if any) to be in compliance with this act. They will also explain the legal obligations of the past, previous, and potential owners, if any. This will ensure you are protecting yourself and the property from third-party liability if your contamination has the possibility of migrating off site to neighbouring properties. It is also important to understand what is on your property to protect yourself and others from harm and liability. It is understood by the MECP that any contaminates on a property are the legal responsibility of the owner, even if ownership is transferred with the contamination of concern unnoticed below the ground. That is why it is important to know what is below the ground, as the legal liability doesn’t transfer to the person who allowed the contamination. This will also help you understand the potential risks and costs of buying a property that is contaminated. Even though you didn’t cause it, you are now the owner of the problem and may be liable to correct it at your own cost. This also helps people understand the properties value, whether it is contaminated vs. clean, for resale, redevelopment or financing purposes 

             More information on the soil and ground water standards, rules and regulations, as well as information’s about site clean ups, remediation and brownfields, can be found at: 

              www.ontario.ca/page/brownfields-redevelopment 

              The best start to buying, selling, financing or obtaining any property is to retain the advice of a professional and reputable environmental engineer/ environmental consulting firm to help discuss, review, research and understand the implications of the Soils and Ground water act. This will help you gauge what liabilities it may cause, what monetary costs may arise, the magnitude of a possibly contaminated property, what restraints it may cause on your plans for that said property. All the above information should be considered for any and all properties with suspected environmental concerns. 

The best advice KG Services can give you from our years of experience is this: once you know you have an issue (i.e. leaking tank, old tank, chemical release or spill), handle it immediately. The longer it goes unaddressed, the more it usually ends up costing to correct, as it migrates and causes further damage.  

Fundamentals of Site Remediation

Our specialists will first thoroughly analyze the situation to determine the best approach, as every job has unique specifications. Typically, we will be working with the Environmental Consulting Firms or Engineers to plan out the best methods with the contaminates they want removed from said property.

In order to help us price your project or work requirements, please work with an Environmental Engineer prior to contacting us. Retain an environmental consultant or engineering firm to first complete a comprehensive review of your property and its needs. They will work with you to provide remediation contractors like KG Services with a RAP (remediation action plan) or scope of work which will have detailed specializations, overviews, assumptions, quantities of material and restoration requirements to provide complete and detailed pricing for all environmental remediation projects.

You will also need the engineer or qualified person (QP) to oversee our work for reporting and sampling requirements during and after the remediation to appease the MECP and or TSSA, etc.

We work closely with the owner and/or with environmental and structural engineers, to ensure everything is done to the standards set by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Labour guidelines. Our work meets all required federal, provincial and municipal by-laws and regulations.

We own all of our equipment to handle any remediation task, no matter the size.

Our equipment includes excavators, loaders, skid steers, bulldozers, dump trucks, off-road rock trucks and other specialized machinery.

Site Remediation Can Include the Following:

• Industrial, Municipal, Commercial and Residential property clean-ups, suspected tank removals, impacted soils, and groundwater removal or treatment on site can be part of the overall Remedial Action Plan or (RAP) or parts of it to achieve a Record of Site Condition (RSC). 

• Impacted soil and groundwater treatment from former industrial activities, bad fill placement, off property contamination, or historical spills found during phase 1 or phase 2 work may require certain work to be required.  

• Hydro transformer station cleanup and removals 

• Active sites with releases or spills may require soil and/or groundwater treatment or removal to appease the MECP. 

• Removal of former fuel outlet tanks where product has leached into bedding or migrated around a site from years of ground water fluctuations. Certain soil type may contribute to this as well. 

Contact us today to discuss your project needs.