ESWP: The "Business of Brownfields": 2010 Conference Proceedings
2010 PROGRAM
Presentations provided for Proceedings are available by clicking on the title link where available. (Presentations will be added as they are provided by presenters.)
Monday, April 19, 2010, Rivers Casino
Rivers Casino - A Case Study in Riverfront Brownfield Redevelopment
Michael Stern, Strada, Pittsburgh, PA
Marty Knuth, Civil and Environmental Consultants
Jeff Frye, Owners Representative/Project Manager
The site of the future Rivers Casino began as two mud flat islands in the floodplain at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monogahela Rivers. Over the next two centuries, these channels and mud flats were progressively filled and converted to land that was used for a variety of industrial uses that included coal gasification plants, railroad yards and steel mills.
Thirteen acres of this area was eventually selected through a competitive process by the State of Pennsylvania as the site of the City of Pittsburgh's only casino. This site presented both challenges and opportunities. Opportunities because of its dramatic riverfront setting, good highway access and proximity to other entertainment venues on the North Shore of the Ohio River such as Heinz Field and the Carnegie Science Center. Aside from the familiar issues of Brownfield sites, the project design team was also challenged by an extremely aggressive design and construction timeline, a complex public approval process that included several lawsuits and the need to conform to new, and at times, conflicting environmental regulations.
This presentation will begin with an overview of the project's design and development history and will then focus on the site development issues peculiar to the riverfront site. These topics will include the structural capacity and environmental status of site soils and groundwater, the needs for new utilities and infrastructure, compliance with the new state guidelines for stormwater management and the complex task of managing multiple consultants and government regulators.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
1A Overcoming Hurdles to Redevelopment - A Case Study of Technical, Economic, and Interpersonal Challenges Sayreville, NJ Site Redevelopment: A Unique and Challenging Brownfields Project
Jonathan Spergel, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox, Bala Cynwyd, PA
1B Sustainable Concepts in Remediation
- Sustainability of Groundwater Remedies in a Technical Impracticability Demonstration
William Ahlert, HDR Engineering, Inc., Bethlehem, PA - Sustainable Construction Practices Incorporated into Award-Winning Lagoon Closure
Steve Kretschman, WSP Environment & Energy, Pittsburgh, PA
- Main Street Brownfield Remediation/Sustainable Development
Richard Cartwright, MECX, East Amherst, NY
2A Lessons Learned from Case Studies
- Brownfields in the Bankrupt Automotive Sector
Brad White, Hull & Associates, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
- Crucial Agency Negotiations for Brownfield NFA
James Peyton, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Crown Point, IN
- Redeveloping Brownfields for Commercial, Retail or Mixed-Use Site: A Success Story in our Region
Dave French, L.R. Kimball, Coraopolis, PA
2B Brownfield Redevelopment and Municipal/Redevelopment Authorities
- The Role of Redevelopment and Other Municipal Authorities in Brownfields Redevelopment
Steven Miano, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA - Working with Redevelopment Authorities to Redevelop Brownfields
Bruce Nicholson, Duffy, North, Wilson, Thomas & Nicholson, LLP - Working with Various Redevelopment, Municipal and Industrial Development Authorities: The Developer’s Perspective
David Scolnic, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin
3A Creating New Habitats on Old Brownfields - Engineering Controls and Ecological Processes
- Engineering Controls versus Ecological Processes
Tracey Vernon - Moderator, Vernon Land Use - Midtown Harrisburg’s Integrated
Community Redevelopment - A Case Study in Urban Design
Jill Gaito, Gaito & Associates, LLC, Carlisle, PA - Sean Garrigan, Stomberg/Garrigan and Associates, Inc.
- Jennifer Dowdell, Biohabitats, Inc.
3B Innovative Investigation/Treatment
- Mitigation of Vapor Intrusion Risks: Passive Wind Turbine System
Dhruv Raina, WSP Environment & Energy, Pittsburgh, PA - Multi-Phase Approach to Investigating a TCE Plume in a Karst Setting
Mary Washko, Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc., Warrendale, PA - Use of a Permeable Reactive Barrier Wall for Treatment of a TCE Plume, Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, TX
Marilyn Zumbro, KEMRON Environmental Services, Inc., Marietta, OH - Innovative Approaches for Effective Reductive Dechlorination
Vincent Ou, Ph.D., P.E., American Geosciences, Inc., Murrysville, PA
4A Funding Issues
- Brownfields and Tax Increment Financing
Evans Paull, Redevelopment Economics, Baltimore, MD - Economic and Environmental Benefits of Brownfields Redevelopment
Evans Paull, Redevelopment Economics, Baltimore, MD - Brownfield Partnering to Achieve Success
Nathan Strum, Allegheny County Economic Development, Pittsburgh, PA
4B Laboratory Considerations
- TestAmerica Dissects the Frequency of Detections on Method Blank Analysis
David Miller, TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
- Better Decision Making through SEM/EDS Speciation of Inorganic Contaminants at Brownfield Sites
Ryan Hall, RJ Lee Group, Monroeville, PA
- The Use of Multi Incremental Sampling to Determine the Representative Lead Concentration at a Former Small Arms Firing Range
Mark DeJohn, Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Moon Twp., PA
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
5A Urban Land Redevelopment
- Sustainable Benefits of Urban Farming as a Potential Brownfields Remedy
Richard Hoff, The Mahfood Group, LLC, Bridgeville, PA - Integrating Beneficial End-Use with Site Remediation Strategies
Brian Clemson, CLA, RLA, PP, ASLA, Hatch Mott MacDonald, Milburn, NJ - A Brownfield Neighborhood Thinks Green
Malik Bankston, The Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh, PA
5B Integrating Smart Growth Concepts in Brownfields
- Life Cycle Analysis of Residential Brownfield & Greenfield Developments: A Case Study of Summerset (Phase 1) in Pittsburgh PA
Ronell Auld, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - Commuting from US Brownfield and Greenfield Residential Development Neighborhoods
Amy Nagengast, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
6A Success Stories
- Stackpole Industrial Complex Redevelopment, St Marys, PA
Gary Hoover, L. Robert Kimball & Assoc., Inc, Ebensburg, PA - Raymark Industries/Manheim Redevelopment Site
Justin Lauterbach, RT Environmental Services, Inc., Washington, PA
6B Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan: A Different Look at Brownfields
Stephen Quick FAIA, Perkins Eastman Architects, Pittsburgh, PA
Rob Stephany, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Stefani Danes, AIA, LEED AP, Perkins Eastman Architects, Pittsburgh, PA
If you have questions, please contact Cori Stellfox by e-mail: c.stellfox@eswp.com or by phone: 412-261-0710 x 11.
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