1. George Leahy, PE
Vice President / NYC Metro Environment Business Unit
Leader/Principal Engineer
Overview
Mr. Leahy has over thirty-seven years of experience in management,
environmental engineering, remediation, solid waste management, and
water/wastewater treatment projects, including planning, permitting,
design, construction management, operations and design/build (D/B) for
remediation, wastewater treatment and manufacturing process upgrades.
He has full profit and loss responsibilities for the NYC Metro
Environment Business Unit, which includes 340+ professionals in 8
offices throughout New York State and New Jersey. These
responsibilities include meeting goals for profit margins, technical
deliverables, health and safety compliance, quality control compliance, and
client satisfaction on over 600 projects. Responsibilities also include staff
technical development, hiring, growing backlog through
marketing/proposal efforts, leading and developing environmental
Technical Practices, and serving as Senior Manager for the Clifton, NJ
Office which includes over 200 professionals in the Environment,
Transportation, Water, and Building & Places Business Units.
His environmental and remediation engineering experience includes
CERCLA and RCRA investigations and feasibility studies; green and
sustainable remediation designs; bench-scale and pilot scale treatability
studies and design for such technologies as ISCO (D/B), anaerobic and
aerobic in-situ bio-remediation, electrical resistance heating, and soil vapor
extraction; the large scale beneficial re-use of amended dredged material
(D/B), including BUD acquisition, amendment specifications for TCLP
compliance, specifications/placement CM of amended material, and soil
washing/placement/nutrient amendment of dredge for use as closure and
vegetation cover media; the large scale design and implementation of
native coastal species ecological restorations.
His water/wastewater treatment experience includes the assessment,
design, CM and operations of both small and large municipal and
industrial systems, addressing such unit operations as coagulation;
flocculation; sedimentation; filtration; aerobic and anaerobic biological
systems for the removal of carbonaceous and nitrogenous BOD, nitrate
and phosphorous; ion exchange; RO; carbon adsorption; sludge
digestion; sludge thickeners; centrifuges; belt presses; plate and frame
presses; and disinfection.
Representative Project Experience
Environmental Remediation
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2. • International Specialty Products, Linden, NJ: Senior PM and
Project Director for numerous environmental projects at the site
including soil and groundwater investigations; preparation of all
NJDEP submittals; participation in site remediation strategy
development with ISP management; conducting meetings with
NJDEP case manager and technical staff and preparing follow up
deliverables; storm water and groundwater management and
treatment design; groundwater barrier wall construction; LNAPL
assessments and recovery system design, CM and operation; IRM at
the adjacent LCP site entailing soil and structure removal; and pre-
demolition building assessments for hazardous materials.
• Brookfield Avenue Landfill Remediation Project, NYCDEP,
Staten Island, New York: Senior Project manager and Client
Principal for the Construction Management of the $241 million
remediation and ecological restoration of the Brookfield Avenue
Landfill in Staten Island, NY. This 132-acre landfill is classified as an
Inactive Hazardous Waste Site by the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation and consequently is being closed under
the NYS CERCLA program. The project entails an 11,000 + foot
slurry wall for leachate control, nine leachate collection pump
stations, an on-site leachate pre-treatment system, over 80 active
LFG collection wells, an enclosed LFG flare, a NYS Part 360 cap
including 40 mil LLDPE liner with drainage geo-composite, select
barrier protection soil and topsoil, cap seeding with native prairie
grasses, and the contract growing and transplanting of over 20,000
native coastal trees and shrubs, for end use as recreational and nature
park. Project also involves the management of a 24/7 Community
Air Monitoring Program for particulates and VOCs and participation
in monthly Citizens Advisory Committee meetings.
Main technical liaison with the NYC Department of Parks,
NYSDEC and the NYS Department of Health, in coordination with
which, prepared all presentation materials and conducted over 40
public meetings with the local community board, its Citizens
Advisory Committee and the community throughout the
construction phase.
Assisted DEP in the preparation of the post-closure operations,
maintenance and monitoring plan, which was approved by
NYSDEC.
Assisted DEP in the preparation of bid documents to enable DEP in
retaining an OM&M contractor to perform all required post-closure
activities for DEC compliance. Also assisted DEP in the
preparation of the bid documents for the OM&M consultant to
manage the OM&M program.
• Pennsylvania and Fountain Avenue Landfill Remediation
Project, NYCDEP, Brooklyn, New York: Senior Project
Manager and Client Principal for the design and construction
management of multi-phased and multi-discipline landfill closure
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3. and remediation for two inactive hazardous waste sites under NYS
EQBA program. The combined acreage of the two adjacent sites is
approximately 400 acres, making this one of the largest site
remediations of its kind in the U.S. Contaminated media include
soil, sediment, groundwater/ leachate, non-aqueous phase liquid
containing PCBs, and soil gases.
The project entailed five distinct bid packages, which included two
piers in Jamaica Bay; sediment excavation/disposal and aqueous and
non-aqueous phase liquid collection, treatment and discharge; and
separate closure designs for each landfill, including a NYS Part 360
cap, active gas collection and flaring system, re-grading, drainage,
beneficial usage of amended dredge material and revitalized site end-
use as National Parks including over 20,000 native coastal trees and
shrubs
These projects had a total construction value of over $250 million,
and entailed the installation and operation of approximately 115,000
linear feet (LF) of landfill gas main piping, 11,000 lf of force mains,
27,000 lf of corrugated piping, 1700 lf of large diameter (36”+)
piping, and 350 valves, including manual and electrically operated.
Also managed the treatability studies, final design and construction
of on-site leachate pretreatment facility. Conducted treatability
studies for both full scale and pre-treatment unit processes, including
metals removal and nitrification/denitrification of high strength
leachate for ultimate discharge to Jamaica Bay. Based on treatability
study tests, demonstrated to NYCDEP that local POTW could
handle pre-treated leachate, thereby saving the City over $10 million
in capital costs, and over $250,000 annual O&M costs. Designed
on-site pre-treatment system for removal of oils and grease, metals,
and high molecular weight organics, including PCBs. Managed
construction and start-up phases. Also managed the operation of
this system for over three years.
Main technical liaison with the U.S. Department of the Interior”s
National Parks, NYSDEC and the NYS Department of Health, in
coordination with which, prepared all presentation materials and
conducted over 50 public meetings with the local community
boards, their Citizens Advisory Committees and the community
throughout the RI/FS, design, construction, start-up, and OM&M
phases.
Assisted DEP in the preparation of the post-closure operations,
maintenance and monitoring plan, which was approved by
NYSDEC.
Assisted DEP in the preparation of bid documents to facilitate DEP
in retaining an OM&M contractor to perform all required post-
closure activities for DEC compliance. Also assisted DEP in the
preparation of the bid documents for the OM&M consultant to
manage the OM&M program.
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4. • Kin-Buc Landfill Remediation Project, New Jersey: Senior
Director for CERCLA RD/RA project conducted for an industrial
and solid waste landfill that included fly ash, MSW, C&D material,
free oils, and industrial waste. Duties entailed directing
comprehensive closure design as well as leachate treatability study
and final design for an SBR system with metals removal,
clarification/filtration, disinfection and sludge processing. The SBR
system was selected for a bench treatability study based on a
comprehensive evaluation of alternative organic and nutrient
removal processes. The treatability study was required due to the
presence of numerous potential inhibitor compounds detected in the
leachate from the project’s remedial investigation. Based on the
results of the study, designed the SBR and associated unit treatment
processes to address inhibitor compounds while maintaining
required discharge quality for surface water disposal. Responsible for
preparing bid documents, plans and specifications for all treatment
system components.
• Corrective Measures Study and ISCO Design / Build,
Confidential Oil Industry Client, NJ.Project Director and
Senior Technical Manager for the development of the
comprehensive Corrective Measures Study for the remediation of
this site, which addressed the technical assessments, bench and pilot
scale studies, and cost estimates for diverse remediation technologies
including soil stabilization, electrical resistance heating, and
bioremediation; D/B of ISCO application; and the permit designs
for an on-site Corrective Action Management Unit (CAMU) for the
disposal of stabilized soil. As part of the permitting process of this
project, directed the design, permit application and presentation of
the proposed CAMU to EPA Region II and NJDEP case managers,
addressing their questions and facilitating EPA’s permit review and
approval process. EPA and NJDEP approved the CAMU, which
was a major element of the overall green remediation program.
• NYCDEP – Capital Project WP-169 - Paerdegat Basin
CSO Sediments Dredging and Remediation Project –
Brooklyn, NY: Project Manager and Client Principal for the
mechanical dredging of a total of approximately 20,000 CY of
sediments from the mouth and head end of this tributary of Jamaica
Bay. The head end sediments were related to combined sewer
overflow (CSO) occurrences. Dredging was conducted using an
environmental bucket, with dredged material being dewatered by
gravity in a dedicated barge. The dewatered solids were transported
by transit barges to a processing facility for amendment and ultimate
disposal at certified sites, including beneficial re-use for Brownfields
development.
Scope included monitoring contractor compliance with plans and
specifications, construction contract documents and all applicable
DEP BEDC SOPs; reviewing all contractor partial payments;
conducting all I&T and construction progress meetings; managing
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5. the field, SSO and office CM personnel; obtaining permits;
coordinating RFC’s and RFI’s with the design contractor;
conducting field inspections with BEDC EH&S managers;
conducting field inspections with the DEC monitor for this Consent
Order project; and conducting all close-out activities in compliance
with DEP SOPs. Project was completed 3 months ahead of
schedule and 20% under budget.
• Hendrix Street Canal CSO Sediments Dredging and
Remediation Project, Brooklyn New York, NY, NYCDEP:
Project Manager and Client Principal. This was the first
NYCDEP dredge project as part of their citywide program for
the dredging of sediments associated with combined sewer
overflow (CSO) outfalls. This project entailed the hydraulic
dredging of over 22,000 CY of contaminated sediments; the
dewatering of this dredged material and the processing of the
elutriate; the proper disposal of the sediment solids; the
placement of erosion control rip-rap at the three CSO outfalls
within the work area; the placement of an 18”-thick sand cap
over the dredged area; and the preparation of a “Lessons
Learned” management document, regarding dredging and
dewatering process techniques, erosion control placement,
sand capping operations, and confirmatory bathymetric and
sand layer measurements, for the NYCDEP to use on
subsequent CSO dredging projects. This was a remedial action
project under a very restrictive schedule prescribed in the
NYSDEC Consent Order.
Responsible for not only providing full-time resident
engineering, CM, inspection, QA of bathymetric and sand cap
thickness measurements, and site safety officer, but also for
providing a comprehensive constructability review. In this
role, provided process improvement recommendations for the
dredged material dewatering effluent treatment to better meet
discharge standards, for the underwater placement of rip-rap,
and for increasing the productivity of the sand cap placement
means and methods by 50%. As a result of the contractor
implementing the Project Director’s program improvements,
the remediation was completed on time and under budget.
• Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material Pilot Study, New
York Harbor, NY, NYCEDC/NYCDEP: (Design/Build)
Project Director: This project which was performed under a
design/build contract for the New York City Economic
Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP). Work
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6. included sediment sampling, bathymetric surveying, dredging
design and permit applications (ACOE, NYSDEC, etc.),
treatability tests of sediment stabilization, and dredging
technology selection. Managed dredging operations at eight
NY Harbor locations to obtain representative samples of the
complete gradation of NY Harbor dredge material, from silts
to sands, and to assess the associated contamination for these
gradations and the viable technologies for remediation, with
the goal of beneficial end use for all gradations. Contaminants
evaluated included all TAL and TCL components, PCBs,
Dioxin, and conventional parameters, such as asbestos and
ammonia. Analyses included TCLP as well as full bulk
chemistry.
Developed a specialized sampling technique/program and
obtained approval for this program from all regulatory
agencies on the project’s Technical Environmental Advisory
Committee (TEAC), including USEPA, ACOE, NYSDEC,
NJDOT, NJDEP, NYCEDC, NYCDEP and the Port
Authority of NY and NJ. Directed the off-loading, testing,
hauling stockpiling and treatment/stabilization of
approximately 20,000 cubic yards of dredged materials at the
NYCDEP’s Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill, Brooklyn, NY. Part
of the dredged material was processed in mobile pug-mill
based on treatability test results to amend this material for use
as grading fill in landfill closure pilot test. The remaining
dredged material was washed to reduce salinity content and
then used as barrier protection material and topsoil above the
pilot test 40 mil geo-synthetic liner.
Presented project status reports, at eleven TEAC and public
outreach meetings. Also prepared and presented project
elements summary at two public outreach meetings sponsored
by the New York State Department of State. Also prepared
and conducted numerous project status update presentations
to the NYC Dredged Material Management Work Group.
As a result of this project, NYSDEC approved the use of
stabilized dredge for use as grading fill for landfill closures
statewide, both on a chemical and geotechnical testing basis, the
model specifications for which were developed under this
project. The results also showed that dredged material can be
used as an effective growing media for vegetative cover over the
landfill
• City of Newark, Brownfields Program: Project Principal for
site assessments and remediation redevelopment plans of over one
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7. dozen sites throughout the City. Responsible for obtaining New
Jersey EDA funding and NJDEP Technical Requirements adherence
approvals for all sites. Responsible for all project deliverables
including sampling and analysis reports and remedial action plans.
Interface with City’s redevelopment departments to develop
remediation/redevelopment plans and schedules. Past site usages
included manufactured gas plants, paint manufacturing, intermediate
organics manufacturing, drum recycling, automotive repair,
electroplating, metal fabrication and gasoline service stations.
• McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey: Client Principal and
Senior Technical Reviewer for environmental assessment and
restoration program on over 30 Task Order assignments under both
NJDEP and EPA Region II jurisdiction. Work included such diverse
projects as the remedial design of a floating product collection system
at the bank fuel storage area, soil remediation at the DRMO,
assessment of the natural attenuation decisions on two on-site
landfills, and managing their major UST program.
• New York Air Brake Feasibility Study, New York: Project
Sponsor for CERCLA project conducted for operating manufacturing
facility. Duties entailed negotiations with local POTW for acceptance
and discharge standards for pretreated groundwater; overall direction
of comprehensive remediation scheme for contaminated groundwater
and soil, and on-site industrial landfill; and review and approval of all
remedial alternative evaluations and cost estimates. NYSDEC
approved our CAMU concept for contaminated soils, thereby saving
the client several million dollars in treatment and disposal costs.
• Humphrey Chemical Company, Connecticut: (Design/Build)
Project Manager and Senior Technical Lead for industrial site
remediation including focused RI and FS, excavation of drums and
contaminated soil, aqueous phase liquid treatment system, and a
composite cap to enable a functional site end use as a RCRA
permitted hazardous waste storage facility. Project entailed
negotiations with EPA Region II, State and local regulatory agencies,
development of site remediation design, remediation, and final
certification.
Wastewater Treatment
• NYCDEP - Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill Leachate Treatment
Facility, New York: Project Manager for the treatability studies,
process engineering calculations, final design and construction
management of on-site leachate pretreatment facility for 100 acre
Class 2A inactive hazardous waste landfill situated in Jamaica Bay.
Landfill waste comprised of incinerator ash, MSW, C&D material,
and free waste oils including PCBs. Conducted treatability studies for
both full scale and pre-treatment unit processes, including
nitrification, phosphorous removal, activated sludge for BOD
removal, and metals removal of high strength leachate for ultimate
discharge to Jamaica Bay. Ammonia and BOD levels were on the
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8. order of 300 mg/l, and 500 mg/l, respectively. Based on treatability
study tests, demonstrated that the 26th
Ward Wastewater Treatment
facility could handle pre-treated leachate, thereby saving the City over
$10 million in capital costs, and over $500,000 annual O&M costs.
Designed on-site pre-treatment system for removal of oils and grease,
metals, and high molecular weight organics, including PCBs.
Managed construction and start-up phases. Also managed the
operation of this system for over three years.
• Orchard Hill Landfill, Michigan (Design/Build): Project
Director and Manager for the development of a patented thermal
process for leachate/groundwater treatment utilizing high Btu
contaminated soil gas. Duties included directing the design,
materials specifications, cost estimating, funding solicitation and
procurement, construction, start-up and operations evaluation.
Responsibilities also included patent filing and business plan
development for system commercialization.
• Turi Landfill, New York: Project Manager for the planning,
treatability studies, funding, permitting, design, construction, start-up
and operations of the first full-scale MSW and fly ash monofill
leachate treatment facility in New York State. Designed full on-site
treatment system with discharge to a tertiary surface water. Unit
processes included anaerobic filter, carbonaceous and nitrogenous
activated sludge, metals removal, clarification, filtration, disinfection,
and sludge dewatering. Secured NYS Energy Research and
Development Authority grant for project as innovative system for
treating high-strength waste (i.e., BOD 5,000 mg/l, ammonia 300
mg/l) with minimal energy requirements. Facility received
international (SWANA) award.
• Mountain Top Sanitary Landfill, Pennsylvania (Design/Build) –
Project Manager for designing and building a landfill leachate
treatment system. Landfill waste contained incinerator ash, MSW,
and C&D material. Designed unit treatment system which was
installed at the local POTW and monitored assimilative capacity of
POTW’s biological and physical/chemical systems for varying
dosages of raw and pre-treated leachate.
• Warwick, New York – Advanced Wastewater Treatment: Project
Manager for the upgrade of wastewater treatment facility handling
industrial discharges to tertiary treatment. Responsible for the design
and permitting of upgrade design/CM. The tertiary treatment design
included a phased implementation of rotating biological contactors
for the conversion of effluent ammonia to nitrate, as well as upgrades
to the facility’s sludge digestion and dewatering processes. Prepared
all advanced wastewater treatment process engineering calculations,
plans, specifications and construction cost estimate. Demonstrated to
DEC viability of unique technical approach thereby receiving special
DEC approval for phased implementation which greatly facilitated
project financing.
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9. • POTW Upgrade Design and CM, New Windsor, NY: Project
Engineer for the design and CM of upgrades to New Windsor’s
POTW to meet NYSDEC permit standards. Responsible for
mechanical and hydraulic design and CM of system upgrades.
Designed these improvements through revised hydraulic profiles,
overflow weir adjustments, revising recycle and sludge wasting rates,
and mechanical system changes for pumps, pipes, tanks, and valving,
as well as for new instrumentation and controls. Conducted CM for
upgrades while maintaining POTW operations.
• Specialty Minerals, North Adams, MA: Project Director for the
process evaluation and design of an upgrade/expansion to the
facility’s 6 MGD wastewater treatment system. The project entailed
an evaluation of all process streams, the collection of representative
composite samples and the conducting of bench and pilot scale
treatablility studies to evaluate coagulation / clarification and solids
handling options, as well as neutralization via carbon dioxide exhaust
gases from facility operations. Developed complete bid documents,
plans and specifications, cost estimates and schedule for construction
of the upgrades while maintaining complete system operation.
• NuStar Asphalt, Paulsboro, NJ – Advanced Wastewater
Treatment: Project Principal and Lead Process Engineering Manager
for the evaluation, design and implementation of an advanced process
wastewater management system to treat high sulfide (> 100 mg/l) and
ammonia (> 600 mg/l) waste streams to strict discharge standards.
Responsible for the evaluation of wastewater sources, conducting
bench and pilot scale treatability assessments, and the preparation of
final advanced wastewater treatment process engineering calculations,
plans, specifications and construction cost estimates for
implementation of the system components while maintaining plant
operations. Engineering evaluation resulted in selection of an
innovative advanced treatment scheme, which utilizes existing site
equipment to serve as reactor/unit processes, and requires minimal
changes to current O&M.
• Humphrey Chemical Company, CT – Advanced Wastewater
Treatment Facility: Project Director / Project Manager for the pilot
plant treatability study and final design/CM of a wastewater treatment
system to manage high ammonia (400 mg/l) and suspended solids
(300 mg/l) from an intermediate organics chemicals manufacturing
facility. Conducted pilot test at local POTW to assess the assimilative
capacity of this plant to handle various loading rates of treated
industrial wastewater while maintaining tertiary discharge effluent
quality. Prepared all advanced wastewater treatment process
engineering calculations and designed unit operations and SOPs for
an on-site pre-treatment system, including nitrification. Provided CM
for system installation and sewer interconnection.
• Humphrey Chemical Company, CT: Project Director for a TQM
and RCRA-based waste minimization project involving the
conversion of direct-fired reactors to an indirect hot oil heating
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10. system. Responsible for directing all aspects of the project including
selection of boiler system and heat transfer fluid, plumbing design,
stress analysis, construction documents and vendor selection. Project
resulted in improved yields and less hazardous waste generation with
an ROI of approximately 1.5 years. Also, developed scope for facility
to retrofit a materials retrieval system so as to prevent the generation
of a hazardous waste and to enable recovery of the material for use in
manufacturing operations. ROI on this project is approximately six
months.
• CEAMSE (Regulatory Agency)-Argentina. Project Engineer for
multi-million dollar Comprehensive Industrial Wastewater
Management and Treatment Facility. The scope included assessment
of all industrial wastewater sources discharging to the La Platte River,
assimilative capacity analysis for each major reach of the river, and the
design of centralized facilities to treat the industrial wastewater to
tertiary discharge standards. Wastewater sources included
electroplaters, pharmaceutical manufacturers, organic chemical
manufacturers, refineries, food processing facilities and landfill
leachate. Work on all phases of the project including development of
mathematical models, assessment and design of treatment facility unit
operations, treatment system mass balances, solids and side stream
generation rates and processing, infrastructure to centralize
wastewater sources, cost estimates and bid documents.
• Dynamit Nobel, New York – Operation of Advanced
Wastewater Treatment System. Supervised the daily operation of
on-site Advanced Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility at an
intermediate organic manufacturing facility. The system treated
wastewaters consisting of high-strength BOD and ammonia as well
as phthalates and cyanide. Responsible for determining and
maintaining F/M ratios, solids retention times, oxygen transfer rates
polymer selection and dosage for both aqueous and solid streams,
nutrient addition, and laboratory quality control. Designed and
installed system upgrades to improve cyanide and ammonia
removals. Also implemented pollution prevention measures to
offset the need for the installation of an equalization system as
manufacturing processes diversified and expanded.
Water Treatment
• NYCDEP - Catskill/Delaware UV Disinfection Facility – URS
CM Project Manager: Managed a $14 million CM contract as part
of JV for the construction, start-up and operation of the largest
(2,000mgd) UV facility in the world. Responsibilities included
staffing, client management, technical QA, and supervision of a
diverse technical staff of Resident Engineers, Senior Civil/Mechanical
Inspectors, EH&S professionals, Cost Engineers, CADD
professionals, and Senior Operator. In the operations phase, our
responsibilities included operational decisions and flow changes to
minimize off-spec water and maintain reservoir levels; planning and
scheduling of testing and calibration procedures; conducting on-the-
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11. job training of operations staff; revising standard operating
procedures; coordinating both client and vendor maintenance
activities; preparing shift and incident reports; conducting beginning-
of/end-of shift meetings; reviewing and follow-up of duty station
checklists including chemical bulk storage areas; troubleshooting and
documenting equipment and control system events and when
working night shifts, assumed facility environmental, health and safety
duties on behalf of the client.
• Water Usage, Foot-printing and Re-use Assessment and
Design/Build, Cornwall Paper Manufacturing Company,
Cornwall, NY. Project Manager/Engineer for compilation of the
facility’s complete water balance/budget for usage by process
manufacturing units, all non-contact cooling water systems, and
sanitary systems. Conducted all field flow monitoring and assessment
of daily variations in quantity and quality. Designed and built water
collection, treatment and re-use system for non-potable facility usage,
including complete re-piping of the primary feed system to recycle
wastewater lines to the head tank for re-use in the manufacturing
processes. This re-use design program not only reduced water
consumption by 25%, but also eliminated the need for the installation
of a $ 1 million on-site wastewater treatment system.
• Water System Piping and Pumping Design and CM, IBM
Corporation, NY (Design/Build): Project Director of large-scale
mechanical upgrade projects involving the design and CM of over
30,000 LF of aboveground industrial water piping and over 20 pump
stations with associated manual and electrically operated valving and
instrumentation and controls throughout the manufacturing campus.
All new systems were installed without interruption to any
manufacturing process. System controls included fiber optics for
communication with site security network.
• Water Usage, Foot-printing and Re-use Assessment and
Design, Semi-Films, Kingston, NY. Project Manager/Engineer for
compilation of the facility’s complete water balance/budget for usage
by process manufacturing units, all non-contact cooling water
systems, and sanitary systems. Conducted all field flow monitoring
and assessment of daily variations in quantity and quality. Designed
water collection, treatment and re-use system for non-potable facility
usage. Reduced water consumption by 40 %.
• Water Supply, Treatment, Conveyance and Storage System
Design and CM, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Otisville, NY.
Served as Project Manager for the design and CM of a new water
supply, treatment/disinfection, large diameter distribution and storage
system for the Federal Prison Facility at Otisville, NY. Project
consisted of safe yield analysis and associated treatment of various
supply options, option selection, final design and bid documents,
NYSDEC and DOH permitting, and CM. Project involved the
construction of over 11,000 lf of large-diameter piping, including
about one mile of stainless steel piping to accommodate high
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12. pressures in pumping the potable water over a mountain ridge from
the valley source. Project included all associated valving, both manual
and electrically operated, as well as instrumentation and controls, and
tunneling under a river to install the force main.
• Water Filtration and Disinfection Plant Potable Water Storage
Tank and Distribution System Upgrade Design and CM,
Warwick, NY. Served as Project Manager for the design and CM of
water filtration and disinfection plant, associated 1 million gallon
water storage tank, and over 1 mile of large diameter distribution
system piping and associated hydrants and thrust blocks, and valves.
Project included over two miles of large diameter mains for influent
from a series of dams, and for the treated water conveyed to the new
storage tank. Facility consisted of polymer addition, coagulation,
flocculation, plate settlers, multi-media filtration, and disinfection.
Also designed backwash system for the filter consisting of
submersible vertical turbine pumps and settling basin. The design
included manual and electrically operated valves, stainless steel piping,
carbon steel piping, instrumentation and controls, steel and aluminum
grating, stairs and walkways, concrete foundations and equipment
pads, and complete upgrading of the existing electrical service in the
area of the site.
• Water Supply Pump Station and Distribution System Upgrade,
Skylands Manor State Botanical Center Design and CM,
Ringwood, NJ. Served as PM for the design, CM and start-up of a
new water supply system for the Skylands Manor Botanical Center.
Project included the design of over two miles of large diameter
distribution system piping, with associated hydrants and thrust blocks
and valves. Design also included a 5,000 gallon hydro-pneumatic tank
system, with all associated controls, valves and pressure testing
standpipes, as well as a stand-by generator, all housed in a new pump
station designed to blend into its botanical garden setting.
• Water Filtration and Disinfection Plant Design and CM,
Monroe, NY. Project Engineer/Manager for the design and CM of a
water filtration and disinfection facility for surface supply to meet
NYS Department of Health Drinking Standards., as well as over one
mile of large diameter distribution system piping, associated hydrants
and thrust blocks, and valves. Responsible for design and CM of
process and mechanical engineering for multi-media filtration,
backwash water treatment and discharge, an on-site chemical
laboratory for certified water analysis, a 500,000 gallon water storage
tank, and disinfection system. The design included manual and
electrically operated valves, stainless steel piping, carbon steel piping,
instrumentation and controls, steel and aluminum grating, stairs and
walkways, concrete foundations and equipment pads, and complete
upgrading of the existing electrical service in the area of the site.
• Water Filtration and Disinfection Plant Design and CM, New
Windsor, NY. Project Engineer for the design and CM of a water
filtration and disinfection facility for surface supply to meet NYS
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13. Department of Health Drinking Standards. Responsible for design
CM and operations training of process and mechanical engineering
for multi-media filtration, backwash water treatment and discharge, an
on-site chemical laboratory for certified water analysis, and
disinfection system. The design included manual and electrically
operated valves, stainless steel piping, carbon steel piping,
instrumentation and controls, steel and aluminum grating, stairs and
walkways, concrete foundations and equipment pads, and complete
upgrading of the existing electrical service in the area of the site.
• Water Filtration and Disinfection Plant Design and CM, Castle
Point Veterans Hospital, Fishkill, New York. Project Engineer
for design, and CM of a facility to treat Hudson River water to NYS
Department of Health Drinking Water Standards. Unit operations
included coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, multi-media
filtration, reverse osmosis, carbon adsorption and disinfection.
Responsible for all process and mechanical engineering designs as
well as CM. The design included manual and electrically operated
valves, stainless steel piping, carbon steel piping, instrumentation and
controls, steel and aluminum grating, stairs and walkways, concrete
foundations and equipment pads, and complete upgrading of the
existing electrical service in the area of the site.
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• Areas of Expertise
• Environmental
engineering/remediation
• Leachate treatment
• LFG management
• Dredged material management
• Environmental assessments
• Site remediation
• Water/Wastewater treatment
• Multi-discipline design
• Treatment of contaminated media
• Years of Experience
• With AECOM: 21 Years
• With Other Firms: 16 Years
• Education
• MS/Environmental
Engineering/Manhattan College
• BA/Environmental Science/
Columbia University
• Registration/Certification
• Professional Engineer/New York
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