Location: Maywood, New Jersey

 

Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Services:

• Project Management

• Quality Control

• Health and Safety

• Shallow & Deep Excavation

• Remediation

• Building D&D

• Waste T&D

• MARSSIM Remedial Support & FSS

• Restoration

• Environmental Monitoring

• Regulatory Support

• Onsite Laboratory Operation

• CWTP Operations

• Community Relations

 

Project Highlights: 

• Large, complex urban radiological remediation of chemical manufacturing plant, rail, industrial, commercial and residential properties and roads with thorium, radium and uranium in soil, and metals in groundwater the contaminants of concern

• Smooth transition from prior contractor; rapid mobilization ensured uninterrupted remediation

• Excavations below the water table in close proximity to roads and buildings using shoring/sheeting techniques, handling/management of saturated soils and excavation dewatering

• Cabrera recently installed a permanent water treatment facility at the site that was fully operational as of 1/3/17 and is responsible for the O&M of the plant

• Excavated 235,781 CY of soil and shipped 3,422 railcars

• Performed dewatering, treatment and discharge of 6.8 million gallons of construction water in compliance with the Site’s Bergen County Utilities Authority discharge permit

• Reduced USACE project cost by $300 per CY

• Commended by USACE COR and PM for quality plans and IT infrastructure upgrade implemented

• Cabrera has completed > 500,000 work hours without a Lost Time Incident over a 4.5 year period

• In Fiscal Year 14, unprecedented funding increase required extensive coordination between operations and transportation resulted in meeting all increased excavation and shipping goals

• Properties have been released under both “restricted release” and “unrestricted release” criteria, based upon land use

• Zero non-conformance issues: dust/odor control throughout project