Location: Philadelphia, PA

 

Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Services:

• Project Management

• Quality Control

• Health & Safety

• Pre-Remedial Investigation

• Geophysical Surveys

• Excavation

• UST Removal

• CERCLA

• Monitoring Wells Installation

• Site Restoration

• Community Relations

 

Project Highlights: 

• Former Frankford Arsenal FUDS previously operated as a munitions research, manufacturing, testing and storage facility. Cabrera completed Radiological Investigation (RI) and performance-based Interim Removal Action (IRA) for multiple Areas of Concern

• Completed pre-remedial investigation executing six IRAs and two RIs for POL, VOCs, SVOCs, PCBs and metals contamination

• Excavated >7,920 cy of contaminated soil and obtained >450 confirmation soil samples from 17 IRA areas

• Pumped/collected >7,900 gallons of water/product from USTs and executed UST removals in accordance with ASTM and API protocols

• Performed subsurface soil characterization including the use of direct-push technology and hollow-stem augers

• Supervised geophysical surveys for utility clearance

• IRAs achieved Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Act 2 cleanup goals based on industrial land use

• In total, the RIs encompassed 114 soil borings, collection of >200 soil samples, installation and sampling of 24 temporary and 14 permanent groundwater monitoring wells, excavation of eight test pits and characterization for an 8,000 gallon UST

• Performed an emergency action to address a leaking sump containing high levels of TCE, PCBs, and VOCs; pumped 275 gallons of material and solidified remaining sludge; excavated 1,800 tons of contaminated soil

• Prepared CERCLA-compliant documents including two soil RIs, a munitions and explosives of concern RI, a proposed plan/record of decision and a community relations plan