As a full-service environmental consulting firm, TPEC's commitment is to fulfill clients' needs by providing a "total approach" from initial investigation through project completion. TPEC has in-depth knowledge and experience in providing Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) services to lenders, real estate investment trusts, developers, and commercial and industrial property owners.
Scope of services include:
The Phase I ESA is performed in accordance with the ASTM Standard with the primary goal to identify potential environmental concerns. The general scope of services included site reconnaissance, chain-of-title review, aerial photograph evaluation, regulatory database review, and interviews with site and regulatory personnel.
If environmental concerns are identified in soil, groundwater or facility structures, but can not be quantified relative to potential risk and liability, TPEC can conduct a Phase II assessment, which may include:
Asbestos surveys and abatement
Indoor air quality survey (sick building syndrome evaluation)
Geophysical survey to identify buried objects
UST and AST investigation and removal
Soil and groundwater quality investigation
Lead surveys and abatement
PCB assessment and abatement

Phase I ESA
First Penn Bank industrial warehouse buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Phase II ESA
Soil and groundwater investigation at the Northgate Shopping Center in St. Joseph, Missouri
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Representative projects completed by TPEC staff include:
Phase I & II ESA
First Penn Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Over 50 commercial/industrial properties in NJ and PA
Asian Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Over 15 commercial/industrial properties in NJ and PA
Central Mountain Development
Church building in Philadelphia, PA
Christian Testimony
Two warehouses and an office building in NJ
Conveyor Technologies., Inc.
A warehouse building and an office/warehouse building in Philadelphia, PA
H.R. Benjamin, Inc.
Three warehouse buildings, an office building, and an undeveloped lot in PA and NJ
Kieser's Ambler Tire & Service Center
An automobile service building in Ambler, PA
Kim Yueng Ling, PC
Pacific Ocean Plaza, including a 45,000 s.f. Pathmart supermarket in Philadelphia, PA
KW Development
Warehouse, masonry & metal buildings, with two covered supply yards in Philadelphia, PA
Lavipharm Laboratory, Inc.
Conducted an ISRA inspection for a laboratory building in Piscataway, NJ
Carr America
Office building in Washington, D.C.
Severna Park Racquetball and Fitness Club
Severna Park, Millersville, MD
Auto Truck Transport Corp.
Auto park in Baltimore, MD
Chase Properties, Beachwood, Ohio
Various shopping centers/plazas located in IN, MO, IL, MI, NY, KY, and MN
Klinghoffer Carpet
A 1-story commercial building in Pennsauken, NJ
DRA Advisors, Inc., New York, New York
A number of shopping centers and office buildings (among them a 15-story office building with an 8-story parking garage) located in CT, CA, NC, and AZ
Harker Associates
Aspect Computer Corporation Building in Somerset, NJ
Merrick Road Medical Realty, Inc.
Coventry Professional Plaza, Massapequa, NY
Tharaldson Development Co., Fargo, North Dakota
Seven hotels in PA, NJ, CT, and MA
Health and Safety Services, Inc.
An office/warehouse building, three school buildings, a convent, a bank, and Temple Lower Bucks Hospital in PA
Stainless Steel Service, Inc.
Two warehouse buildings in Philadelphia, PA
Mr. Ley Seafood
A restaurant in Maple Shape, NJ
Stephen Marrone Properties
An automobile service building, two office buildings, a manufacturing building, and a garage building in Philadelphia, PA
An Xing Group
An office/warehouse building in Philadelphia, PA
Target Realty
A Citizens Bank, a retail building, two commercial buildings, two warehouse buildings, and a residential building in Philadelphia, PA
Susan Wong
141 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Wave Biotech, LLC
An office/warehouse building in Somerset, NJ
Glenn Mark
A retail building in Cherry Hill, NJ
Danny Cheng
5239-49 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Financial Resources Federal Credit Union
A bank building in Somerset, NJ
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Chuck Merriweather
110 W. Sharpneck Street, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Gatta, Jr.
A vacant lot at 5901 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, PA
Tantala Associates
Four vacant lots and two office buildings in Philadelphia/Bensalem, PA
Malcom Pirnie
1939 Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA
Sahfi Alliance LLC
34 S. Market Street, Elizabethville, PA
Metro Development
A vacant lot at Red Lion Road and Sandmeyer Lane, Philadelphia, PA
Micromedia Corporation
7-15 S. Tennessee Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ
National Lending Corporation
A commercial building in Philadelphia, PA
Steve LaFlamme
An auto service station with a commercial building and office trailer in Fairless Hills, PA
Mon & Associates
An undeveloped lot at 990 Tabor Road, Philadelphia, PA
WJ&C Investment LLC
A commercial building in Philadelphia, PA
Bradbury Vault Co.
Developed stormwater pollution prevention plan for Bradbury Vault in Blackwood, NJ
Zekira Dautovic
Commercial buildings occupying entire city block located at 7253-57 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
James Milazzo
ESA and groundwater investigation for commercial building in Blackwood, NJ
Bin Mai
A commercial building in Philadelphia, PA
Tommy Liu
An industrial building in Philadelphia, PA
Kawa Inc.
A warehouse building in Philadelphia, PA
Liberty State Credit
A commercial building and residential building in NJ, and a 3-story building and vacant lot in Philadelphia, PA
Dung Phat LLC
A warehouse building occupying entire city block located at 2301 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
BDDW, Inc.
A warehouse building in Philadelphia, PA
Lim Ly
A strip center in Pennsauken, NJ
Ted Kanellopoulos
A vacant lot in Lionville, PA
M. Green Co.
An industrial building in Philadelphia, PA
Simon Chan
A warehouse building in Philadelphia, PA
Q & V Screen Printing Co.
A 33,0000 s.f. industrial building in Philadelphia, PA
WLT, Inc.
A 12,000 s.f. warehouse and a 1,250 s.f. storage building in a 27.35 acre site, located in Hammonton, NJ
James Wang
An apartment building in Ardmore, PA
James Romeo
A 3-story, 4,500 s.f. commercial building in Philadelphia, PA
Stancorp Mortgage Investors, LLC (Health & Safety)
Provided QA/QC on Phase I report, and conducted radon testing on site in Upper Darby, PA
Jose Cunyas
An automobile service building in Willingboro, NJ
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Asbestos Abatement
First Penn Bank
Over 10 properties in PA
BellCore, Piscataway, NJ
Managed abatement of sprayed-on asbestos from structural steel
New Jersey Transit Authority, Maplewood, NJ
Managed a glovebag remval project
Veterans Administration Hospital, New York, NY
Inspected asbestos abatement work
Princeton Medical Center, Princeton, NJ
Performed asbestos investigation
12 Monkeys Productions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA and Baltimore, MD
Served as health and safety consultant for 12 Monkeys Productions, Inc. Evaluated asbestos and safety-related issues at two filming locations
Kentile Floors, Brooklyn, NY
Managed the air monitoring program during abatement of over 10,000 lineal feet of pipe insulation
Asian Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conducted asbestos abatement for three properties in PA and NJ
Chinese Christian Church Center, Philadelphia, PA
Conducted abatement of asbestos tiles, pipe insulation, and boiler insulation at 1101 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Kim Yueng Ling, PC
Conducted asbestos survey at 1119-33 Hamilton Street, Philadelphia, PA
W.R. Grace
Provided asbestos inspection and litigation support at the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Building in Columbia, SC, at the Astrodome, Zoo, City Hall, and Municipal Court in Houston, TX, at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Civic Center, and City Library in Dallas, TX, and for 12 municipal schools in Philadelphia, PA
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460 Summer Street Associates, Stanford, CT
Managed the air monitoring program during an encapsulation project in a high-rise building
UMDNJ High-Rise, Newark, NJ
Inspected asbestos abatement work
Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, NY
Managed the air monitoring program during asbestos abatement and building demolition (implosion method) for the proposed Metropolitan Detention Center
SJCC/GSC Superfund Site, Sayreville, NJ
Prepared bid packages for remediation of an asbestos-impacted site. The scope of work included identification and delineation of work and exclusion zones, placement of synthetic membrane, rough grading, erosion, and sedimentation control, and site restoration by final grading
Bill Wong
Conducted asbestos abatement for hot water pipe insulation at 50 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia PA
Target Realty
Performed asbestos investigation/abatement/survey work at four different properties in Philadelphia, PA
Financial Resources Federal Credit Union
Performed asbestos investigation and provided asbestos abatement services at 780 Easton Avenue, Somerset, NJ
Pennsbury Manor Visitors Center
Monitored asbestos abatement work at 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA
Holy Family College
Performed asbestos abatement investigations in Aquinas Hall on Grant Avenue in Philadelphia, PA
Fixture One
Provided asbestos abatement services at 7501 Edmund Street, Philadelphia, PA
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UST/AST Investigation/Removal/Replacement
Namco Pool and Patio, Colmar, PA
Conducted investigation on a leaking 2,000-gallon heating oil tank site, oversaw tank removal and soil testing, and prepared a closure report
Philadelphia Water Department, Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant, Philadelphia, PA
Performed investigation on the removal and replacement of a 10,000-gallon underground storage tank at scum disposal facility
2400 Lakeview Condominium Association, Chicago, IL
Prepared a bid package and provided field oversight for in-place closure of two underground 15,000-gallon heating oil tanks
AT&T, West Chicago, IL
Provided field oversight, confirmatory sampling and closure report for removal of two 10,000-gallon underground petroleum tanks
Mort Service Station, Philadelphia, PA
Provided oversight, confirmatory soil sampling and certification report for removal of 3 hydraulic lifts and a 275-gallon aboveground storage tank at an automobile service station
C&C Poultry, Philadelphia, PA
Provided oversight for removal of a 275-gallon fuel oil tank in the basement of a warehouse building
Eastern Star Foods, Philadelphia, PA
Conducted a magnetic survey to identify the location of a 2,500-gallon vinegar tank and a 3,000-gallon heating oil tank
Mil-Lee's Diner, Philadelphia, PA
Provided oversight for the removal of a 275-gallon heating oil tank
McKesson Chemical, Inc., New Jersey
Managed closure of 78 aboveground storage tanks in various sites in NJ
First Penn Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Conducted investigations or tank closures/removals for over five sites in Philadelphia, PA
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Asian Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Provided oversight for the removal of a 275-gallon heating oil tank at a 2-story apartment building at 1500 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA
Northgate Shopping Center, St. Joseph, MO
Conducted a limited subsurface investigation on petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) impacted soil and groundwater at a former Sears auto service station
Bill Wong
Removal of a 275-gallon aboveground heating oil tank in the basement of a bar restaurant at 50 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA
Target Realty
Conducted geophysical surveys, tank closures/removals, and/or site investigations for multiple properties in Philadelphia, PA
Pennsbury Manor Visitors Center
Conducted a UST investigation at 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA
Steven LaFlamme
Conducted a geophysical survey and Geoprobe investigation for subsurface sampling and evaluation of former UST locations at 130 Trenton Road, Fairless Hills, PA
Zekira Dautovic
Conducted a geophysical survey and Geoprobe investigation to locate USTs and obtain soil and groundwater samples at 7253-57 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Dung Phat LLC
Conducted a geophysical survey and managed removal of 3,000-gallon UST at 2301 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Fixture One
Managed the removal of a 1,000-gallon fuel oil tank and site remediation at 7501 Edmund Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Lead Abatement
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Managed a lead abatement project, which included XRF survey oversight, specification preparation, and abatement oversight
Federated Metals, Inc., Newark, NJ
Managed a lead abatement project for Federated Metals, Inc. in Newark, New Jersey. The scope of work included XRF survey oversight, specification preparation, and abatement oversight
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Sahfi Alliance LLC, Elizabethville, PA
Managed a lead abatement project for Sahfi Alliance LLC. In Elizabethville, Pennsylvania. The scope of work included XRF survey oversight, specification preparation, and abatement oversight
Fixture One
Managed a Lead-based paint abatement project at 7501 Edmund Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Phase I ESA
Genesee Crossing Shopping Center in Flint, Michigan
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Phase I & II ESA
Former Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory in Endicott, New York
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