Project Manager for detailed design and construction of a forty gpm treatment facility at the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project (WSSRAP) near St. Louis, Missouri. This facility is designed to remove nitrate, radionuclides, and metals from process water stored in outdoor impoundments. Unit operations include chemical pretreatment, vapor recompression evaporation, distillate ion exchange polishing, evaporator brine handling, and radon emissions control.

Project Manager for detailed design and construction of a one hundred gpm treatment facility for contaminated surface water at the DOE Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action

Project (WSSRAP) near St. Louis, Missouri. This facility is designed to treat surface water containing organic compounds, heavy metals, and radionuclides. Unit operations include chemical precipitation, clarification/filtration, activated carbon and activated alumina adsorption, ion exchange and sludge handling.

Project Manager for design and construction of a fifteen-gpm radioactive liquid waste treatment facility at the Mound Facility near Dayton, Ohio. The facility, known as the Alpha Treatment System, uses chemical precipitation, clarification and filtration for treatment of plutonium-contaminated process wastewater.

Project Manager for the design and construction of a sludge remediation facility for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. The facility will be used to remove approximately 750,000 gallons of sludge from existing storage tanks on the 750 Pad, and dewater and stabilize the sludge to a condition compliant with disposal site acceptance criteria. The sludge is considered to be a mixed hazardous/radioactive waste.

Technical Support Lead for decontamination and decommissioning of a laboratory facility at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Project scope included the decontamination and removal of perchloric acid contaminated hoods and vent systems from the building, and the RCRA closure of building piping and sump systems. Support included planning, quality assurance plan implementation, and oversight of onsite laboratory operations.

Project Manager for design and construction of a remediation facility for the Indiana Department of Transportation. The facility is designed to remove brine-contaminated groundwater at up to 300 gpm, and inject it in a 5,000 foot deep Class I disposal well. Managed all aspects of the design and construction of recovery wells, underground piping systems, modifications to an existing building, and the fabrications and installation of injection equipment.

Design Manager and Deputy Project Manager for the design and construction of a one hundred gpm treatment system for removal of high concentrations of zinc from ground water. The project location was a CERCLA site in Illinois. This system utilized chemical precipitation for the removal of the heavy metals. Due to the large concentrations of metals, significant quantities of sludge are expected. Therefore, the facility included sludge dewatering and handling systems including kiln dust stabilization to render the solids non-hazardous.

Project Manager for preparation of the Sitewide Water Treatment Strategy for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). This study evaluated and projected water treatment needs for process water, surface water, ground water, and domestic water, and compared these needs to the capabilities of existing treatment facilities. Alternatives were developed and evaluated which incorporated both existing and recommended new facilities. Preferred alternative and implementation plans for that alternative were then developed.

Project Manager for the Alternate Water Treatment System project at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). This included the Conceptual Design of new treatment facilities for all radioactive liquid waste produced at the facility. Project scope included the evaluation and conceptual design of two alternate approaches - a new evaporation facility and retrofit and improvements to an existing evaporation facility. RTG prepared process flowsheets, P&ID’s, facility arrangement drawings, procurement documentation, and detailed capital and operating cost estimates for both options.

Project Manager for preparation of Best Available Technology (BAT) analysis for replacement facilities for the existing Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. If constructed, the new facility will treat all radioactive liquid waste produced by more than eighty generators throughout the site. Following completion of the BAT study, a detailed conceptual design of the new facility was completed. Unit operations included chemical precipitation and filtration, reverse osmosis, and evaporation.

Project Manager for engineering studies related to implementation of modifications to the existing Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. These modifications will allow the facility to meet new effluent limits including DOE Derived Concentration Guidelines and State of New Mexico groundwater quality standards.

Project Manager for the design and construction of a domestic and firewater storage and pumping system at the Fernald Environmental Management Project. This facility provides for storage of up to 400,000 gallons of potable water. It also includes a modular pumphouse facility that ties into existing Fernald fire and domestic water distribution systems.

Contract Administrator for Task Order contract to support decontamination and decommissioning activities at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Task Orders have included planning and scheduling, equipment decontamination services, and health and safety planning and support.

Project Manager for treatability study and process design for a twenty gpm treatment facility at a CERCLA site in California. The facility utilizes dual phase extraction, sediment removal, and liquid and vapor phase granular activated carbon to remove pesticides from groundwater.

Project Manager for multiple projects at the IBM facility located near Boulder, Colorado. Projects have included design of retrofits to existing facilities to meet regulatory requirements, design of modifications to existing wastewater treatment systems, treatability study and equipment supply for removal of molybdenum form circulating chilled water systems, and preparation of as-built drawings for wastewater treatment facilities.

Project Manager for detailed design for the wastewater treatment system of the Decontamination Laundry Facility (DLF) at the Hanford Site. This project also included the performance of detailed treatability studies, analysis of Best Available Technology economically achievable, and interface with State of Washington regulatory personnel. The 100 gpm facility was designed to utilize chemical precipitation, membrane microfiltration, and zeolite and activated carbon adsorption to remove heavy metals, radionuclides (uranium, cesium, strontium), oil and grease, and organic compounds.

Project Manager for engineering studies related to NPDES permitting activities for a lead and zinc mine located in northern Washington. Project activities included a review of geochemical data for the mine, predicted wastewater quality, evaluated potential treatment technologies, predicted effluent quality, and modeled the effect of the discharge on ambient river water quality. Contaminants of concern included heavy metals, uranium and radium.

Project Manager for detailed design and services during construction for a pilot plant used for the selective removal of uranium and molybdenum from contaminated ground water. The pilot plant was constructed in an existing facility and included ion exchange and activated carbon processes.

Project Manager for design and construction of a mobile soil vapor extraction pilot plant for the DOE Rocky Flats Plant near Golden, Colorado. The system is contained in a 48 foot trailer capable of being transported across public highways. The system was designed to extract up to 600 scfm of an air/volatile organic compound mixture from extraction wells. Extracted air is treated through HEPA filtration and activated carbon adsorption.

Project Manager for laboratory and pilot studies, and conceptual design of processes for treatment of oily wastewater at five railroad refueling and maintenance facilities. Processes evaluated included membrane ultrafiltration using tubular and hollow fiber configurations, and electrocoagulation for removal of emulsified oils, heavy metals, and solids.

Project Manager for multiple radioactive waste management projects at commercial nuclear power plants throughout the US. Work involved design, installation and operations of treatment facilities for liquid radioactive waste generated from normal operations as well as special wastes generated during facility outages. Also involved in projects involving solidification of low level radioactive waste and management of solid waste such as irradiated reactor hardware.

Project Manager for treatability studies sand conceptual design of mixed waste treatment systems for Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The waste was an oil matrix containing uranium. Project included planning and implementation of a detailed treatability study, and the development of a conceptual facility design based on the results of the treatability studies.

Project Manager for process selection and design of a combined ground water and surface water treatment facility at a CERCLA site in Colorado. The facility utilizes air stripping and granular activated carbon for removal of organic compounds.

Project Engineer for Title I design of a ground water collection, treatment, and reinjection system for the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. The treatment process included UV oxidation and ion exchange for treatment of contaminated groundwater.