Site Assessments

SCA Environmental, Inc. has performed Environmental Assessments for a wide spectrum of clients and projects. SCA draws on a depth of experience to select the most cost-effective investigation methods for any type of project. 

SCA's goals are to provide data to the Client and regulatory agencies in an understandable, organized fashion; and to scale the investigation to the proposed uses of the data.

SCA's site investigations provide relevant, reliable information for construction projects, risk assessments, remedial actions, and real estate transactions.
SCA’s services include:

  • Phase 1 and Baseline Studies which involve Historical Document Review, Regulatory Searches, Site Inspections
  • Environmental Due Diligence for business transactions including Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments
  • Environmental Testing of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, and indoor air quality
  • Characterization; Soil Gas Surveys; Field Screening Methods
  • Geophysical Investigations such as Ground-Penetrating Radar, Magnetometry, Sewer and Tank Video Inspections
  • Related Services such as Asbestos Surveys, Lead-Based Paint Inspections, Lead Water Sampling, Radon Surveys

​Example projects include:

  • Alice Griffith Redevelopment in San Francisco’s Bay View Hunter's Point with PCB, heavy metal soil contamination and methane issues. Services include Phase I assessments for 4 blocks undergoing redevelopment, soil-gas testing, soil and groundwater testing, and lead-based paint and radon testing. The residential redevelopment projects for each block were successfully completed with no further action determinations issued by the local lead agency.
  • Carroll Avenue Redevelopment, a Hunter’s Point industrial site slated for redevelopment with asbestos, metals and hydrocarbons soil contamination and soil vapor intrusion issues. SCA prepared a Phase I ESA for the site, designed and implemented a Phase 2 ESA, provided construction mitigation monitoring and oversaw removal of creosote- and arsenic-impacted timbers and soils during construction. The mixed-use commercial and residential project was successfully completed, and the local oversight agency issued a no further action determination for the project.