Environmental Works, Inc.’s Investigation/Remediation (I/R) Department handles dozens of contaminated soil cleanups every year. Some of these jobs involve Superfund sites where remediation work is ongoing and can last years, or even decades. Other jobs are smaller and may last several weeks to a month. These projects usually involve the removal of contaminants through excavation …
Stormwater Pond Being Repaired by EWI Following Removal of Invasive Trees
In November 2020, Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) used its specialized heavy equipment and expert operators to begin the comprehensive remediation and restoration of a stormwater detention pond that had sat untouched for almost 20 years back to its original state. The company spent several weeks removing non-native, invasive and nuisance vegetation and roots from the …
Wastewater Treatment System at Willard Central Elementary Gets High Tech Update
One advantage to the COVID-19 national shutdown – it gave Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) a chance to work on maintenance projects, including an upgrade to Willard Central Elementary’s aging wastewater treatment system. While students, teachers and administrators were away in spring and summer 2020, Jon McKinney, associate engineer in EWI’s Investigation/Remediation Department, constructed a new …
EWI Completes Removal of PCBs and Risk-Based Closure in KC
A typical building walkthrough by Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) as part of a request for proposal (RFP) at a former federal compound in northeast Kansas City last September turned into a very atypical day. During the walkthrough, a group of EWI scientists led by Nick Godfrey, National Program Manager-Due Diligence, discovered numerous piles of dismantled …
People of EWI: Field Technician Damian Evans
Environmental Works, Inc. recently talked to Field Technician Damian Evans while he was on lunch break from a tank cleaning job in North Kansas City, Missouri. Among the topics discussed were travel for work, working with stellar teammates, and making YouTube streaming videos. Read the interview in its entirety below.
EWI Replaces Filter at Municipal Water Treatment Plant in Kansas
Amid a pandemic such as the world is currently facing, the importance of life essentials like food, water and shelter is only heightened. So, it was against the backdrop of the emerging coronavirus outbreak that Environmental Works, Inc., replaced the filter media at a municipal water treatment plant in Kansas. With the job completed in …
Stream Bank Stabilization Project Showcases Lesser Known Service Line
Matt Markum loves bidding on unique projects. So, when a bid request came across his desk from Great River Engineering for a stream bank stabilization project along Crooked Creek in Crawford County, Missouri, he jumped at the opportunity.
International Field Services Projects Expand Reach
Two separate Environmental Works, Inc. field services teams recently wrapped up international projects in two vastly different locales. A crew of five field services project managers, supervisors and technicians from EWI’s Springfield, Missouri, and Springdale, Arkansas, offices toughed out the dusty, dry, high desert weather in Chihuahua, Mexico, while a team of five field services …
EWI Uses Advanced Geotube® Technology to Compost Waste
Environmental Works currently has eight Geotube® containers baking in the scorching summer sun at Springfield, Missouri’s Southwest Treatment Plant. The massive synthetic tubes, which could be mistaken for those inflatable water catapult “blobs,” favorites of summer camps everywhere, are actually filled with solid waste, not air. Once the Geotube® containers are done dewatering, the waste …
EWI Can Clean Your Combustible Dust Before it Becomes Dangerous
Sure, dust is annoying, but it can also be dangerous and combustible, especially when produced on an industrial scale.
