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Terrapex’s Zen Keizars Sworn in as PGO Vice President

We are pleased to congratulate our own Zen Keizars on becoming the new Vice President of Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO), carrying on a Terrapex tradition of giving back to our industry and our communities at large!   Zen previously served as President of PGO in 2018 and 2019, overseeing the organization’s rebranding to PGO, the welcoming of Tony Andrew as the new CEO of PGO, and a...

Presenting at SmartRemediation Conferences

Terrapex’s Paul H. Cheung and Jennifer O’Grady are presenting at this year’s SmartRemediation conferences in Toronto and Ottawa, respectively.  Paul and Jennifer are talking about 6PPD-q, an emerging contaminant that has been determined to have significant toxicity to certain fish species at the parts per trillion concentrations level (yes, trillions!). 6PPD-q is the quinone of 6p-phenylenediamine (6PPD), a common rubber antiozonant, particularly in vehicle tires.  Although...

Terrapex Welcomes Yacouba Doro as Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Project Manager – Ottawa Office

Terrapex is extremely pleased to announce that Yacouba Doro has joined our Ottawa office as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Project Manager!Yacouba is a bilingual (English and French) licensed Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional with more than 16 years of experience in conducting geotechnical investigations and material inspection and testing work programs. He holds a bachelor degree in civil engineering from University of District of...

Ribbon Cutting: First Phase of a New 56MW Data Center Campus

Jeremy Wilson and Darrell Baldonado of Terrapex's EHS Services group had the great privilege of participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the first phase of a new 56MW data center campus in #Toronto.We are extremely proud to have been able to support STACK Infrastructure in the completion of this project, and want to thank them very much for inviting us to the official...

Terrapex Welcomes Laila Torabansari as an Environmental Project Manager

Terrapex is very pleased to welcome Laila Torabansari to our Toronto office as an environmental project manager in our Site Assessment and Remediation group.Laila has over fifteen years experience in the environmental industry, with a proven track record in managing projects involving environmental site assessments, soil and groundwater remediation, vapour intrusion, and excess soil management.We're very excited to have Laila join our team. Please don’t hesitate...

Terrapex’s Peter Sutton is re-appointment to the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) Board of Directors.

As a long-standing corporate supporter of the organization, Terrapex is pleased to congratulate our very own Peter Sutton in his re-appointment to the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) Board of Directors.We extend our congratulations to the new Board Executive and all the new Board Members, and offer a heartfelt thank you to all the returning Board Members for their ongoing dedication in promoting #brownfield #development !

Terrapex Welcomes Shannon Hunt, P.Eng. as Branch Manager for the Durham Office

Terrapex is very pleased to welcome Shannon Hunt, P.Eng. to our team as Branch Manager for our Durham Office.  Shannon is a professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in excess soil management, environmental site assessment, and contaminated sites remediation, and is registered with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks as a Qualified Person for the purposes of submitting Records of Site Condition (QPESA)...

Terrapex Welcomes Anna Raynham as Environmental Project Manager

Terrapex is pleased to welcome Anna Raynham to our Toronto office as an environmental project manager in our Site Assessment and Remediation group.Anna is a thirteen year industry veteran with a proven track record in successfully delivering excess soil management, environmental site assessment, contaminated site remediation, and similar projects, including her most recent experience in supporting the Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure works in...

Terrapex Presenting at RemTech East

Terrapex's Paul H. Cheung and Peter Sutton are in Niagara Falls, Ontario, presenting at this year's #RemTechEast conference.Their presentation highlights their success in applying #environmental risk assessment to a contaminated property with non-aqueous phase liquid impacts, and discusses the impact on #brownfield #redevelopment of Ontario's policy of requiring NAPL to be remediated to the extent "technologically possible" even at sites where risk assessment and risk management measures are going to...

Terrapex welcomes Thomas Yan to our team as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Terrapex is very pleased to welcome Thomas Yan to our team as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer. Thomas holds a Bachelor's degree from Dalian University of Technology, China, and is a licenced Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario.Thomas has over 20 years of Canadian experience (and an additional 16 years of experience in China) in geotechnical engineering, including projects related to transportation infrastructure, municipal infrastructure, residential subdivisions,...