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Terrapex announces internal promotion to manage Environmental Risk Assessment business unit

Terrapex is extremely pleased to announce the promotion of Elizabeth (Liz) Madden to the role of Manager, Risk Assessment in our Environmental service line!  Part of the Terrapex team since 2011, Liz has considerable experience in environmental site assessment and remediation, human health and ecologic risk assessment, risk management, and soil/sub-slab vapour and indoor air sampling at contaminated properties.  Recognized by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks...

November 4, 2024Read more...

Welcome, Michelle Letourneau

Terrapex is extremely pleased to welcome Michelle Letourneau as both our newest Senior Biologist, and our Manager of Ecological Services. Michelle has more than 17 years of experience in assessing and protecting aquatic ecosystems throughout Canada, the United States, and South America.  A self-described “problem solver who loves to get her feet muddy and her hands wet”, Michelle is committed to ecological excellence from the moment...

October 28, 2024Read more...

Presenting at the 2024 Excess Soils Symposium

Don’t miss Terrapex’s Shannon Hunt and Peter Sutton as they presenting at this year’s Excess Soils Symposium in downtown Toronto! As chair of the Qualified Persons Community of Ontario (QPCO) Excess Soil committee, Shannon will be part of a panel representing QPCO as they present their best practices guideline for reuse sites.  The best practices guideline is intended to provide guidance to owners and operators of...

October 15, 2024Read more...
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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...

July 15, 2024Read more...

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...

February 1, 2024Read more...
As it reaches an impressive 25 years in the industry, Terrapex, a 100 percent Canadian-owned firm with offices in Toronto, Ottawa and Burlington, continually proves its value as a contender in the engineering and geosciences fields, often competing with much larger companies while demonstrating an outstanding reputation in the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites.

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Written by Allison Dempsey Terrapex has provided environmental, geotechnical and related services since its founding in 1995. These offerings include geotechnical design, construction inspection and materials testing, building condition surveys, contaminant management, hydrogeological and ecological studies, and environmental, health and safety compliance and management systems audits. Terrapex works in both the public and private sectors and is a company that noticeably sets clear standards of integrity, technical quality,...

June 21, 2022Read more...