In February of this year, Nathan Lichti of Vertex presented a talk at the virtual SMART Remediation event entitled: “A Treatment Plant in Your Building Basement? The Evolution of Groundwater Treatment for New Constructions”. One of the interesting revelations presented
How 2020 Wasn’t as Bad as it First May Appear
by Patrick O’Neill Friday March 13, 2020. I don’t think I will ever forget that date for as long as I’m on this big blue marble. That was the last working day before Canada “shut down” and we stopped “going
Virtual SMART Remediation 2021! – Recap & Thanks!
As with many other events and activities this past year, SMART Remediation was forced to pivot and go virtual for the first time ever. Since we much rather meet in person for these types of events, and since most of
David Munro Joins the Vertex Team
Vertex is happy to announce that David Munro has recently joined our Construction Dewatering and Water Treatment Services team. David comes with six years of experience in the Construction Dewatering industry. Having started off as a field technician, David has
Happy 10th Birthday MIP and LIF!
March 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary since Vertex brought the first Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) tools into Canada. Thinking back 10 years ago and the humble beginnings of what the state of High-Resolution Site Characterization
2020 Holiday Quiz Prize Winner
Ryan enjoyed our 6th annual fun holiday quiz and was one of only 4 people who scored a perfect 11 out of 11! Ryan’s name was drawn from the pool of perfect scores. As the winner he was awarded: $100
The Vapour Intrusion Issue: Remedying a Mist Opportunity!
Over the years Vertex has published newsletters on innovative remedial methods for various soil and groundwater impacts. But we recently realized that we’ve never before focused our information sharing on the vapour phase of subsurface contamination. This newsletter article is
Little Known Fact: PHCs & cVOCs Are Not The Only Contaminants You Can Detect In-Situ With HRSC Tooling
High-Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) tooling, such as the MIP, LLMIP and Laser-Induced fluorescence (LIF) have been used countless times across Canada over the past ten years to delineate plumes of petroleum hydrocarbons (e.g. BTEX compounds, gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.) and
Contaminated Soil as Backfill? Save Money, Be Sustainable!
Vertex is Expanding – Journey to a New Shop & Office!
Vertex is growing and we’re excited about our recent move into a new shop and office! After ten years at the same location, we were busting at the seams. Despite multiple expansions within our own industrial complex, our landlord finally