The City of New York is teeming with new development and renovation projects of complimentary scale. It's an exciting period of growth that is in contrast to the dismal decay that hampered progress in the 1970's and 80's. Private investors, advocate groups, and housing authorities are scrambling to redevelop properties within communities previously overlooked, forgotten or all-but abandoned. As a result, the people of New York are finding themselves living in a City free of urban blight and squalor.

The staff of Impact Environmental is proud to be part of this great period in the history of New York. Our innovative thinking has made it possible for the redevelopment of many of New York's forgotten properties in communities like Brownsville, East New York, Bushwick, Harlem and the Bronx. Some of these properties were impacted by contaminants that are the lingering legacy of New York's industrial past while others by the innate use of fossil fuels.

In Bushwick Brooklyn, Impact Environmental's work with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Environmental Protection, has earned receipt of the 2005 Phoenix Award for the remediation of the former Rhiengold Brewery site. The Phoenix award is an annual award given to Brownfield sites recognized for environmental excellence in each of the ten USEPA regions. Where once was the dangerous, overgrown footprints of a six acre abandoned manufacturing and distribution complex, there now exists low-cost housing for 125 families.

Working with the same team in another part of Bushwick (financed by the Bank of New York), Impact Environmental was challenged to find the means to remediate a cluster of properties for under $1,000,000 prelude to the construction of 61 2-family homes and 30 condos. A previous firm working with the same team provided a remedial cost projection of $5,000,000, a budget that could not be upheld by the project development value. Working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, waste codes were reassigned to seat the project into the requisite budget. The final cost to complete the project was below $750,000.

In Brownsville and East New York Brooklyn, Impact Environmental, working with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation   and Development and several community developers prepared 120 low-income residential lots for redevelopment by removing contaminated historic fill and replacing it with certified clean sand and topsoil. Residents of these lots have peace of mind knowing the protection that has been provided.  

In Harlem, Impact Environmental working with a private development group removed 10,000 tons of contaminated urban fill to accommodate the construction of 42 3-family homes completed with engineering controls for occupant protection. Here, the urban fill was found to contain large volumes of wood, plastic and paper. Accordingly, the fill was mechanically screened on-site to remove these deleterious materials and accommodate the project budget.  

On the west side of New York, New York, Impact Environmental teamed up with Silverstien Properties to devise the means to remediate a former manufactured gas plant with the Consolidated Edison Corp. prelude to the construction of a fifty-five story apartment building (River Place II). The gas plant soil was heavily contaminated with coal tar derivatives. The project team required remediation on an expedited schedule to minimize site-worker and community impacts. To accommodate the aggressive schedule, Impact Environmental performed in-place waste characterization testing to accommodate a direct load-and-go operational plan, thus, limiting on-site handling and stockpiling. Additionally, Impact Environmental helped negotiate the demanding waste contracts with the selected off-site disposal facilities.

Innovative thinking and broad presence is the cornerstone of these community development projects. That is why Impact Environmental has become the premier company among the construction companies, community advocate groups, community banking groups and regulatory agencies of New York City. We are a local firm that uniquely bridges all of the components needed to navigate local regulations, agencies, logistics, financing needs and community relations. Our time is spent developing relationships that matter to you and your investment.