Langan and T&R will be well-represented at the International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies in Reno, NV on June 27, 2011 through June 30, 2011. Battelle’s Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Remediation Technologies Symposium includes bioremediation and related technologies as core areas, and also highlights green and sustainable remediation, sustainable site management strategies, emerging [...]
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Treadwell & Rollo Provides Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Design Services for Major Expansion of Modesto Junior College West Campus
Posted in Environmental, Green, tagged Ag Housing Complex, Ag Pavilion, Allied Health Building, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, DTSC, gas impermeable membrane, Modesto Junior College West Campus, Science Community Center, Sigrida Reinis, sub-slab venting layer, Treadwell & Rollo, Treadwell and Rollo, vapor intrusion mitigation systems, VOCs, volatile organic compounds, Yosemite Community College on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Treadwell & Rollo recently signed our fifth contract with the Yosemite Community College District to provide design and field oversight services for vapor intrusion mitigation systems for new facilities being constructed on the District’s Modesto Junior College West Campus, located in California’s Central Valley. Although Treadwell & Rollo staff have provided vapor and methane mitigation [...]
San Francisco’s EcoCenter Achieves National Recognition with U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Award
Posted in Awards, Environmental, Geotechnical, Green, tagged Bay Area, Bayview Hunters Point, California Coastal Conservancy, EcoCenter, green infrastructure, Heron's Head Park, Jeffrey Ludlow, KLM Builders, LEJ, Literacy for Environmental Justice, National Achievement in Environmental Justice Award, Pier 98, Port of San Francisco, Ramin Golesorkhi, San Francisco, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Toby Long Design, Treadwell & Rollo, U.S. EPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park was recently honored with a National Achievement in Environmental Justice Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The 1,800-square-foot EcoCenter is an environmental education facility that was built upon a former landfill at Pier 98 in Bayview Hunters Point—historically one of San Francisco’s most economically and [...]
How to Have a Green Holiday Season
Posted in General, Green, tagged Bay Area Green Business Program, eco-friendly, Farm Fresh to You, Langan, LED, San Francisco’s Friends of the Urban Forest, sustainability, Treadwell & Rollo on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Tis the season for holiday celebrations! It’s time to gather the family around the soy candle-filled fireplace, snuggle in warm hemp socks, sip free-trade teas, and listen to the children, giddy with excitement, while we wonder just how many carbon offsets will be in their stockings this year. No matter what your holiday traditions may [...]
Presidio National Park Redevelopment Project Receives Clean Closure
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical, Green, LEED, tagged Belles Street Townhomes, California Department of Toxic Substance Control, certified, clean closure, Construction Completion Report, David Dixon, DTSC, environmental site assessment, ESA, Forest City Residential West, geological services, geotechnical services, hospital, Landmark Redevelopment, LEED Gold, LEED Platinum, Maria Flessas, National Historic Register, no further action, PHSD, PHSH, Presidio Landmark Apartments, Presidio National Park, Public Health Services District, Soil Management Plan, The Presidio Trust, Treadwell & Rollo on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Landmark Redevelopment project at the Presidio National Park’s Public Health Services District (PHSD) recently received concurrence from the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) that the land has been cleaned up to unrestricted use criteria. Our environmental services team was led David Dixon, and the geotechnical services were managed by Maria Flessas. Forest [...]
San Francisco’s Presidio Landmark “Leeds” the Way to a New Style of Urban Living
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical, Green, LEED, tagged adaptive reuse project, asbestos and lead paint survey, Battery Caulfield, Building 1801, David Dixon, due diligence, environmental assessment, Forest City Residential West, geotechnical services, hospital, LEED ND, LEED Neighborhood Development, luxury, Maria Flessas, PHSD, Presidio, Presidio Trust, Public Health Services District, residential, San Francisco, The Belles Townhomes, The Presidio Landmark, Treadwell & Rollo on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Presidio’s shuttered 36-acre Public Health Service District (PHSD) has been transformed into what is now a new revitalized live, work and play community. The Presidio Landmark is an adaptive re-ruse of a six-story 220,000 square foot historic building – the largest historic landmark in the park – into 154 apartment units ranging from 400-1,500 [...]
Innovative EcoCenter Will Serve as Educational Resource for San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point Community
Posted in Environmental, Geotechnical, Green, tagged Treadwell & Rollo, San Francisco, community, EcoCenter, Bayview Hunters Point, Educational Resource, Innovative, neighborhood, southeast, off-grid, Heron’s Head Park, former landfill, recycled materials, native plants, green living roof, solar power, wind turbines, Toby Long Design, Literacy for Environmental Justice, LEJ, Port of San Francisco, San Francisco Environment, California Coastal Conservancy, Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring Manual Methane Mitigation System, Operation Maintenance and Monitoring Manual Methane Mitigation System, methane gas, subsurface soils, KLM Builders, Laurie Schoeman on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although it may be a small facility at 1,800 square feet, the EcoCenter’s impact on the neighborhood and the environment will be immense. It is the first environmental education facility in southeast San Francisco and the first “off-grid” building. Located at Heron’s Head Park, a former landfill, the center was built using recycled materials and [...]
City of Richmond’s Civic Center Renovation Wins Distinguished Design-Build Award
Posted in Awards, Environmental, Geotechnical, Green, LEED, tagged 2010, ACCO, Alliance Property Group, Auditorium, C. Overaa & Co., California, Charles Pankow Builders, City Hall, City of Richmond, Civic Center, Contra Costa Electric, DBIA, Design-Build Institute of America, Hall of Justice, Hratch Kouyoumdjian, Jeffrey Ludlow, KPFF Consulting Engineers, L.J. Kruse, LEED Gold, Los Angeles, Mack 5, Nadel Architects, Plaza, Project Awards, Ramin Golesorkhi, Richmond, Richmond Civic Center Partners LLC, The KPA Group, The Wasatch Group, Thomas Campitelli, Treadwell & Rollo, USGBC, Western Pacific Region, WRT Design on July 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) recently announced the 2010 winners of the National Design-Build Project Awards competition. Among this year’s winners in the Rehab/Renovation/Restore category is the Richmond City Center, which won for the Western Pacific Region—Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada. The City of Richmond’s newly revitalized Civic Center is a multi-phase design-build project [...]
Treadwell & Rollo Recognized for Continued Green Business Efforts
Posted in Awards, Green, tagged Bay Area Green Business Program, Chris, composting, Dorinda Shipman, Environmental, green business, green business awards, green committee, recycled paper, San Francisco, Treadwell & Rollo on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are pleased to announce that Treadwell & Rollo’s San Francisco headquarters has been officially re-certified as a Green Business through the year 2013. The San Francisco office now joins our Oakland office, which achieved re-certification as a Green Business in 2009. Although our offices were already quite green from our earlier certification efforts through [...]
