By Stephen E. Fauer If science is empirical, why do environmental consultants often disagree with one another? To some, science-based disagreement is perplexing. But to people on opposite sides of a commercial or industrial real estate transaction, such disagreements are common. Why does it happen and...
By: Stephen E. Fauer My father told me something very prophetic when I was a child. He said, “While fishing, other fishermen may say, ‘You should have been here yesterday, the fishing was unbelievable.’ But don’t believe them. Because that’s what they all say.” Fishing is my favorite hobby. I fly...
While the commercial real estate market in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area continues to be robust, many developers and builders are finding it increasingly difficult to identify large tracts of available land that can be redeveloped into warehouses, data centers, or mixed-use...
Going Beyond the Minimum Environmental Standard ESA Environmental Consultants has been a devout client advocate since its inception 30 years ago. This has meant the same thing to virtually every one of our clients to date: obtaining site closure as quickly as possible and for the...
Environmental consultants agree that the price to remediate contaminated groundwater can be financially ruinous. But there are exceptions. ESA has successfully used a groundwater remediation strategy that saves vast amounts of time and money – when the conditions are right. ESA first employed this groundwater remediation...
ESA meets with prospective clients nearly every day to discuss their environmental projects. When the project involves (or may involve) soil and groundwater impacts, ESA routinely discusses the potential to use Other People’s Money (OPM) to defray costs. Because some of these projects can be expensive, what could be better...
CEO Stephen Fauer marks the occasion of ESA’s 30th year in business by sharing some of the life lessons he has accumulated over the years. We think you’ll enjoy Stephen’s sometimes brash, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, always honest perspective on what he believes it takes to be successful – and...
As an environmental consultant in a highly regulated industry, ESA’s scientific studies must be conducted in full compliance with a regulatory process which can, at times, be lengthy. But there are proactive strategies that YOU, the client, can apply to help expedite project closure. Make Time Irrelevant This applies to people...
Buyers (better known as Prospective Purchasers, or "PPs") of Brownfield properties often identify environmental issues that increase their buying leverage. And ironically, sometimes PPs gain leverage because sellers did not follow the strategy ESA presented in Part 1 of this two-part series. In this, Part...
When buying and selling properties, does your return on investment matter? If so, ESA's strategies may help improve your bottom line. Every sale or purchase of industrial and commercial real estate addresses environmental issues, and savvy sellers and buyers use environmental issues to leverage their deals....