North Shore Environmental Construction, Inc. is pleased to announce the recent addition of Ms. Chloe Soik and Mr. David Johnson to their organization.

Ms. Chloe Soik joins NSEC as an Environmental Project Assistant. Chloe comes to North Shore as a recent college graduate. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in May with a BS Degree. She double majored in Geography (Physical Systems) and in Conservation & Environmental Science (Land Resources). She has also taken a number of courses in geographic information systems (GIS). While in her final semester at school, Chloe completed a management plan for the Schlitz Audubon Cleaver property in Brown Deer, Wisconsin along the Milwaukee River. Her entire education has been focused on and built upon the biological and physical environment of Wisconsin. As an Environmental Project Assistant, her responsibilities include assisting Project Managers with project costing, tracking and logistics, along with administrative duties. She will complete waste profiles, manifests, and associated documents. Chloe will also be working on government contracts and visiting project sites.

Mr. David Johnson joins NSEC as a Project Manager. Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of experience working in the environmental services field. He brings extensive knowledge of working with petroleum, chemical, PCB and solvents in emergency response and scheduled projects. His work has taken him international and nationally for numerous clients and incidents.

North Shore completes NCCER Pipeline Operator Qualification Training company wide.  NCCER’s Pipeline Training and Assessment Program (PTAP) was developed in partnership with the pipeline industry.  It consists of pipeline curriculum and pipeline skill assessments to qualify pipeline personnel under the Department of Transportation’s regulation for Pipeline Operator Qualification, CFR Part 192 for gas and CFR Part 195 for liquid.  Hydrogen sulfide awareness is also a part of this training.

North Shore is a member of ISNetworld.  NCCER pipeline assessment information is entered into the ISNetworld database and owner clients can contact North Shore to perform pipeline services.

North Shore is a Wisconsin DNR all hazards emergency response contractor.  North Shore provides emergency response services for cleanup of non-hazardous and hazardous waste for the Southeast, South Central and Northeast DNR regions in Wisconsin.  North Shore cleans up materials posing threats to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, and also to the environment.

The DNR’s overall goal is to choose a contractor to assure prompt, effective and efficient response to these emergencies.  They look for contractors that have experience in doing this type of work and can start the contract with little or no learning curve.

North Shore is committed to providing the best response service possible and is pleased to receive this contract.

Confined Space Rescue Services.

North Shore Environmental Construction’s team of managers, supervisors and technicians completed 16 hours of advanced confined space rescue training.  The training was held at the hazardous materials training facility at the Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, WI.

North Shore Environmental Construction, Inc. (NSEC) provides the highest level of protection and safety for their employees while working at a site.  Safety and compliance are top priorities.  NSEC are hazardous materials specialists trained in IDLH (Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health) entry (supplied air) with all level response capabilities.

NSEC provides:

• Confined space entry/standby/rescue
• Experienced & qualified confined space entrants/attendants/supervisors
• Air monitoring for hazardous atmospheres
• Fire watch
• Hazardous & non-hazardous materials specialists
• Personnel that are 29 CFR 1910.146 rescue trained

NSEC uses specialized equipment that is set up exclusively in an enclosed trailer that will only be used for confined space rescue.

North Shore responded immediately to a spill at a leading global chemistry company in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.  The company had a valve on a vessel that contained heat transfer fluid fail and the liquid ended up on the floor.  The fluid also ran into a self-contained sump.  North Shore utilized two vac trucks and vacuumed up the liquid in the sump.  Their Haz mat team cleaned and restored the floor, sump and tank areas so the company could get their process up and running quickly.

North Shore is known for their emergency response spill cleanup.  NSEC specializes in hazardous waste handling, transportation and disposal.

North Shore Environmental Construction, Inc. (NSEC) specializes in mercury cleanup at wastewater plants and successfully completes another large decontamination at a WWTP in Wisconsin. Trickling filter rock was being removed from a trickling filter system when mercury balls were discovered at the bottom of the tank. The project was stopped when the mercury was discovered. NSEC was contacted to cleanup the mercury and decontaminate the trickling filter rock and tanks. The mercury contaminated rock media from the tank was removed and decontaminated by using a proprietary chemical process developed by NSEC. The toxic mercury was transported and disposed of properly. Additional non-hazardous waste was disposed at other designated facilities. The project started on January 30, 2013 and was completed on May 17, 2013.  NSEC has developed a proprietary chemical decontamination process for mercury contaminated rock media, gravel and concrete structures.

North Shore is a member of ISNetworld!  ISNetworld is the global resource for connecting corporations with safe, reliable contractors in capital intensive industries.  ISNetworld collects safety, procurement, sustainability, quality and regulatory information from contractors and verifies its accuracy, and reports the results on their online database.  Owner clients of ISNetworld can now connect with North Shore.

North Shore is a member of PICS (Pacific Industrial Contractor Screening).  PICS audits our organization to meet and exceed required regulations regarding our overall work process/systems and staff.

North Shore Environmental is currently seeking professionals for it’s Haz Mat Technician position.