Environmental Assessments & Due Diligence

Whether you are considering purchasing, selling, or refinancing a property, obtaining an environmental assessment is an important part of a successful real estate transaction.

Our qualified team routinely performs Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II Investigations, and Due-Diligence Reviews for sites located across the United States and internationally. Our clients include financial institutions, commercial and industrial facilities, law firms, real estate developers, and telecommunications companies. Our reporting standards follow the ASTM E 1527-13 which incorporates “All Appropriate Inquiries.”

AquAeTer assists with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews and reporting in general accordance with the rules established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement NEPA (47 CFR 1.1301-1.1319). The FCC NEPA process is complex and we have extensive experience navigating the completion of FCC Forms to satisfy Section 106 requirements, biological assessments, and ecological assessments. We have worked on complex projects such as those that have required advanced historical surveys, national scenic trail impacts, wetland permitting and mitigation, stream assessments and permitting, and endangered species assessments.

Case Studies

Asbestos Inspections

AquAeTer is familiar with multiple state regulatory requirements and has performed asbestos inspections and managed asbestos abatement projects in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Kentucky. AquAeTer provided environmental site assessment (ESA) services to a developer who was planning on constructing a retail pharmacy on the site of a former hotel in West Point, Mississippi. […]

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Phase I/Phase II

AquAeTer was retained by a commercial real estate developer to perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). While conducting the site reconnaissance, it was noted that a portion of the subject property was utilized as a gasoline station during the 1950’s. Based upon these findings further investigation was warranted. AquAeTer was subsequently asked to […]

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Phase I ESA

AquAeTer provided Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) services to a developer who was renovating a former four story department store in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana into a retail pharmacy and office space. The building was significantly damaged by fire in September 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. The first floor was completely gutted by fire, and […]

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NEPA

The professionals at AquAeTer have prepared NEPA Screening and Reporting for over 5,000 communication tower sites from California to Washington D.C.. This work has been completed for various clients for new towers and collocation projects across the United States. AquAeTer assists with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews and reporting in general accordance with the […]

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Wetlands Delineation

AquAeTer was retained by a commercial real estate developer to perform a wetland delineation and assist with the environmental permitting for the construction of a commercial building in Louisiana. During the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment it was noted that the subject site was situated on hydric soils. AquAeTer confirmed these findings through a Preliminary […]

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