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2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

March 26, 2009 in Brownfields Program | by biplanning | Leave a comment

The American Recovery and Reinvestment act is providing the USEPA Brownfields Program with $100 million!

This is big news because Blue Island will have more opportunities to receive grants in the future to revitalize the city. Read more about the ARRA EPA funding here.

2008 Environmental Engineering RFP

March 16, 2009 in 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant | by biplanning | Leave a comment

The City submitted a Request for Proposals (RFP) back in February regarding Environmental Engineering Services for our 2008 USEPA Brownfields Assessment Grant for Hazardous and Petroleum sites.

We received an overwhelming response of 22 proposals. Below is the list of firms who we received responses from:

  • AECOM Environment
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  • Atwell-Hicks
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  • BT Squared
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  • Bureau Veritas NA, Inc.
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  • Burns & McDonnell
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  • Carlson Environmental
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  • Carnow Connibear
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  • Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
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  • Endpoint Solutions, LLC
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  • Environmental Analysis, Inc.
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  • EDI
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  • GSG Consultants
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  • Huff & Huff
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  • Industrial & Environmental Services, LLC
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  • Marlin Environmental
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  • Professional Service Industries
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  • Project Navigator, Ltd.
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  • ProSource Technologies, Inc.
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  • TRC
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  • URS Corporation
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  • V3 Companies, Ltd.
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  • Weaver Boos Consultants
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    After a difficult selection process, we shortlisted the following firms:

    • AECOM
    • URS Corporation
    • V3 Companies, Ltd.

    We hope to interview these 3 firms in the next couple of weeks and make a decision shortly after to start the much anticipated work on the 2008 grant.

    If you have any questions about the RFP, please send an email to the City’s Brownfields address.

    Blue Island Plan Update Meeting

    March 9, 2009 in BAT, Brownfields Program | by biplanning | Leave a comment

    Thanks to everyone who participated in and attended the Blue Island Plan Update Meeting! Your desire to positively change your community and thoughtful input helped us take another step forward in reaching our goals in the Blue Island Plan and Blue Island itself. As always, we will keep you posted on any updates and feel free to contact Aileen McEldowney or Nidhi Goyalwith any questions you have about the Brownfields or BAT info discussed at the meeting.