Terradex

What We Do

Terradex works in three services areas: LandWatch services for Institutional controls, web-based environmental map services and underlying professional services. Projects with clients often span across these three services areas to solve their need.

LandWatch

LandWatch helps assure safe reuse of contaminated properties certified for “conditional reuse” by helping to assure that these conditions, known as institutional controls and engineering controls, remain met. Effective implementation of these controls protects the public and the environment, satisfies federal and state statutes, and limits landowner liability. The system now is applied at approximately 600 sites around the U.S. spanning more than 500,000 acres from corner gas stations to large federal facilities and Superfund sites.

After years of refinement, LandWatch efficiently searches and sifts the “electronic trail” of hundreds of land activity and land uses to, as some have put it, “get the right information to the right people at the right time” and in doing so helps to prevent or swiftly stop land actions that would be unsafe and/or trigger liability exposure at IC sites.

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LandWatch for Continuing Obligations

ASTM’s Continuing Obligations Standard sets property stewardship guidelines and best practices for contaminated property management, with the anticipated use by property owners who seek CERCLA defenses and others who, because of business risk or state-imposed obligations, desire best practice management of residual contamination, institutional controls, and engineering controls at their properties.

Terradex’s ContinuingObligationsWatch integrates Terradex’s classic LandWatch service with new web and tablet tools that serve site inspectors, combining the power of electronic land use monitoring with site inspections. Site inspectors can view site conditions on their ipad, evaluate LandWatch monitoring histories while walking the site and, at the same time, enter inspection notes directly into a single site record. With Continuing Obligation details and status always a few clicks away, ContinuingObligationsWatch also generates periodic Continuing Obligation monitoring reports that comprehensively synthesize LandWatch monitoring and site inspection observations to inform and serve the needs of those who implement Continuing Obligations plans, as the ASTM Guide recommends. Put simply, ContiningObligationsWatch is a must have for those performing Continuing Obligations.

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Map Services

Terradex builds environmental web maps, as well as map services which allow mapping information to feed and drive numerous web mapping clients such as Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps and ESRI, allowing other users to present maps driven by Terradex’s aggregation of cleanup and IC information. As the naming suggestes, we focus on real-time mapping of environmental media, deriving or calculating map content on the fly. The map services are one part of solving a customers problem - in the cleanup, energy, water quality, climate and air quality. While the maps provide the visual output, Terradex drives the maps with data aggregation services.

	Cleanup Site and IC Mapping. Terradex builds maps and map services that inventory cleanup sites and institutional controls, with the capability of aggregating many data sources within states, between states, and/or between state and federal sources into one map. Terradex has serves USEPA in the development of an as yet unrealeased map service to access environmental data. »Click here to learn more

	DaycareWatch. Sometimes integrated within LandWatch, DaycareWatch searches and maps the location of daycare-licensed facilities and maps them along with cleanup and institutional control site. DaycareWatch reviews new daycare site licensing requests as well as refreshes the comparison when new remediation sites are identified. DaycareWatch can work as a standalone service, or generate alerts into Terradex's LandWatch.

	SustainabilityWatch.Terradex provides mapping services to monitor energy conservation projects installed across California higher education sites includeing the California University, state college and community college systems. The map catalog incorporates pictures of specific conservation projects, shows their location on the map, and calculates a rolling total of energy savings as well as impact on climate protection. The service incorporates the ability for permitted users to create and maintain their own conservation projects.

	RebateWatch. Terradex’s web service streamlines delivery of conservation rebates to the retailer, and ultimately the customer. The retailer uses RebateWatch as a web service or timely point-of-sale displays. All rebates are tracked by the retailer’s product SKU, zip code, and expiration date. A retailer can select products regionally that have rebates to feature in their stores. RebateWatch delivers the rebate amount, and link to applicable forms for customer to complete – configured for the web or in-store display.

	ClimateWatch. How does my community fit into the global warming problem? How does my community compare to others? Will my actions make a difference? Terradex is introducing a new service to translate your changes to a global difference. Terradex customizes global warming calculations for state, local government and private entities. ClimateWatch is a donated service representative of the customized services Terradex provides. View ClimateWatch

	AirWatch. Terradex publishes a realtime air quality monitoring layer displayed on Google Earth. The service was recently awarded an Environmental Achievement Award by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Terradex builds and supports real time air quality publishing services for the government and private sector. AirWatch is a donated service representative of customized environmental data services Terradex provides.

Professional Services

Terradex provides expert advisory services with regard to institutional controls and post-remediation maintenance of engineering controls. Terradex clients include those concerned about such controls: environmental consultants, responsible parties, attorneys, lending and insurance institutions, federal and state agencies, and municipalities.

Maintaining CERCLA Liability Protection and Equivalent State Protections. Terradex applies the findings of an All Appropriate Inquiry to build plans to satisfy continuing obligations.
Designing Institutional Control and Land Use Control Programs. Terradex designs effective and practical institutional controls as well as mechanisms to protect engineering controls when site development and use proceed.
Setting up Institutional Programs on State and Municipal Level. Terradex builds land use control implementation plans to operate between various levels of government.
Training and Education Programs and Seminars. Terradex teaches organizations how to apply land use controls in a site remedy.