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Environmental Due Diligence | Real Estate

File reviews: digging to uncover business environmental risks

Posted on by janetannan

Under ASTM E1527-13, file reviews are a much more pertinent part of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) to accurately identify the potential for Recognized Environmental Conditions (REC) and assess business environmental risk associated with a property.

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Environmental Due Diligence

Due Diligence in Motor City – why Phase I ESAs are different in Detroit

Posted on by wes-skinner

The Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (or ESA), considered by many in the real estate and finance industries as the most essential form of environmental due diligence, can vary in complexity and challenge when conducted in a city with a storied industrial history known as the automotive capital of the world.  The development of Detroit…

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Environmental Due Diligence

Environmental Professionals as Required by ASTM E1527 (3 Comments)

Posted on by Joe Derhake PE

Entry by JoeDerhake Entry There has been much discussion about the creation of a national environmental professional registration system and having a new ASTM Standard to require that a ‘Registered’ Environmental Professional conduct a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). I support such a requirement, as Environmental Professionals too often have to compete with either…

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