Winter weather brings with it an often overlooked and underestimated hazard to the work place; the potential for slips and falls. If you’re lucky, you might end up with only a bruise. However, the injuries from falling on ice are often more severe. With some planning...
The traditional approach for site characterization, which is still in common use today, evolved in the 1980s when contaminant behavior was less understood, analytical methods were being developed, and acceptable analytical quality control could only be achieved using...
Wilcox is continuously developing and exploring sampling equipment and methodologies that increase data quality and reduce client expenses. The Wilcox Vapor Intrusion Practice Group recently began successfully utilizing specialized sub-slab soil gas sampling ports...
The migration of volatile organic vapors into existing and future structures (vapor intrusion, or “VI”) from contaminated soil and groundwater can lead to exposures of building occupants to potentially harmful levels of chemicals. Consequently, VI has emerged as a...
Wilcox Environmental Engineering recently utilized the new Geoprobe® Direct Image® MiHpt, which combines a Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) and a Hydraulic Profiling Tool (HPT) testing. The MIP technology provides high resolution profiling of the distribution of...
As a social media specialist with Wilcox, one of my primary objectives is to share company news and information with the world via Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. From my first day with Wilcox, I expressed great interest in field activities; I wanted to see...
