Field Services
Field Services Outline
Superior personnel are trained to provide state-of-the-art field services. Only Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) 40-Hour Health and Safety trained personnel are assigned to field duty, and each representative of Superior is dedicated to promoting “safety first” in all phases of operation.
Field Testing Services
Field Testing Services Summary
Representative sampling is a critical aspect of an environmental assessment, and our staff members are trained in appropriate sampling procedures, sample preservation, and documentation. Superior’s field services staff members provide environmental sampling, monitoring, and field testing of wastes, air, soil, and groundwater in accordance with United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and state guidelines and protocols. We use the most cost-effective state and USEPA approved sampling and testing methods and equipment available. All equipment is well maintained and in excellent working condition.Superior’s integral professional services include various testing and field sampling capabilities.
Superior’s range of field services includes:
- Field screening
- Site mapping and surveying
- Soil testing
- Soil-gas surveys
- Groundwater monitoring
- Media sampling
- In-situ monitoring
- Ex-situ monitoring
- Remedial system monitoring
- Tank closure sampling and compliance certification
Emergency Response
Emergency Response Summary
Superior has a unique set of skills and equipment required to respond to environmental emergencies. Superior has team members who are trained in the Incident Command System (ICS) and who are able to perform initial assessments of environmental spills and releases, as well as provide longer term source and plume identification and tracking. Our team has been involved in the responses of numerous, high publicity, catastrophic spills where Superior mobilized personnel and equipment to rapidly assess and track spilled materials whether underground, on water, or on land. Once the initial assessment is in progress, our staff is able to assist in regulatory briefings to ensure that the science behind the situation is easily understood.
Superior’s emergency response and monitoring teams are skilled in providing the following services:
- Initial assessment and site inspections
- Ambient air monitoring
- Health and safety monitoring
- Potable water assessments
- Surface water sampling
- Sediment sampling
- ICS team participation
- Contaminant tracking with Geoprobe® drilling rig and laser induced florescence
- Product recovery activities (active and passive)
- Database construction and population
- On-site laboratory for rapid data acquisition
- Geophysical assessment of spill areas (mapping)
- Strike team activities
- Boom deployment for open water spills
- Erosion control permitting
- Waste management (water, product, soil)
- Mapping (using geographical information system and computer aided drafting)
Superior also maintains a network of allied service providers who can mobilize heavy equipment, vacuum trucks, boats, containment booms, portable office space, concession providers, aerial reconnaissance, and other equipment that might become necessary in responding to releases.
Geotechnical Testing
Geotechnical Testing Summary
Superior provides geotechnical sampling to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for a wide variety of projects. From rock cores, Shelby Tubes, or split spoons, Superior partners with a variety of subcontractors to provide the tools, equipment, and laboratory testing necessary to complete your project.
Superior’s GeoTech services include:
- Hollow-stem auger
- Wet rotary
- Wireline rock coring
- Shelby tube
- Soil sampling
Analytical Sampling and Services
Analytical Sampling and Services Summary
Superior has established contracts with qualified analytical testing laboratories. These independent laboratories offer a full range of environmental analytical methods used in the technical services Superior provides. The laboratories provide us service on a prioritized basis and give rapid turnaround service (24 to 48 hours) in cases where time is of primary importance.
Superior’s contracted independent laboratories routinely provide the following services:
- Soil analysis
- Groundwater analysis
- Soil gas vapor analysis
- Mold and asbestos analysis
- Leaded paint analysis
- Air analysis
Superior offers field screening services using photoionization detectors and field gas chromatographs for determining the presence and extent of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the field using United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) 601/602 screening methodologies. Both services allow for field evaluation of environmental conditions within relatively short time frames, creating a shorter turnaround time for reporting and a cost-effective approach to site assessment and remediation that reduces or eliminates future mobilizations.