Landau Associates
Specialty: Environmental engineering, natural resource permitting, geotechnical engineering
Management: Larry Beard and Jerry Ninteman, principals
Founded: 1982
Headquarters: Edmonds
2005 revenues: $10 million
Projected 2006 revenues: $11 million
Current projects: Natural resource permitting support for Washington State Department of Transportation’s state Route 167 upgrades; remedial investigation and cleanup for a Boeing property in Everett
Photo courtesy Landau Associates Two geologists with Landau Associates performed a soil characterization for a property that was bought by the state for part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct project.
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Landau Associates recently completed a project that required deft scheduling, said Martin Powers, the company’s environmental services director.
Landau did a fuel oil cleanup on Port of Edmonds property that involved removing about 12,000 tons of impacted material at a site now used as an office park. The company did so without disrupting business by working with owners on scheduling the work, he said.
Marina redevelopment
On another project, Landau is working on a redevelopment site at the north marina of the Port of Everett. The former industrial site is being transformed into a mixed-use development in a joint project by the port and a private developer.
Landau located the pollution — mostly petroleum and some metals — on the site and is removing it while construction continues.
Powers said the reuse of former industrial sites for office parks and mixed-use developments continues to be a trend in his industry.
Indoor air quality issues
Another trend is that the state is increasingly monitoring the indoor air quality of commercial buildings constructed on contaminated sites. In some of those buildings, volatile subsurface contamination can enter through the foundation and cause health problems, he said.
One issue in the industry that concerns Powers is the trend toward using lower-cost environmental services on projects to keep costs down. That may save money, he said, but it affects quality.
“I don’t think the protection of the environment lends itself to that sort of approach long term,” he said.