Terrapex is very pleased to announce that the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) have issued our firm Permit #14694 to practice professional engineering and geoscience in the province of Alberta. This certification allows us to continue supporting the needs of current clients and pursue new opportunities as part of our continued efforts to expand our capabilities in Western Canada.

Our “responsible persons” under the Engineering and Geoscientist Act of Alberta are Ms. Liz Madden for Professional Engineering Services and Mr. David Crawford for Professional Geoscience Services.

Terrapex is pleased to welcome Stephen Cioccio as our newest Senior Environmental Risk Assessor.  Stephen is a Qualified Person for risk assessment (QPRA) under Ontario Regulation 153/04 and brings over 10 years of risk assessment experience helping clients navigate through Ontario’s Brownfield regulations.   He has completed numerous risk assessments for a variety of clients in the real estate/development, transportation, mining, power and oil & gas sectors.  These assessments include: risk assessments for regulatory submissions under Ontario Regulation 153/04; due diligence risk assessments for land transactions; and, exposure risk assessments included in environmental assessments for power and mining projects.

As a QPRA, Stephen’s main focus has been on human health and ecological risk assessment for brownfield redevelopment.  He has been involved in the redevelopment of former gas stations, manufacturing facilities, marine transfer stations and drycleaners into parkland, residential and mixed residential/commercial land use.

Please contact us to see how Terrapex can assist you in your greenfield and brownfield development needs.

Chaoran brings seven years of site assessment and remediation experience to Terrapex. He graduated from the University of Toronto (UoT) with a B.Sc. (Honours) in Environmental Chemistry in 2010 and spent the first three years of his career working for an environmental remediation contractor before focusing his attention on the assessment of contaminated properties. Chaoran is also currently enrolled in a part-time Masters of Environmental Science program at the University of Toronto, with an expected 2019 graduation.

“Inogen is more than the sum of its Associates, and Inogen’s strength lies in the active participation of its Associates working together in a culture of mutual trust and dependence.”

Terrapex was pleased to participate for the seventh year in a row in the GOwen Environmental Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management Course. Terrapex managers Sara Sutherland and Roy Yu provided hands-on demonstrations of soil vapour sampling techniques and equipment to groups of environmental professionals and regulators from across Canada and around the world.

Terrapex is very pleased to announce that Viken Cholakian has started with Terrapex on Tuesday May 22, as the Manager of our new Building Sciences Division.

Viken is a Professional Engineer, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, an MBA, a postgraduate diploma in Building Science, and he is certified as a Building Science Specialist Ontario by the Ontario Building Envelope Council. He brings over 20 years of experience working in the field of Building Sciences, including building envelope inspection and testing, building restoration and condition assessment, reserve fund studies, due diligence building condition surveys, construction audits and performance audits, and other related projects.