On Wednesday, December 4th, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Jeff Yurek announced the filing of the long awaited On-Site and Excess Soil Management Regulation (O. Reg. 406/19).

The Ministry has been working on this regulation for several years, most recently posting a proposed regulation on the Environmental Registry on May 1, 2019. The finalized regulation is conceptually consistent to the proposed regulation, but does contain a number of significant changes related to specific requirements for managing “Excess Soil”, as well as the implementation dates for the new regulation:

• reuse rules and waste classification amendments/clarifications will come into force July 1, 2020;
• excess soil planning and notification (public registry posting) requirements will come into force January 1, 2022; and,
• general prohibitions on directing excess soil to landfills will come into force January 1, 2025.

As part of the new regulation, ancillary changes to Ontario’s Records of Site Condition – Part XV.1 of the Act regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) were also filed.  These changes came into force immediately (i.e., December 4, 2019).  Although the amendments include some minor changes from the May proposal, the revisions have now enacted long awaited changes to the rules governing the filing of Records of Site Condition, including exempting exceedances of parameters associated with placement of a substance (e.g., salt) on ground surfaces for the safety of vehicular or pedestrian traffic under conditions of snow or ice as an impediment to filing a Record of Site Condition.

Terrapex staff would be happy to meet with clients to present a summary of the regulation and answer any questions you may have – please contact Peter Sutton, Vice President, Environmental Services to arrange a suitable meeting time/date at P.Sutton@terrapex.com or  (416) 245-0011 ext. 234.

 

 

Terrapex is pleased to welcome John MacDonald to our Accounting/Finance Team in the role of Financial Controller. He brings over 20 years of experience in the accounting industry with the majority of that in the consulting engineering services segment, working with medium-sized consulting engineering firms in Ontario. He brings with him extensive exposure and experience in project management and corporate accounting cycle reporting.

His commitment towards strong team collaboration and his prior public accounting experience are key values to the Terrapex Team. John believes in fostering strong business relationships with his colleagues but equally so with our clients and vendors, and enjoys the journeys that these can often lead to.

John is a dedicated Edmonton Oiler fan and enjoys talking sports in general, and he is not averse to a friendly wager every now and then.

 

 

Welcome to Janice McKnight

September 20, 2019

Complementing our strong collaborative and passionate work environment, Terrapex welcomes Janice McKnight as our Manager, People & Culture. With 10 years of experience in the consulting engineering industry as well as an extensive tenure with a large international automotive supplier in progressive management roles, Janice brings knowledge of the professional services industry and talent management as well as strategic growth and development best practices.

With two ‘young adult’ children, a husband also in the engineering world and two small dogs with large personalities, she is a northern girl at heart. Janice enjoys remaining current in her profession and building long-standing relationships with those she meets over the course of her career. With a commitment to supporting and fostering an exceptional work environment, Janice’s professional style and experience integrates well with our company philosophies and business development strategies. With her enthusiasm for wellness practices and employee engagement, we look forward to Janice continuing to enhance and sustain our company values and culture.

Terrapex is pleased and excited to announce that we have made the following changes to our executive leadership team, to position us for continued growth and to better serve our clients:

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES

Terrapex is pleased to announce that the following staff have been appointed or re-affirmed in Corporate roles:

Steve Ruminsky –Manager, Hydrogeology

Viken Cholakian – Manager, Building Sciences

Dave Wong – Manager, Site Assessment and Remediation

Jason Burch – Manager, Ecology

Trevor Diseko – Manager, Hazardous Materials

Walter Korynkiewicz – Manager, Materials Inspection & Testing

Demetra Matthews – Manager, Geotechnical Laboratory

Stephen Cioccio – Manager, Risk Assessment

Look for more detailed bios on our “Team” page, coming soon…

March 29, 2019

Re: Company Name Change

Dear valued Client,

As you may know, Alston Associates has been owned by Terrapex Environmental Ltd. (Terrapex)
since 2010. This letter serves to advise you that effective April 1, 2019, Alston will officially be
using our parent company’s name Terrapex.

There has been no change in management and we will be providing the same geotechnical
services on which we have built our reputation in the industry. Our commitment to our clients will
remain unchanged. Along with geotechnical services, Terrapex provides consulting services in
environmental, hydrogeological and building science fields.

Our email addresses will change from alston.ca to terrapex.com, and we will start using
Terrapex’s phone no. (416) 245-0011, although our 905 number will remain active for another
year.

Thank you for being one of our valued clients.

Sincerely,
TERRAPEX ENVIRONMENTAL LTD.

Terrapex was awarded a four year standing offer agreement to provide contaminated environmental site assessment services by the National Capital Commission (NCC) commencing November 5, 2018.  We are pleased to be one of the firms selected and look forward to working with the NCC.

Click here to view the National Capital Commission Standing Offer Award notice.