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Environmental Due Diligence Qualifications

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Fuss & O’Neill We design within the context of a space. We realize that small changes can make a big difference. We believe that working with the environment instead of against it benefits us all. We know that you have a budget and are beholden to others. We prioritize safety. These are the tenets on which we base all our decisions. It is what we have been doing since our firm was established in 1924,

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Environmental Due Diligence Qualifications February 2020

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Brownfields We have been providing Brownfields services to municipalities, agencies, and developers for more than 25 years. Our primary focus is on creating cost-effective solutions that result in successful redevelopment and

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innovative uses of grant funding.

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to obtain quick decisions from regulatory staff as well as implement

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knowledge of Brownfields policies and funding programs enables us

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reuse of the site, while satisfying regulatory requirements. Our in-depth

We have been conducting environmental site assessments since the 1990s and provide consulting services to recipients of U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants. Our services include Phase I/II site assessments on single parcels, metal plating operations, textile manufacturing, oil storage facilities, as well as historic, industrial, and residential properties. We provide Quality Assurance Project Plans and health and safety plans, remedial action plans, and pre-demolition surveys (including hazardous materials), as well as manage the review process with local/state officials, architects, developers, and remediation contractors. We assist clients with funding issues and presentations to stakeholders.

RELEVANT BROWNFIELDS PROJECTS

Brownfields Assessment Program - Framingham, MA

Goodwin College - East Hartford, CT

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Implemented U.S. EPA funded petroleum and hazardous materials assessment program for selected priority sites.

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Assisted with redevelopment of a former fuel distribution and storage facility into a college campus.

Coordinated with MassDEP, U.S. EPA, and numerous

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Conducted site assessment and developed RAP.

stakeholders to advocate for eligibility for a range of

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Provided a third-party review of the final remedial design.

publicly- and privately-owned properties.

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Prepared detailed remedial cost estimates used by a

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Conducted Phase I and Phase II assessments.

financial institution and by the State of Connecticut to

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Performed remediation and re-use planning.

support a bond authorization.

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Provided environmental, civil, landscape architecture,

Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission Brownfields Program

and hazardous building materials services to support the

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Implemented U.S. EPA-funded petroleum and hazardous

$13.75 million redevelopment of a former U.S. Rubber/

materials assessment program for 40 cities and towns that

Uniroyal facility into the WaterFire Arts Center.

comprise CMRPC.

Environmental activities included UST removal, PCB

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Developed a regional Brownfields redevelopment strategy

remediation, hazardous building materials abatement,

with CMRPC while also providing local support to individual

and design of a site-wide cap to facilitate property re-use.

cities and towns.

ADDITIONAL BROWNFIELDS PROJECTS

Science Park, New Haven, CT MetroHartford Brownfields, Hartford, CT National Welding Facility, Newington, CT Steelpointe Harbor Development, Bridgeport, CT Montgomery Mills, Windsor Locks, CT Brownfields Pre-Demolition Assessments, Holyoke, MA Cambridge Housing Authority, Cambridge, MA Harbor Point - Stamford, CT • •

Framingham Branch Library, Framingham, MA

Provided Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III site

The Arbors Assisted Living, Greenfield, MA

characterization and remediation planning and design.

Victory Programs Playground, Boston, MA

Additional services included ESAs; impacted soil management; site, utility, and stormwater infrastructure design; traffic impact studies and parking evaluations; roadway,design; building decontamination; permitting;

Worcester Telegram and Gazette Redevelopment, Worcester, MA Former Woonsocket Middle School, Woonsocket, RI

and construction administration for this $3.5 billion,

Knowles Mill Park, Richmond, RI

mixed-use, brownfield development project situated on

OpenDoors Housing & Resource Center, Providence, RI

more than 100 acres of property along the waterfront in Stamford’s South End.

Sandy Acres Recreational Area, Coventry, RI Stone Harbour, Bristol, RI

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Environmental Assessment & Remediation We have been conducting Phase I, II, and III Environmental Site Assessments throughout New England on a daily basis since the 1980s. Many of our projects involve USEPAfunded assessments, including ASTM E1527 – 13 Phase I Assessments, Phase II and USTs to investigations of industrial facilities involving dozens of areas of concern, multiple contaminant types, and complex geological settings. We incorporate innovative techniques to streamline the investigative/remedial design process, reduce costs, and encourage the use of green remedial alternatives.

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Phase III ESAs. Studies include investigations of petroleum hydrocarbon releases from

We design site remediation to facilitate property reuse goals and have developed a track record of obtaining approvals for creative solutions due to strong working relationships with regulators. Remediation requirements can be complex; however, there are opportunities to apply creative engineering approaches to decrease the costs of remediation. These include obtaining approval for decreasing the thickness of caps, developing a site grading plan that minimizes the generation of excess contaminated soil, integrating remedial alternatives into the site design so that the infrastructure serves as a component of remediation, and considerations to address climate change. For the USEPA’s program, the process involves preparation of Remedial Action Plans (RAPs), Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA), Soil Management Plans, and Order of Magnitude Opinions of Probable Remedial Cost for contaminated properties. Remedial concepts are presented based on discussions with the client, potential developers, and other community stakeholders. The type of information contained in these documents includes sustainable design and green remediation techniques, mitigation of vapor intrusion and light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) migration, and addressing urban fill.

RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION PROJECTS

Former Kenyon Mill - Coventry, CT

Harbor Point - Stamford, CT

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Conducted Phase II and III environmental assessments and developed remedial action plan for this DECD funded project.

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Conducted site investigation and remediation activities of former gas plant for proposed mixed-use development.

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Former National Welding Facility - Newington, CT

Pitney Bowes Manufacturing Complex - Stamford, CT

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Services included Phase I, II and III environmental

Assisted developer in obtaining $2.5 million in DECD

assessments and remedial action plan for this

funding and developed remedial strategies that

comprehensive DECD funded project.

addressed environmental impacts.

ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION PROJECTS

Central Connecticut State University, Newington, CT Chatham Street Redevelopment, New Haven, CT CT Transit, New Haven, CT Dutton Heights, Bristol, CT Farnam Courts, New Haven, CT Goodwin Estate, Hartford, CT Griswold Corporation, Moosup, CT Steelpointe Harbor Development - Bridgeport, CT •

Conducted environmental assessment of 50-acre site and develped comprehensive remedial action plan to accommodate multiple development scenarios.

Hendel’s Inc. Remediation, New London, CT Kemvolt Site Remediation, Bridgeport, CT Norwich State Hospital, Norwich, CT Army National Guard, Windsor Locks & East Lyme, CT Sports & Medical Science Academy, Hartford, CT Sturm, Ruger & Company, Southport, CT UTC, Bridgeport, CT

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Housing Experience Fuss & O’Neill has provided engineering and hazardous building material consulting services for architects, housing authorities, and private developers throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island,

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mill redevelopments.

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housing, shoreline disaster renovations, and historic mixed-use

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we’ve designed a wide array of affordable housing projects, senior

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and Massachusetts. Leveraging our multi-disciplined approach,

Our integrated teams of civil, environmental, and transportation engineers can perform services from master planning to environmental permitting and hazardous building materials consulting. Additionally, our staff is knowledgable of the regulations of the U.S. Department of Urban Development (HUD), the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

RELEVANT PROJECTS

Northeast Knitting Mills Senior Housing, Fall River, MA

New Haven Housing Authority, New Haven, CT

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) to

• On-call consultant for environmental engineering and

understand the site history and environmental concerns • Phase II ESA to evaluate contaminants of concern • Hazardous building materials testing as part of redevelopment • Initiation of Immediate Response Actions in accordance with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection • Coordination and consultation to help plan for site cleanup and redevelopment

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hazardous building materials consulting for Chatham Street Housing, Farnam Court, Rockview Circle, Eastview Terrace, and Westville Manor, among others • Developed technical specifications and drawings for abatement of identified hazardous materials and provided oversight/management during abatement • HUD funded site redevelopment and program master planning at McConaughy Terrace

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New Park Housing, West Hartford, CT

East Bay Development Corporation, RI

• The development is located near a new CTfastrak Station

• Civil engineering services for multiple affordable housing

• Completed a remedial action plan, hazardous building materials study and abatement design • The completion of Brownfields Grant Applications allowed the West Hartford Housing Authority to pursue this mixeduse development • Additional mixed-use design aspects allowed for a reduction

projects including Sweetbriar Affordable Housing (2013 RI Smart Growth Award) designed on the principles of New Urbanism that focused on walkability, central public spaces, and rear parking • Other rehabilitation and/or new construction projects include Palmer Pointe, Catherine’s Place, Liberty Street

in trip generation and required parking to make the best

Senior Housing, and River’s Edge Apartments designed as

use of the property

duplexes, apartments or single family homes

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT HOUSING CLIENTS:

Beacon Residential Properties, CT Berkshire Housing Development Corporation, MA Boston Housing Authority, MA Cambridge Housing Authority, MA Liberty Affordable Housing, MA Mutual Housing Association, CT and MA New Britain Pinnacle Heights/Corbin Heights, CT Hartford Housing Authority, Hartford, CT

New Haven Housing Authority, CT

• Master planning for Bowles Park (renamed Willow Creek

Norwich Housing Authority, CT

above) 300–500 residential units in numerous phases of planning, landscape architecture, site/civil engineering • Lead master planner and site designer for Nelton Court, a HUD funded redevelopment with 82 units, open space and community center • HUD funded master planning/environmental/hazmat services for Charter Oak/Rice Heights including demolition and redesign of the 3 largest public housing facilities with mixed-income housing

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Park City Communities, Bridgeport, CT Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Trinity Place, RI * United Housing Management, LLC, MA West Hartford Housing Authority, CT Women’s Institute for Housing and Economic Development, CT and MA *2014 Neighborhood Revitalization Award, Providence Preservation Society

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Property Condition Assessment Experience Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. (F&O) provides clients throughout the northeast with Property Condition Assessments (PCA’s) conducted by our team of experienced Professional Engineers. Commercial real estate developers, financial and

building systems and components are professionally reviewed and assessed in accordance with ASTM E2018 Standard Guide for Property Condition Assessments.

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their investments regarding the current state of their buildings. All major

Facility

review of their properties and deliver valuable intelligence and insight for

Infrastructure

insurance institutions, and municipalities trust F&O to perform a thorough

Our Professional Engineers leverage their experience developing repair and renovation solutions for a wide range of commercial buildings and other structures to provide additional insight and economical and constructible solutions to the deficiencies outlined in the extensive Property Condition Reports (PCR’s) prepared for our clients. Immediate, short term, and long term capital improvements and expenditures are identified and tabulated to provide clients with a long range projection of expected future costs to operate and maintain their properties.

RELEVANT PROPERTY CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROJECTS

57 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA

27 William F. Palmer Road, Moodus, CT

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Conducted ASTM Property Condition Assessment for the 44,920sf six story building to evaluate the cost to

Middlesex Hospital as part of pre-purchase due

repair or rehabilitate the property.

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Assessment services included structural frame and

Completed a Property Condition Assessment for diligence for the 3,750sf building on 2.2 acres.

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Fuss & O’Neill assessed the existing structural,

building envelope , MEP and fire protection, roofing,

mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection

and prepared a cost estimate and property condition

systems for the building according to the ASTM

report.

standards and prepared a property condition report.

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10 Pullman Street, Worcester, MA •

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Provided due diligence ASTM Property Condition

210 Essex Street, Dari Farms Ice Cream, Whitman, MA

Assessment for the 120,000sf single story warehouse

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Provided a property condition assessment for an

style building on 5.5 acres.

occupied, single-story 47,000sf multiple-tenant

Services included the assessment of structural frame

warehouse building.

and building envelope, MEP and fire protection,

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Services included the assessment of structural frame

roofing, and site features and a property condition

and building envelope, MEP and fire protection,

report.

roofing, and site features and a property condition report.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS:

55 Gerber Drive, Dari Farms Ice Cream, Tolland, CT Middlesex Hospital, Middleton, CT Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT 200 Wallace Street, New Haven, CT 125 DuPont Avenue, Providence Water, Providence, RI The Tidewater Motel, 135 Route 28, West Yarmouth, MA •

Fuss & O’Neill provided a Property Condition Assessment and Report for the due diligence assessment of the property for purchase.

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Services included the assessment of structural frame and building envelope , MEP and fire protection, documentation and interview along with a condition report.

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776 Main Street, Monomoy Theater, Chatham, MA

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Property Sale and Acquisition Environmental Due Diligence We have been conducting environmental transaction screening Phase I, II, and III Environmental Site Assessments to support property sales and acquisitions throughout -13 Phase I Assessments, Phase II, and Phase III ESAs. Studies include investigations facilities involving dozens of areas of concern, multiple contaminant types, and complex geological settings. We incorporate innovative techniques to streamline the

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of petroleum hydrocarbon releases from USTs to investigations of industrial

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New England on a daily basis since the 1980s. Many of our projects involve ASTM E1527

investigative/remedial design process, reduce costs, and encourage the use of green remedial alternatives.

We design site remediation to facilitate property reuse goals and have developed a track record of obtaining approvals for creative solutions for our clients due to our strong working relationships with regulators.

Remediation requirements can be complex; however, there are opportunities to apply creative engineering approaches to decrease the costs of remediation. These include obtaining approval for decreasing the thickness of caps, developing a site grading plan that minimizes the generation of excess contaminated soil, integrating remedial alternatives into the site design so that the infrastructure serves as a component of remediation, and considerations to address climate change. We routinely prepare Order of Magnitude Opinions of Probable Remedial Cost for contaminated properties undergoing transactions. Remedial concepts are presented based on discussions with the client, potential developers, and other community stakeholders. The type of information contained in these documents includes sustainable design and green remediation techniques, mitigation of vapor intrusion and light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL) migration, and addressing urban fill.

RELEVANT PROJECTS

Former Kenyon Mill - Coventry, CT

New England Log Homes - Great Barrington, MA

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Conducted Phase II and III environmental assessments

Provided environmental consulting for the investigation

and developed remedial action plan for this DECD funded

and potential redevelopment of the 8.2-acre former New

project.

England Log Homes site.

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Former National Welding Facility - Newington, CT

Pitney Bowes Manufacturing Complex - Stamford, CT

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Services included Phase I, II, and III environmental

Assisted developer in obtaining $2.5 million in DECD

assessments and remedial action plan for this

funding and developed remedial strategies that

comprehensive DECD-funded project.

addressed environmental impacts.

ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION PROJECTS

Central Connecticut State University - Newington, CT CT Transit - New Haven, CT Farnam Courts - New Haven, CT Goodwin Estate - Hartford, CT Griswold Corporation - Moosup, CT Hendel’s Inc. Remediation - New London, CT Kemvolt Site Remediation - Bridgeport, CT Steelpointe Harbor Development - Bridgeport, CT

Norwich State Hospital - Norwich, CT

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Army National Guard - Windsor Locks and East Lyme, CT

Conducted environmental assessment of 50-acre site and developed comprehensive remedial action plan to accommodate multiple development scenarios.

Sports & Medical Science Academy - Hartford, CT Petroleum Heat and Power - Gardner, MA Mt. Tom Road - Northampton, MA Former Sahagen Oil Company - Winchendon, MA Kolacon Property Management - Erving, MA Lawrence DPW-Tank Closure - Lawrence, MA

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