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‘milled’. We extract metals and hydrocarbons from the aggregate and other organic materials that normally make soil contaminated. This allows us to recycle a product that would normally go into a permitted disposal site,” Mizuik explains. Allterra’s earth-friendly approach ex tend s b eyond t he company’s innovative soil reclamation efforts into virtually all aspects of its operations. From its first day, company management stressed the importance leaving as small a footprint as possible on all of its sites. This corporate philosophy extends to the equipment it uses and stringent maintenance schedules to ensure the equipment operates at peak efficiency. That philosophy is even evident in the attitudes of its newest and most junior workers. “We live in an industrial society that unfortunately has not been very good to the planet. So we have these industrial sites. Now we’re in a situation where we are required to clean up these places,” Mizuik says. Changing that mindset, helping to rectify the errors and omissions made in the past is part of the catalyst for Allterra’s efforts. The company continually strives to develop new and more effective ways to repair environmental damage. “We
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want to contain the contaminants, make them inert. Our new process conditions the contaminated soil for recycling.” Raymond Lam says processing
waste prior to transportation has tremendous long term benefits. “If you reduce the amount of contaminants that are going into encapsulation sites, you are
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friendlier to the environment. You have less trucking, you’re producing fewer greenhouse gases and you are ultimately placing far less contaminated
material into permitted disposal sites.” There is a serendipitous flavour to the creation of Allterra Construction. The three co-founders Mizuik, Isacson and Lam met while working on the same job together and quickly developed an affinity for each other and recognized the kindred viewpoints they all shared. “We all like what each other does and know that each of us brings different skills to the job. I’m in the field, Raymond’s in the office, and for the most part, Todd’s in the field as well,” says Isacson. T he ow ners say the sou rce and strength of its success is the company’s innovative vision. Each owner brings different skills and perspectives to the firm’s operations. Isacson brings the expertise of a SEE ALLTERRA CONSTRUCTION | PAGE 31
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