Happy Birthday and Congratulations to the COLUMBIA Technologies Team – 12 Years!

January 28th, 2011

January 28th is not just another ordinary day at COLUMBIA Technologies. As this day comes around, we recognize another milestone in our history as the company was founded 12 years ago by John Sohl and Ned Tillman. Since then, we’ve made tremendous strides within the environmental services industry providing tools and services to environmental, legal and property professionals on a nationwide scale. Read the rest of this entry »

Key Takeaways from the 2011 North American Environmental Field Conference and Exposition

January 20th, 2011

Our CEO, John Sohl had the opportunity to participate in the 2011 North American Environmental Field Conference and Exposition in San Diego, CA last week. On his return he shared his insights with our team that we have summarized below.  We’ve also included a link to a copy of his presentation which is provided at the bottom of this post.

First off, kudos to Dave and Gillian Nielsen as well as the rest of the Nielsen Environmental Field School, Inc. for organizing such a truly educational event. Read the rest of this entry »

Vertical Profiling: A Comprehensive and Holistic Approach to Site Characterization

January 13th, 2011

From assessing hundreds of subsurface pollution investigations for our diverse client base, we’ve come to the conclusion that in order to conduct an effective site characterization and move forward with remediation design plans, one must have a comprehensive knowledge of their sites’ vertical profile. We define a complete vertical profiling project by understanding the hydro-stratigraphy in addition to the contaminant distribution in order to make cost-effective and practical remediation designs and environmental decisions. Read the rest of this entry »

COLUMBIA Technologies Recognized with EBJ’s 2010 Business Achievement Award for New Practice Areas

January 6th, 2011

2010 EBJ Business Achievement Award Press Release

2010 EBJ Business Achievement Award Press Release

COLUMBIA Technologies has been recognized for their rapid expansion of their industry unique business model throughout North America with EBJ’s 2010 Business Achievement Award for New Practice Areas. In 2010, COLUMBIA Technologies extrapolated their “on call” business model into 29 states including Hawaii, increasing their total market penetration to 45 of 50 states; and into the provinces of Alberta and Ontario, Canada. Upcoming projects are in the planning stage for Mexico as well as Puerto Rico.

In 2010, COLUMBIA Technologies worked with 57 different clients throughout North America and Hawaii at over 100 project locations. They contracted with 10 out of 20, 15 out of 30, and 20 out of 40 from the Environmental Business International’s top rated environmental consulting and engineering firms on a broad range of commercial and military sites. Read the rest of this entry »

COLUMBIA Technologies Expands Direct Sensing Team with Hiring of three Field Geochemists

September 28th, 2010

Direct Sensing Team New Hires Press Release

Direct Sensing Team New Hires Press Release

COLUMBIA Technologies, a leading site investigation partner providing High Resolution Vertical Profiling services throughout North America and Hawaii, is proud to announce the recent hiring of David Boylan, Anastasia Craver, and Christopher Creger. These three individuals will expand the direct sensing team assuming the role of Field Geochemists in support of COLUMBIA’s national operations. Each of these individuals brings in previous experience while working in the environmental arena to operate alongside COLUMBIA’s nationwide service partners providing world-class innovative data collection, analyses, visualization, mapping and tracking tools for subsurface soil and groundwater contamination to environmental, legal and property professionals. Read the rest of this entry »