Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) recently employed the use of Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) in its quest to find 8,000 gallons of product released from a busted fuel line at a service station in southwest Missouri. The advanced geophysical technology helped locate a second sinkhole on the site, as well as several potential pathways for free-product …
EWI Completes Large-Scale Asbestos Inspection of Historic Theater
Most Americans have heard of asbestos, and the cancerous health risks associated with exposure to the group of silicate minerals popular in construction materials up until the 1970s. But, did you know that the Clean Air Act requires that any and all commercial buildings in the U.S. set for demolition or renovation to be tested? …
Stream Bank Stabilization Project Showcases Lesser Known Service Line
Matt Markum loves bidding on unique projects. So, when a bid request came across his desk from Great River Engineering for a stream bank stabilization project along Crooked Creek in Crawford County, Missouri, he jumped at the opportunity.
EWI Comes in at No. 3650 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 Ranking of America’s Top Businesses
NEW YORK, August 14, 2019 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) is No. 3650 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. …
International Field Services Projects Expand Reach
Two separate Environmental Works, Inc. field services teams recently wrapped up international projects in two vastly different locales. A crew of five field services project managers, supervisors and technicians from EWI’s Springfield, Missouri, and Springdale, Arkansas, offices toughed out the dusty, dry, high desert weather in Chihuahua, Mexico, while a team of five field services …
EWI Uses Advanced Geotube® Technology to Compost Waste
Environmental Works currently has eight Geotube® containers baking in the scorching summer sun at Springfield, Missouri’s Southwest Treatment Plant. The massive synthetic tubes, which could be mistaken for those inflatable water catapult “blobs,” favorites of summer camps everywhere, are actually filled with solid waste, not air. Once the Geotube® containers are done dewatering, the waste …
Brownfields Site Shows Off Efficiency of EWI Remediation Team
The efficiency and effectiveness of Environmental Works’ remediation team was recently on full display at a Brownfields project site in southwest Missouri.
Introducing Our Expanded Industrial Cleaning Services
When you need industrial cleaning or emergency response services, there’s no time to waste. And to ensure environmental compliance, you must have access to reliable industrial service providers. Fortunately, Environmental Works employs industrial service teams that are professionally trained, flexible, reliable, and available throughout the Midwest and beyond. We know firsthand that having a service provider …
The EPA’s Pending Regulations on PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that have been used in a variety of industries around the globe. Unfortunately, scientists have found that PFAS pose a variety of risks to human health. For that reason, on February 14, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its PFAS Action Plan, which …
New Sonic Drilling Rig Goes to Work
Cherokee Pass, MO – It was a cool, breezy morning in mid-March. Environmental Works Inc.’s brand new GeoProbe sonic drilling rig was in place and the drill positioned to break ground on a well site that had been giving our drilling team issues for years. They had been to the site at least once a …
