References

For the development company ICKM Real Estate s.r.o., and in collaboration with the international consulting firm ENSR, we carried out a soil and subsurface contamination survey and a risk analysis at the former Tesla plant in Vršovice, Prague. As residential housing was planned on the site, the risk assessment led to the recommendation of soil remediation.

In cooperation with the multinational consultancy firm Ramboll (formerly ENVIRON), we conducted a groundwater contamination survey at the former military barracks in Janovice. The site was intended for the construction of a plant producing automotive parts. Based on the audit and site investigation, no remediation was recommended given the intended future industrial use.

For a potential developer, an extensive contamination survey was conducted at the former steel structure plant in Ostrava–Vítkovice. The investigation covered soils, soil gas, groundwater, and construction materials. The results of the survey served as the basis for the client's economic analysis of the site's redevelopment.

For the town of Březnice, we conducted a contamination survey and risk assessment at the former KOVO site, which produced furniture and construction fittings. The objective was to delineate and verify the extent of groundwater contamination by chlorinated hydrocarbons and other substances threatening the local brewery’s water source. Based on the risk analysis, remediation of both soil and groundwater was recommended.

In 2015, the project “Probable Environmental Burdens – Surveys at Selected Sites in the Slovak Republic” was launched under the Operational Programme Environment, overseen by the Slovak Ministry of the Environment. Each site underwent contamination surveys and risk assessments. As a subcontractor to the main project contractors DEKONTA Slovensko and ENVIRONEDGE, we participated in the risk assessment studies for the following sites: industrial and toxic waste landfill in Vrakuňa, pesticide storage site in Nová Dedina, railway depot in Bánovce nad Bebravou, Kovohuty Krompachy, Skrutkáreň Stará Ľubovňa, and the former chemical warehouse in Strihovce.

In cooperation with the international consulting firm Ramboll, we took part in a purpose-specific risk assessment study for part of a pharmaceutical site where demolition of a former chemical production building was planned. Soil and groundwater contamination—primarily by volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—was confirmed. The study evaluated health risks during and after demolition, as well as the potential for contamination to leach into groundwater via infiltration. Follow-up measures to minimise these risks were recommended based on the assessment results.