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James Skrabak is head of corporate health and safety at CDM Smith. He is a certified industrial hygienist, his job is but not limited to assessing physical and chemical hazards to people in the workplace, as well as analyzing the … Continue reading →

A little background…..the Superfund was set up by The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup, and Liability act. It gave the United States in particular the EPA the broad authority to clean-up hazardous material sites, and threaten sites which may present a … Continue reading →

Intro: The deer island water treatment facility is located on deer island on Boston harbor. The facility is a 3.8 billion dollar project to protect Boston harbor and the local wildlife from sewage pollution. The facility services the sewage in … Continue reading →

On Tuesday November 6th we were lucky enough to take a tour of the John W. McCormack building in downtown Boston. The building was completed in 1933 and became the replacement for an overcrowded post-office and treasury building which had stood … Continue reading →

Erin Margolius came to visit us and to discuss her work at CDM Smith. Margolius has had work as a civil engineer, environmental engineer and construction manager in her years in the construction division at CDM Smith. She has managed … Continue reading →

On October 17th Mr. Jay WeatherBee joined for a discussion on his 20 years of work in the wasterwater management field and his currently job at Veolia water. Mr. weatherbee currently works at a wastewater treatment facility where he is … Continue reading →

Mr. Stephan Parker was nice enough to join us for our next lecture. For the beginning of the lecture Mr. Parker discussed Career path one will take when entering the field. In the field it is important to be dynamic, … Continue reading →

Mr. Mark Johnson was kind enough to join our class to discuss his work in Haiti after the terrible earthquake where he was able to assist in providing the people with basic necessities like homes, drinking water, and try to … Continue reading →