SCS is delighted to announce that Tom Mesk, CHMM, will join Justin Rauzon as an SCS Engineers National Expert on Environmental Due Diligence. At SCS, National Experts are recognized professionals with industry-leading expertise in specialized environmental sectors.
In his new role, Tom will work alongside Justin to drive innovation, develop training programs, improve efficiency, and serve as a key resource for the SCS due diligence practitioners who routinely solve complex environmental challenges for our clients. Tom has over three decades of experience in environmental risk evaluation and assessment services at sites across the United States. He has technical and management experience with soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, and indoor air investigations at industrial, commercial, landfill, greenfield, and multi-family residential properties. He is similarly experienced with the assessment, remediation, and/or management of common environmental building hazards, such as asbestos, lead-based paint, radon gas, mold, and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Tom is based in SCS’s multi-disciplinary Asheville, North Carolina office, where he routinely conducts environmental assessments and compliance audits at sites across the United States while providing quality control reviews of various technical documents.
With guidance from our National Experts, SCS teams ensure compliance with national, state, and local environmental regulations. SCS solutions also promote sustainability while maintaining operational efficiency and can minimize potential ecological risks.
Additional Due Diligence Resources
SCS Engineers has been awarded Phase 1 and Phase 2 on-call brownfield services for the City of Tucson. Voluntary Remediation Programs encourage property owners and other interested parties to invest resources voluntarily to restore contaminated sites as quickly as possible to healthful standards. Often these sites are in now historically significant neighborhoods with excellent infrastructure.
Remediation of Historic Properties
In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency selected Tucson for a $1 million grant to focus on the neighborhoods of La Doce, Thrive in the O5, Barrio Centro/Julia Keen Neighborhood, and Downtown Tucson/Historic Barrios. The areas were chosen because of their economic and cultural significance to the community and redevelopment potential. Priority sites include a vacant former fueling station, a vacant former private school, a transit center, and an adjacent parking lot.
SCS offers full services such as assessment, cleanup planning, remediation, and regulatory closure of properties participating in grant-funded activities and properties owned or redeveloped by the City.
“Our team has deep experience in brownfield environmental services and understands the complexities involved to remediate property successfully,” said Iain Olness, senior project manager at SCS Engineers’ Tempe office. “We are honored to work with local governments across Arizona to return sites into economic drivers for their communities.”
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