Decommissioning industrial facilities is an environmental compliance marathon. Decades of operations leave behind contaminated soil, hazardous materials in structures, underground infrastructure, and environmental liabilities that must be systematically identified, quantified, and addressed. NVES provides the framework for managing decommissioning from assessment through closure.
Industrial facilities accumulate contamination over decades from process chemicals, fuel storage, waste handling, and incidental releases. Discovering the full extent of environmental liability requires systematic investigation.
Industrial facilities contain asbestos, lead, PCBs, mercury, radioactive sources, and process-specific hazardous materials. Each requires specific identification, handling, and disposal procedures.
Decommissioning costs often exceed initial estimates as hidden contamination is discovered. Tracking actual costs against budgets and updating liability estimates requires real-time data.
Manage phased environmental investigations across the facility footprint. NVES tracks sampling locations, lab results, and contamination delineation for soil, groundwater, soil vapour, and building materials.
Track the decommissioning sequence from equipment removal through hazmat abatement, demolition, soil remediation, and site restoration. NVES ensures activities proceed in the correct order with proper documentation.
Track multiple waste streams from characterization through packaging, transportation, and disposal. NVES manages waste manifests for hazardous and non-hazardous materials with complete chain of custody.
Monitor decommissioning costs by activity, area, and waste stream. Generate cost reports for financial planning and liability updates as the project progresses.
Track progress toward regulatory closure requirements. NVES identifies when closure criteria are met and generates the documentation package needed for Record of Site Condition or equivalent provincial closure instruments.
Industrial owners and environmental consultants use NVES to manage the full lifecycle of facility decommissioning and environmental closure.