As a full-service environmental management and engineering services firm, Horizon is able to fulfill our clients' ever changing needs by providing cost-effective solutions to a wide array of environmental problems/challenges. With a highly skilled and experienced senior staff, we offer expertise in the following areas:
Horizon has the ability and expertise to identify environmental risks and insure compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Through preliminary audits and hands on field investigations, Horizon can quickly qualify and quantify any contamination or environmental hazards and assess potential migration or impact on surrounding areas.
After completion of detailed investigations and analyses, Horizon can develop project specific remediation plans. Horizon's experience in site closures and clean-ups enable us to provide cost-effective alternatives to conventional methods for our clients. In addition, our experience with regulatory authorities insures complete client satisfaction.
Horizon conducts assessments to evaluate potential environmental hazards in occupational and residential areas. Hazards may be present due to numerous contaminants at varied exposure levels. Indoor air quality investigations can provide the basis for evaluating numerous contaminants to determine potential hazards and recommend abatement methods.
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Horizon's Analytical Laboratory performs phase contrast and polarized light microscopic analysis of asbestos air and bulk samples by EPA approved test methods. A comprehensive Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program is maintained by Horizon staff to ensure accurate and reliable test results. Horizon maintains a proficient rating in two American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Quality Assurance Programs: Proficiency Analytical Testing (PAT) Program and Bulk Asbestos Analytical Testing Program.
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Horizon maintains corporate procedures to insure the efficient management and successful completion of all projects. During the preliminary stages of the bidding process, the Environmental Group Manager and Chief Project Engineer evaluate Horizon's technical and staffing capabilities and identify any subcontracting needs. For the duration of the project, Horizon project managers provide valuable contractor oversight and coordination of all project components.
Horizon provides technical and professional support for Department of Energy environmental inspection and restoration projects, such as Fluor Daniel Fernald and the Miamisburg Mound Facility. Technical support to federal agencies and corporations can augment projects in multiple disciplines from entry-level technicians to principal chemists and engineers. This staff augmentation service can fulfill our clients' short-term immediate needs as well as service long-term monitoring and restoration efforts. Typical employment opportunities include:
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Horizon also provides technical and professional support to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supporting area offices within the Louisville, Kentucky district. Technical support includes computer system automation, engineering design, and quality assurance. Typical employment opportunities include:
In situ gamma spectroscopy (IGS) provides a rapid, inexpensive method to accurately determine the presence of a wide range of radionuclides. The measurements of gamma-emitting radionuclides (e.g., uranium) in the field using high resolution Ge detectors was developed over the past two decades, and most recently demonstrated in 1995 field tests at the Fernald Environmental Management Project. The results from these field tests indicated IGS has a high level of performance and a linear correlation with standard wet chemistry analysis.
The use of IGS will greatly reduce the total cost for soil characterization (as compared to standard wet chemistry procedures) and provide a high degree of confidence that measurement results are accurate. Horizon will provide full turnkey service, including equipment and operational services, on a fixed price basis. The privatization of this soil characterization will provide significant cost and time savings to federal and corporate clients in the following areas:
Horizon's personnel have an excellent working knowledge of WMX's munitions waste bioremediation process. A team composed of WMX companies and OHM has developed two biological processes for the treatment of munitions waste containing HMX, TNT, DNT and RDX. The standard process allows for partial conversion to triaminotoluene, under anaerobic conditions followed by aerobic polymerization with humic acids generated in compost.