{"id":76,"date":"2014-07-26T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T01:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2014-10-26T05:40:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T11:40:24","slug":"sikes-disposal-pits-remediation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/environmental\/sikes-disposal-pits-remediation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikes Disposal Pits Remediation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sikes Disposal Pits was listed as n<a href=\"http:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SikesPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-95\" src=\"\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/_d_improd_\/SikesPoster-297x300_f_improf_231x233.jpg\" alt=\"SikesPoster\" width=\"231\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>umber 32 on the National Priority List by EPA. The $120,000,000 remediation work was accomplished using an on-site incinerator on the banks of the San Jacinto River in Harris County Texas.\u00a0The project was awarded the highest award for engineering excellence in Texas. It addition, it was featured as the cover story in the Engineering News Record<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-94\" src=\"\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/_d_improd_\/SikesENR-225x300_f_improf_158x211.jpg\" alt=\"SikesENR\" width=\"158\" height=\"211\" \/>&#8211;an internationally distributed magazine in the engineering\/construction industry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_387\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SikesAward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-image-387 alignright\" title=\"\" src=\"\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/_d_improd_\/SikesAward-220x300_f_improf_155x212.jpg\" alt=\"Highest Award in TX for Engineering Excellance\" width=\"155\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highest Award in TX for Engineering Excellence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tom served as the construction\/remediation manager responsible for a team of eleven full-time on-site inspectors and administrators providing services 24\/7\/365 during the incineration phase. Tom managed the on-site office from site clearing through the test burn and into the remediation phase. The project was built using a EPA grant and funding from the State of Texas.<a href=\"http:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sikes-1990-1995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-414\" src=\"\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/_d_improd_\/Sikes-1990-1995-300x249_f_improf_213x177.jpg\" alt=\"Sikes 1990-1995\" width=\"213\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the remediation phase the project team received EPA&#8217;s Outstanding Achievement Award for contributions to the socio-economic program and was recognized as EPA&#8217;s Prime Contractor of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-76 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/environmental\/sikes-disposal-pits-remediation\/sikes-barrels-along-pond\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sikes-barrels-along-pond-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-422\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-422'>\n\t\t\t\tBarrels on edge of disposal pond\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/environmental\/sikes-disposal-pits-remediation\/sikes-tar-logoon\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sikes-tar-logoon-e1414322756378-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-423\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-423'>\n\t\t\t\tTars &#038; Sludge randomly dumped in sand pits\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/environmental\/sikes-disposal-pits-remediation\/sikes-aerial-after\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sikes-aerial-after-e1414322797783-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-421\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-421'>\n\t\t\t\tRemediation Complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sikes Disposal Pits was listed as number 32 on the National Priority List by EPA. The $120,000,000 remediation work was accomplished using an on-site incinerator on the banks of the San Jacinto River in Harris County Texas.\u00a0The project was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/environmental\/sikes-disposal-pits-remediation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/426"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davis360.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}