It’s amazing to consider that today (Sept 10) marks the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma’s landfall. Any of you who experienced IRMA remember the devastation vividly. Irma plowed into the Keys as a Category 4 hurricane (at that time, the first to hit our state in more than a decade). Then it churned up into… Read More...
Natural Attenuation Monitoring: Letting nature take its course (but only under close scrutiny)
When a property experiences any type of contamination, the effects of that contamination will change over time, depending upon the characteristics of the contaminant and the subsurface environment. Read More...
2019 Southeast Regional Brownfields Conference
October 27-30, 2019 Hosted by Florida Brownfields Association Read More...
2019 Florida Redevelopment Annual Conference
October 16-18 Hilton in Downtown Tampa Read More...
The one place even conservative banks sometimes gamble dangerously.
In 1990, a major Florida bank was held liable for environmental issues discovered on a property they had financed—and for years to follow, the threat of lender liability hung over commercial real estate transactions throughout the state. Finally, in 1996, the legislature passed the Asset Conservation Act, which protected lenders from environmental liability with a… Read More...
ERMI Celebrates 20 Years of Assessment & Remediation in Florida
Cue the music: May 21, 2019, marks the 20th anniversary of ERMI’s founding. Back in 1999, our founder, Steve Hilfiker, started the company in a construction trailer in his back yard. Steve had graduated with a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Florida, then worked nearly 10 years on the staff of… Read More...
Environmental Risk Management, Inc. (ERMI) celebrates first year of Tampa branch operations.
One year ago this week, we established our Tampa office to more effectively serve central Florida with locally-based engineering and technical personnel. The new Tampa site builds on ERMI’s two-decade-long history of helping Florida developers, lenders, property owners, and government agencies with assessment, testing, documentation and remediation services. “We’ve had a really good year with… Read More...
ERMI Secures State Licensure for Asbestos-Related Services
ERMI has been awarded an Asbestos License from Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation. This license equips ERMI to expertly ensure that safe procedures are followed in situations involving asbestos, especially in renovation or demolition projects. Asbestos fibers in building materials such as roofing, ceiling tiles, and insulation pose severe health risks, yet is still commonly found in… Read More...
FGWA 2019 Annual Convention & Trade Show
May 16–18 Read More...
19th Annual Commercial Real Estate Outlook Conference (CCIM)
Monday, February 11, 2019 Read More...