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is common for PRP groups to coalesce as a working entity
and simultaneously launch work on two fronts. First, the
PRPs will need to work technical issues, and we have described
our capabilities at the Martin
Aaron Services section of this site. Second
and equally importantly, historical records will need
to be integrated into a site database which may be used
to understand and analyze such parameters as comparative
operational years of local facilities, facilities throughputs
and waste discharges, types and volumes of wastes generated,
and the facilities nexus to the current multi-party environmental
problem.
Project Navigator has considerable experience
in developing, using and maintaining databases for multiparty
PRP groups. We also have the capabilities to cross-reference
GIS databases, containing site impact information, with
the database that can be developed from a facility-by-facility
waste analysis. Databases we have developed have also
helped PRP groups arrive at an early interim allocation.
All our work is performed in-house with our own environmental
project professionals working with a database expert
and an Internet professional to insure that the database
can be securely reviewed online.
Our database construction
capabilities are a subset of our more encompassing Information
Management Services, where we assist PRPs
catalog previous site information making it amenable
to data mining efforts. We can also maintain any PRP
database on our own server at www.projectoolbox.com.
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SUMMARY
OF DATABASE PROJECTS METRICS
| Project |
Size
of Database |
No.
of Pages Inputted |
No.
of Database Staff |
Database
Availability |
Louisiana
Litigation Project |
25.2
GB
(TIF format) |
400,000+ |
30 |
CD |
Ascon
Landfill Site | 3.80
GB
(PDF format) |
10,000+ |
10 |
CD,
online |
Honolulu
Harbor Iwilei Site |
2.57
GB
(PDF format) |
34,000+ |
5 |
CD,
online |
Typical Input
Format |
| At
the Ascon Landfill Site in Huntington
Beach, CA, we reviewed 10,000+ pages and built a
waste-in database, in a period of 4 months, for
a PRP group that was simultaneously wrestling with
remedy selection and project cost issues. |
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Databasing |
| While
building an allocation database for a Louisiana
project, we extracted information from
400,000+ waste handling records, over a 2-month
timeframe using up to 30 temporarily retained data
entry personnel. Project Navigator assembled the
labor pool and was responsible for database structure,
utility and quality control. We currently provide
advice to the multiparty group on how to use the
database, on an as-needed basis. |
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Information
Flow Process |
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built and maintain an online project information
database for the Honolulu Harbor PRP group.
The database includes site characterization information
and historical records from the scores of land parcels
that comprise the harbor site. We operate this database
from our own online system at www.projectoolbox.com. |
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Site Evaluation
Product |
| While
working as the PRPs Project Coordinator at the El
Monte Superfund Site, CA, we used GIS techniques
combined with Vista reports and possible release
information (e.g. historical aerials showing prior
land use) to build a site information database.
The database was used to compare present day aquifer
impacts with prior surface activities and build
a case for bringing more PRPs into the group. |
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