Gowdy Field

We are pleased to announce that PANDEY has been awarded the 2010 Region 5 Phoenix Award for our Gowdy Field project in Columbus, Ohio. Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups working to solve critical environmental or social challenges, transforming blighted and contaminated areas into productive new uses and sustainable development projects. The Phoenix Awards are widely recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in Brownfield redevelopment, and often are called the Oscars of Brownfields redevelopment

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Gowdy Field

Gowdy Field was a 19.5-acre unregulated landfill on a primary corridor along Olentangy River Road. In 2007, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority received a $3 million Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant to assist in the remediation and redevelopment of the site. Today, Gowdy Field is home to Time Warner's Regional Headquarters, a 160,000 square-foot building, and soon to be the home of The Ohio State University's new Eye and Ear Institute which will be 140,000 square feet.

The Best Site Redevelopment in a Major City Award recognizes a developer for the best redevelopment to have taken place on a Clean Ohio Revitalization or Assistance Fund project site within the city limits of Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, or Youngstown. PANDEY secured grant funding and managed all environmental activities for this project.

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Voter Renewal

Ohio voters passed the $400 million Clean Ohio bond issue that was on the November 2008 ballot. The new program, similar to the original which passed in 2002, will split the revenues: $200 million to preserve wildlife habitat & farmland and provide recreation opportunities; and another $200 million to clean up brownfields.

PANDEY has secured over $15 million in Clean Ohio Funds for our clients, in addition to funds from US EPA and other sources. We have also submitted applications for $5 million in CORF Round 6, with award announcements expected in May. To date, PANDEY has been successful in every Clean Ohio application submitted.


Circleville, Ohio

During the past 10 years, Circleville has lost 1,600 jobs because of layoffs and plant closures. About half the county's workers now commute outside the county for work, and 11.1 percent of families live below the poverty level. Nearly all of the 10 facilities that closed in the city during the past decade remain vacant or minimally used.

In April 2008, US EPA announced the award of two grants totaling $400,000 for environmental assessment activities in the City of Circleville. EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Circleville subsequently chose PANDEY as the environmental consultant to conduct assessments under this grant.


Chillicothe, Ohio

Located at the edge of Appalachia in southern Ohio, Chillicothe has its roots in agriculture and industry, and once was known as the white-paper-making capital of the world. Paper remains a key industry, but employment has dropped substantially. Several other large manufacturing businesses have either left the city or reduced employment. Many sites around the city have been used for dumping sludge and other waste from former industrial facilities.

In April 2008, US EPA announced the award of two grants totaling $400,000 for environmental assessment activities in the City of Chillicothe. EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Chillicothe subsequently chose PANDEY as the environmental consultant to conduct assessments under this grant.


Former Jefferson Smurfit Paper Mill

In August 2008, ODOD announced $750,000 of financial support for environmental cleanup to be performed at the former paper mill site. PANDEY prepared and submitted this grant application in addition to conducting Phase I and II site assessment work. This cleanup will pave the way for construction of a corn-based dry mill ethanol production facility with the capacity to produce 60 million gallons of fuel grade ethanol and about 197 thousand tons of dried distiller's grains per year. The 26-acre site is located in Circleville, Ohio.


Jaeger Manufacturing/Union Tool

In August 2008, ODOD announced $750,000 of financial support for environmental cleanup to be performed at the former manufacturing site. PANDEY prepared and submitted this grant application in addition to conducting Phase I and II site assessment work. This cleanup will allow two industrial sites in Columbus's Downtown Arena District to be redeveloped into 243 residential units, 15,000 square feet of retail space and an accompanying greenspace. The project encompasses 7.7 acres.


Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring

In September 2008, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) awarded PANDEY a five-year groundwater monitoring contract at solid waste management units (SWMUs) on the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, SC. PANDEY will also perform monitor well maintenance activities at fifteen SWMUs located across the station. This is the second groundwater monitoring contract PANDEY has been awarded at this facility.


Brownfield clean-up puts expert in right place, right time, right industry

Sometimes, it is what you know and not who you know. Just ask Atul Pandey.

When Pandey came to the U.S. from India to get a graduate degree in engineering, he quickly dismissed mechanical engineering as a field of study believing that those projects can get overlooked in daily life.

He looked instead into environmental engineering because of the impact cleaning up contaminated properties can have on a community and his hunch that it could offer a long-term career.

"That made sense to me," the 37-year-old president of PANDEY Environmental LLC says. "You can have a positive change doing what I'm doing."

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Former Kimball Midwest Site

In August 2007, ODOD announced their financial support for Phase II activities to be performed by PANDEY to determine the environmental suitability of the property and the extent of remediation that may be necessary. The redevelopment of the property includes 250 apartments ranging in size from 500 to 1200 square feet. The main building on the property will be converted into a 325 car parking garage. The site is conveniently located close to the Arena District, the Lennox Shopping Center, and OSU and is adjacent to the Olentangy River.


TechCenter South CORF Application

In July 2007, the state awarded another PANDEY project in a struggling Columbus neighborhood the news their boosters wanted to hear: They'll be getting $3 million to clean up this old industrial site and clear the way for redevelopment. Mayor Michael B. Coleman called the project absolutely necessary to revitalize the neighborhood.

The former Techneglas plant on the South Side will be converted into a 46-acre business park that could employ up to 1,680 people. The developers plan to create a 1-million-square-foot complex of stores, offices and warehouses to be called TechCenter South. PANDEY will begin environmental cleanup and demolition in the fall.



PANDEY Environmental holds Contract GS-10F-0115T on the Multiple Award Schedule, and is listed in GSA Advantage.