Decommissioning & Facility Closure

Decommissioning programs are constantly challenged by the need to create the right balance between cost reduction, environmental liability, and property reuse. In collaboration with our clients, O’Brien & Gere utilizes a proven 360º Decommissioning Process™ to identify key elements necessary for a successful demolition project.

O’Brien & Gere addresses such critical issues and challenges as determining end-use alternatives, preparing for mothballing or demolition, reducing environmental concerns and liabilities, utility reroute or cut/cap design, combining clean-up and redevelopment activities, and maintaining the role of a good corporate citizen.

O’Brien & Gere combines its experience with its 360º Project Execution Process™ to lead facility owners through the decommissioning process while providing them with the strategic vision and tools they need to address decommissioning issues within their automotive, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, metals, institutional, and chemical industry facilities nationwide. Decommissioning services provided by O’Brien & Gere include:

Strategic planning, cost estimating, and team building
Due diligence, permitting, and records retention planning
Environmental assessments (asbestos, PCBs, lead-based paint, soil and ground water, USTs)
Waste management (hazardous, radiological, universal, C&D debris, RCRA closures)
Asset recovery, liquidation, and material recycle/salvage
Decontamination - "how clean is clean"?
Utility cut/cap, reroute, fire protection systems
Subsurface remediation and operation & maintenance
Construction/demolition management
Redevelopment/reuse (brownfields, property sale)
Safety, site security, and caretaking

Offering single-source responsibility, O’Brien & Gere’s decommissioning team has the ability to close, mothball, consolidate, decommission, demolish, and expand a wide range of industrial facilities. We offer tailored contracting arrangements and a network of experts to meet the business needs of our clients for any decommissioning activity. O'Brien & Gere is a member of the National Demolition Association and the Turnaround Management Association. For more information about Decommissioning solutions and services:

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360º Decommissioning Process™

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