Environmental
Due Dilligence

We apply the American Society for Testing and Materials’ (ASTM) Standard and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “All Appropriate Inquiry” rule to define “good commercial and customary practice” as required by the lending community. With thousands of ESA awards in diverse settings and markets, we deliver factual findings and non-speculative, defendable opinions. TGE seamlessly integrates building-related services (asbestos, lead, mold assessment/testing) per request. If a recommendation for further work is warranted, we scope appropriate Phase II objectives using TGE's credentialed staff familiar with your project.

To characterize (test for) the actual presence of "Recognized Environmental Conditions" (RECs) at a property, if reported in a Phase I ESA, TGE's team of licensed geoscientists apply ASTM & local/State requirements in Phase II ESA performance, tailored to client needs & objectives.  Without delay in project advancement, our in-house skilled field professionals and seasoned management team will scope your project and engage our qualified vendor pool of 3rd party laboratories, drillers, and suppliers who bring cost effective & volume-driven discounts, which are passed on to our valued clients. TGE's Phase IIs are priced with efficiency and fairness, executed ethically and with urgency under industry safe practices, and lender and agency accepted without exception.

At times, clients disclose rather singular needs that do not necessarily warrant ASTM or AAI work scopes. TGE can produce “hybridized” reports such as Transaction Screens, Desktop Reviews, or similar lender-driven work products to advance “low risk” transactions or to fill gaps. The LSA can be a cost-effective alternative to allow client lending to be secured and the real estate transaction closed. 

TGE’s longevity in industry, our recognized technical capability, and our professional reputation have gained TGE the trust of multiple lenders and underwriters, which turn to TGE for Peer Review of third-party due diligence documents, project work plans, and remediation cost estimates. Especially when complicated and high-risk findings are reported, and for costly remediation estimates requiring skilled and fact-based review - and for typical work products brought by lenders because they were prepared by "non-listed" consultants, TGE provides opinion in a clear, unambiguous, and objectively prepared response. Peer review is a cost-effective tool that can allow a lender to close a real estate deal with comfort. With well in excess of 1,000 peer and remediation cost estimate reviews performed over the last 25+ years, this sought-after service has been applied for projects involving a range of use from greenfield land to highly contaminated urban property, allowing new land development as well as return (for reuse) of previously contaminated, high-risk projects with desired ("passed") lender risk tolerance under policy.