TTI Environmental, Inc. now maintains a 5.0 million-dollar insurance coverage for Professional and Pollution Liability, General Liability & Automobile Liability.   

TTI Environmental, Inc. (TTI) participated in America's Walk for Diabetes on October 10, 2004 at Cooper River Park.

TTI participated again this year in the American Diabetes Association's America's Walk for Diabetes fundraising event. Thank you for your donations and support. Your tax-deductible gift will make a difference to the 17 million Americans who suffer from diabetes and the 16 million people in the United States with Pre-Diabetes.
More information on the American Diabetes Association, its programs and diabetes in general can be found at the Association's website: http://www.diabetes.org/.

Vice President, Craig Durand recently delivered a technical session at the ACHMM Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada entitled “Complying with SPCC’s New Tank Inspection Requirements”.  The session was well attended by 120 representatives of industry, engineering firms and government agencies.  The USEPA’s Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation was recently revised, making the topic extremely relevant to the members of many industry sectors.   The regulatory revision strengthened tank inspection requirements and set specific deadlines for compliance.  Mr. Durand’s presentation covered regulatory requirements, inspection standards, benefits beyond compliance, inspection methods and a discussion of case studies.  For a full abstract of the presentation visit the conference website (ACHMM 2004 Annual Conference | Presentation by Craig Durand).

Mr. Durand has been approached to speak about this topic at conferences, tradeshows, professional organizations and to individual corporations.  Please check back soon for upcoming events and times.  Please contact Mr. Durand if you have a similar interest in this presentation topic for your organization or event.  He can be reached at 856-985-8800 extension 21 or craigd@ttienv.com.

 TTI is pleased to announce that Craig Durand was elected to the position of President for the Philadelphia Chapter of the ACHMM.  Prior to being elected President, Craig served as the Meetings Chairperson where he organized numerous facility tours and arranged for speakers at chapter events.  Craig has been an active member in this organization since 1994 and has attended several national conferences.  This year, Craig served as the Philadelphia chapter delegate at the national meeting held in Las Vegas, Nevada where he also delivered a technical session on complying with recent revisions to the USEPA Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation.  If you would like to learn more about ACHMM and the Philadelphia chapter, please contact Craig or visit their website at http://www.achmm.org/ch/philly/home.php.

TTI recently took part in the “Newspaper In Education (NIE)” program through The Burlington County Times.  TTI’s sponsorship helped to provide newspapers to Burlington County schools for the 2004-2005 school year.  TTI’s donation specifically went to help the reading programs at the Beeler Elementary School located in Marlton, New Jersey.  We received numerous thank you letters from the students, and we were pleased that we were able to be a part of this event.  Some of the letters from the students can be viewed below.  TTI has participated in this program for four (4) consecutive years.

Click on any of the pictures below to view some of the thank you cards we received.

TTI is pleased to announce that their contract to perform asbestos consulting services to the Newark Public School System has been renewed.  TTI has also been recently awarded a contract worth over $500,000 to perform soil remediation services for a former foundry site located in Bridgeton, NJ. 

The City of Camden has contracted TTI to conduct technical training in conjunction with the USEPA/Camden Brownfields Job Training Pilot.  This contract is worth almost $200,000.  As a result of this contract, TTI has decided to open a satellite office in the City of Camden to conduct the training activities. 

TTI continues to successfully provide our professional services to the New Jersey Department of Human Services as well as other government agencies and schools.  Past projects awarded to TTI include soil remediation services for the Pennington Farm site and Underground Storage Tank upgrade services for the Township of Pemberton , and mold consulting services for the County of Passaic . 

TTI is a registered Small Business Enterprise in the state of New Jersey and are approved by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (NJSCC) {a subsidiary of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA)} for the following services:

Visit the NJSCC website by following the link below to view TTI’s full company profile.  TTI is also prequalified by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Property Management and Construction for Environmental Consulting and Contracting Services.

Chris Macri, Senior Industrial Hygienist

Craig Durand and Michael Miles of TTI Environmental, Inc. made a presentation to the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing in January of 2004.  The discussion focused on Federal and State Regulations that involve non-destructive inspection of tanks, piping and pressure vessels.  Topics included an overview of regulatory programs, industry standards for inspections, types of non-destructive testing utilized and interesting field experiences.  Craig and Mike were presented with a Liberty Bell plaque of appreciation.

TTI and Capehart and Scatchard will be speaking at a half-day seminar about Mold Control on March 31, 2004 at the Enterprise Center at Burlington County College (BCC).  To register for this seminar, see the BCC January 1, 2004 - June 30, 2004 schedule of Non-Credit Courses or call (856) 222-9311, extension 6485.

Michael Miles, Senior Project Manager for TTI's Tank Management Services (TMS) Division has recently been certified by the American Petroleum Institute (API) for Pressure Vessel Inspections (API 510).  Mr. Miles also maintains several other certifications from the institute, including API 570 (Piping Inspector) and API 653 (Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector).

TTI collected items over the holidays for the Women’s Opportunity Center at the YMCA of Burlington County. These non-perishable food items, clothes, toys and other household items are donated to help women and their families through the holiday season. TTI had successfully participated in this drive last year and hope to make it an annual event. The Women's Opportunity Center accepts donations year round for numerous programs.
For more info and how to help, contact Cathi Rendfrey, Center Director at (856) 234-6200, extension 223. You can also visit their website at www.woc.bc.org.

Congratulations to TTI for being named by the NJBIZ publication as one of The Top 50 Environmental Firms in the state of New Jersey!