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Sample Contract

  • June 03, 2013

Members of our section are frequently consulted on disputes over the wording of contracts between environmental engineers and their clients. Some contracts are just badly drafted, so it's hard to know what they mean. Others are clearly drafted, but don't describe what the client was promised.

Environmental Law

Complimentary Archived Video

Vapour Intrusion

  • February 27, 2013

Vapour intrusion (VI) is about an exposure pathway and the volatilization of contaminants in soil and groundwater that migrate to indoor air. VI exposes occupants of buildings to potentially harmful contaminant vapours arising from exposure to volatile and semi-volatile contaminants.

Environmental Law

Complimentary Archived Video

Managing Fill: When in Soil "Waste", and Where Can it Go?

  • November 20, 2012

Soil movement is big business in Ontario, involving perhaps 170 million tonnes/ year, and adding about 15% to infrastructure costs. Last year’s changes to O. Reg. 153/04 have made soil movement more difficult and expensive than ever, and further cost increases are expected.

Environmental Law

Complimentary Archived Video

Can't See the Forest for the Trees?

  • February 23, 2012

The economic challenges faced by some of the natural resources and related sectors in recent years, including in the mining and pulp and paper industries, have precipitated new and wide-reaching responses from environmental regulators.

Environmental Law

Complimentary Archived Video

Off the Rails: Managing Transporation Spills and Emergencies

  • November 09, 2011

It's 5 o'clock and you get a call from a client saying their tanker truck just rolled over. Fuel is spilling into a creek, the nearby residents are being evacuated and the 401 is closed both ways...

Environmental Law

Complimentary Archived Video

Which Way from Here: ELTO and the OMB Past, Present and Future

  • October 19, 2011

Lynda Tanaka, the recently appointed Executive Chair of the Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario (ELTO) provides her insights and answers questions on the "State of the Boards" and the cluster concept embodied by ELTO

Environmental Law, Municipal Law