Chemical plant cleanup approved by court

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency recently accepted a work plan from Solutia Inc. to clean up neighborhoods in Anniston, Ala. A federal judge approved a settlement between the company, the agency and the U. S. Dept. of Justice.

As part of the settlement, approximately 130 properties will be cleaned near a plant there that manufactured PCBs until the early 1970s.

Property owners reached a settlement for $600 million following a class action lawsuit.

CCI of Atlanta, Ga., will perform the site remediation, and Golder Associates, also of Atlanta, will formulate cleanup plans. Cleanup requires the removal of 1-ft. of soil followed by its replacement with new material. Air samples will also be collected.

The consent decree calls for the remediation of property and water in the area that were contaminated by the PCB production, which lasted more than 40 years.

Golder and BBL, Syracuse, N.Y., have collected about 5,000 samples of sediments, soils and fish along 40 miles of waterways.

Brasfield & Gorrie completes UAB clinic, school in Huntsville

Brasfield & Gorrie and Johnson Development recently completed the UAB Ambulatory Care Clinic and Replacement School of Medicine in Huntsville, Ala.

The project is a three-story facility consisting of an in-house pharmacy, VA clinic, business offices and plant operation on the first floor. Procedure rooms for obstetrics, family practice, pediatrics and outpatient services are located on the second floor.

The third floor is home to administration, an auditorium, the medical library, conference rooms and additional offices.

As replacement to the previous building located on a graveled lot, the 95,589-sq.-ft. facility is larger, more efficient and has room for growth within the clinic and school. The community has gained a new state-of-the-art building while removing an outdated building and graveled parking lot.

Brasfield & Gorrie is a regional general contractor and a Forbes 500 company serving the Southeast from offices in Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville, Orlando and Raleigh. Engineering News-Record ranks the firm 44th among the nation's Top 400 Contractors for 2003 based on annual contract awards of more than $1.25 billion and it is consistently ranked as one of the nation's leading healthcare construction firms.