Happenings - TRS Group

There’s a lot happening at TRS, from groundbreaking thermal remediation patents to industry-first projects to exciting employee-owner hires.

TRS in the News

EPA wraps cleanup of CTS Asheville Superfund Site; cleanup began in earnest in 2017 with ERH by TRS

After years of process and technical cleanup at the CTS of Asheville Inc. Superfund Site on Mills Gap Road, the EPA is now waiting and checking to make sure it's working. Work on the site began in earnest in 2017 with electric resistance heating by TRS.

TRS Group Awarded Patent for Combining ERH and TCH Thermal Technologies

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded TRS Group a patent for remediating PFAS and other contaminants in soil and groundwater by integrating electrical resistance heating and thermal conduction heating in the same borehole.

Sterling Bay Completes Environmental Remediation at Lincoln Yards Site With Help From TRS Group

Sterling Bay, the developer behind the massive multiphase Lincoln Yards project, has completed a years-long clean-up of 55 acres of polluted brownfield land along the Chicago River between Lincoln Park and Bucktown with help from TRS.

PFAS Remediation Webinar

Cleanup of General Chemical Scheduled for Spring 2021

Postponed last year, due to the start of the pandemic, a partial clean up of the General Chemical site by TRS is expected to begin this spring, according to City of Framingham Chief Operating Officer Thatcher Kezer III.

Employee Spotlights

Casey Thomas talks about what it’s like to work in the TRS warehouse in Indianapolis, where company equipment is maintained and housed, and where there is a strong work family atmosphere.

TRS Group: As one of the only employees at TRS that works in an office and not remotely, what is your work environment like?

Casey Thomas: The warehouse is a different adventure every single day, and it’s dirty! There are days when it’s the normal crew of Tony, Mike, Ted and myself, and other days when we have staff visiting from all over the place. It allows me the opportunity to create relationships with coworkers that I might not normally get to see day-to-day.

Patrick shares his thoughts on why, in his humble opinion, thermal trumps all other environmental remediation techniques. And oh, how he loves a good site walk.

TRS Group: What single thing have you been most proud of during your time at TRS?

Patrick Joyce: I am the most proud of the sheer amount of contaminant mass we are able to remove from the subsurface. So many remedial technologies take decades, with success or failure measured in long-term trends. I am currently part of a team removing upwards of 50 gallons of pure chemical product from the ground in a single day, with success measured in the thousands of gallons, and carried away for proper disposal by the truckload.