About

COLUMBIA Technologies helps make the world a cleaner, healthier place by turning highly toxic sites into safe places to work and live. We provide full lifecycle, analytics-driven environmental remediation solutions to large enterprises in the manufacturing, energy, chemicals, government, and utilities markets.

Our team has executed 3,000+ projects worldwide. We currently have active projects in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia and have recently completed projects in South Africa and France.

Our value proposition to site owners is unique and compelling.

Expertise

We offer deep environmental expertise across the remediation lifecycle.

Technology

Our data and 3D analytics-driven approach powered by our Smart Data Solutions® (“SmartData”) platform delivers higher quality outcomes at a much lower cost.

Agility

We bring the agility to manage the people, equipment, and logistics necessary to execute multiple projects at once across the globe.

Global Reach & Experience

We operate effectively in the local business climate in emerging markets.

Our five-stage methodology is highly collaborative, multi-faceted, delivered globally, and driven by high-resolution data and 3D analysis that enables precise, high-quality remediation of toxic sites:

Assess & Plan

Work with site owners to define project goals and aspirations, then gather available data about a site and use leverage our subject matter experts working with our clients to develop an initial remediation plan.
Characterize Site

Identify and analyze the level, location, and movement of toxins on site using hi-res sensors, targeted sampling, and our proprietary SmartData 3D analytics platform.
Remediation Alternatives Analysis

Provide financial and operational analyses of remediation alternatives based on the toxins found, site geology, biochemistry, available remediation technologies, likely costs, and sustainability impacts. Recommend the approach that delivers the best outcome for the lowest projected cost, time to completion, and risk.
Remediate Site

Execute a highly targeted remediation of toxins on the site. Use our SmartData platform and sensing technologies to verify the remediation’s quality and completeness.
Support Stakeholders and Regulators

Provide reporting, supporting data, and visualizations that (1) meet the needs stakeholders throughout the process and (2) deliver information that enables regulators to track progress and certify that the site as safe and approved for reuse.

We deliver transformative results for our customers:

Higher quality outcomes driven by our technology-driven, highly targeted remediation approach.
Savings of 40 to 60 percent over traditional remediation methods.
Improved sustainability and much lower environment-driven legal and business risk.

Our Delivery Teams

are a team of program managers, geologists, chemists, biologists, environmental engineers, technicians, healthcare safety officers, project managers, and community liaison officers who bring the right expertise and experience to your project.

Our Definition of Success is simple

We aim to make your enterprise more productive by (1) delivering high performance, cost effective, secure solutions that add business value, and (2) transferring knowledge to your team to enable your enterprise to easily manage your solutions and make the right technical decisions going forward.