Lino Ferrara

Field Manager/Supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

    25+ years of experience in the environmental and general construction industries. Experienced supervisor who has worked on a wide variety of general construction, masonry, environmental construction, remedial action, earthmoving, contaminated soils excavation, hazardous waste disposal, and facility decontamination/demolition projects.

EMPLOYMENT:

  • Site Supervisor; Code Environmental Services, Inc.; Carteret, NJ; 1998 - Present.
  • Owner/Project Supervisor; Self-Employed Contractor; Scotch Plains, NJ; 1982 - 1998.

CERTICATIONS/TRAINING:

  • 40 Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training Course for Hazardous Waste Site Activities with Annual Updates.
  • 8 Hour Supervisor's OSHA Health & Safety Training Course for Hazardous Waste Site Activities.
  • Confined Space Entry OSHA Certification

KEY PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

  • Served as T&D Coordinator on the Keyspan/Ravenswood MGP Site remediation project. Responsible for obtaining waste product approvals, scheduling off-site transportation and disposal, completing required paperwork, and overseeing loading operations.
  • Supervised AST/UST removal operations, including confined space entry and MGP-contaminated soils excavation/off-site disposal, at multiple sites in support of the Atlantic City Brigantine Connector Tunnel construction project in Atlantic City, NJ.
  • Supervised remedial action operations at the Boarhead Farms Superfund Site in Bucks County, PA. Oversaw monitoring well abandonment and installation; demolition and building restoration; contaminated soil excavation; drum handling; and waste characterization, transportation, and disposal operations. Contaminants of concern at the site included various metals, VOCs, and SVOCs.
  • Supervised excavation and off-site disposal of soil contaminated with hexavalent chromium at the College Towers Apartments (Site 154) in Jersey City, NJ. Also oversaw installation of sheet piling to depths of 15 fbgs; cleaning of exterior basement walls adjacent to the soil excavation operation; monitoring well abandonment; and site restoration including provision of sidewalks, exterior lighting, fences/gates, swimming pools, patios, sheds, and landscaping.
  • Supervised hazardous and non-hazardous soil excavation, concrete slab demolition, structural decontamination, waste handling, and site restoration operations in support of a $4.5 remedial action project at the Chemsol, Inc. Superfund Site in Piscataway, New Jersey. Contaminants of concern at the Site included PCBs, VOCs and Lead.
  • Supervised operators and laborers involved in the construction of a cap designed to immobilize sediment/fill under an existing building on the Rahway River at the Cytec Industries Site in Linden, New Jersey.
  • Supervised remediation of a 4' x 4' x 10' concrete utility access pit containing chemical constituents at non-hazardous levels at Cytec’s Stamford, Connecticut facility. Oversaw removal of a cinder-block, partition wall; excavation and off-site T&D of contaminated soil; and work area restoration.
  • Operated a contracting business, which specialized in masonry work and general construction. As the business owner he was responsible for estimating, vendor negotiations, purchasing, scheduling, supervision, construction quality control, site safety, job cost tracking, sales, marketing, price negotiations, change orders, and customer relations.