Richard Beach
Norwood, MA – GZA recently announced that Richard B. Beach (Rick) has joined the company’s Philadelphia office as an associate principal.
He has nearly 40 years of experience providing environmental services to industry, attorneys, regulatory agencies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public agencies and marine researchers. He has a diverse and unique background in the fields of contaminated sediments, chemical oceanography, marine biology, analytical chemistry and nutrient geochemistry.
Beach has worked on many of the high profile federal Superfund sites involving sediment remediation.
He has presented extensively in the field and is active in the Sediment Management Work Group (SMWG), and on the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Contaminated Sediment Remediation Team. He is also a member of the team responsible for developing ASTM standards related to Sediment Remediation.
He will lead the expansion of GZA’s Sediment Practice by leveraging the company’s multi-disciplinary strengths and pro-active corporate philosophy to provide comprehensive solutions to sediment concerns for current and future clients.
