FORMER COLUMBUS CASTINGS FOUNDRY

Columbus Castings, known for years as Buckeye Steel Castings, closed in 2016 after operating for more than a century making steel castings for rail cars.

THE PROJECT:

Liability assumption of subsurface remediation of the 76-acre former Buckeye Steel Castings site in Downtown Columbus, Ohio

OUR ROLE:

Investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater completed.  Received OEPA NFR approval under the voluntary cleanup program. Foundry sand re-used on site under a beneficial reuse permit obtained from OEPA (first ever in Ohio). All demolition and abatement was completed  in 2019, sold to a developer for industrial reuse.