The Genesis of a Business

Article snippet taken from The Examiner

Genesis Environmental Solutions was formed to provide solutions and services for the underground and above ground storage tank industry. Thomas said the market has changed and evolved significantly in the last five to 10 years.

“It’s really went from more of a clean-up and remediation-driven business to more of a prevention for us,” Thomas said. “Instead of digging contaminated soil out of the ground and hauling it to the local landfill, it’s more of what we can do to prevent the relieves to start with, and that’s where we’ve kind of focused our attention on cathodic protection.”

Through the use of a negative potential applied by an external source, cathodic protection prevents the deterioration of metallic structures in contact with environments like soils, seawater and nature waters, according to Genesis Environmental Solutions literature.

Bob McChan, Genesis project manager and occupational safety and health coordinator, has been with the company since its inception. The industry can present dangerous situations for its workers, Thomas said, but Genesis has taken an extra step of precaution. McChan performs Occupational Safety and Health Administration training on staff and is responsible for confined entry and trench safety.

“We take every step to maintain the safety of our personnel in training,” Thomas said. “We get into some hazardous locations – gasoline tanks underground and inside cleaning those. Trench safety is a big deal.”

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