Nexus Environmental Services Ltd.

When most people picture environmental risk, they think of old gas stations, factories, rail yards, or industrial corridors in big cities. Rural land, on the other hand, carries a kind of mythology—wide open fields, clean soil, simple histories, and the assumption that “nothing bad ever happened out there.” That assumption gets a lot of buyers into trouble. In reality, rural Alberta properties often have more complex and undocumented environmental histories  than urban ones.

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) can sound intimidating if you’ve never been through one before. At Nexus, we get a lot of similar questions from clients, whether they’re buying, selling, or financing a property. Here are the answers to some of the most common ones: 1. What exactly is a Phase I ESA? 🏗️ It’s a non-intrusive investigation  of a property’s current and historical use. We review records, aerial photos, directories, and regulatory databases, then co

As temperatures drop and Alberta heads toward another winter, property owners and developers need to prepare their buildings and land for...

A Phase I ESA reviews historical records, aerial photos, interviews, and on-site conditions to identify Areas of Potential Environmental...