McCue Environmental Contracting Inc.

McCue Environmental Contracting Inc. (McCue) specializes in the installation and management of water treatment and contaminated land remediation technologies, and has provided services to environmental consulting companies, contractors, oil & gas and industrial sector clients in Canada and the US for over ten years. 

McCue is a Vancouver based company and is owned by Chris McCue, AScT and Lynda Smithard, P.Eng. who have a combined 30 years experience in the environmental field.  McCue offers a staff of three engineers and four technologists/technicians with relevant technical training and experience. Our Health & Safety Program meets upstream oil & gas industry standards.

Our designs have been featured at the Environmental Services Association of Alberta Remediation Technologies Symposiums in 2005 and 2007 and at WaterTech in 2008 in Banff, Alberta.  Photographs of piping manifolds designed and built by McCue were featured in the July/August 2006 and 2010 editions of Innovation Magazine.

Land Remediation Technologies & Associated Services

McCue provides a broad range of Remediation Services related to the commissioning and operation of contaminated site remediation technologies.  McCue pilot tests, designs, builds, operates and maintains soil and groundwater remediation technologies including multi phase extraction (MPE), dual phase extraction (DPE), air sparge (AS), soil vapour extraction (SVE), and pump & treat systems.  McCue also designs and constructs vapour barrier systems, biocells, biofilters and engineered lagoons.  McCue's solutions integrate standard, new and custom equipment and designs to meet project-specific objectives - every solution is unique.

McCue has provided services at oil refining, oil terminal, bulk fuel storage, fuel retail, chemical manufacturing, dry cleaning, highways, landfill, mine, pipeline, construction and spill sites in Canada and the US. McCue is familiar with the challenges of working in places where work is restricted by climate conditions, scarce resources or both.

McCue provides services and equipment for the treatment of a range of contaminants in water including suspended solids, pH, metals, organic matter, oil and greases, free phase and dissolved hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, and inorganic matter including dissolved solids. 

McCue also offers a Pilot Test Kit for rent. The Kit contains custom well heads, monitoring well caps, a range of differential pressure gauges, pressure and vacuum gauges and in-line Orifice plates for measuring air flow rates.

McCue designs, constructs, maintains and decommissions temporary biocells and biofilters for contaminated soil and soil vapour treatment. Services include liner, lock-block, and soil placement, air extraction/injection piping installation, biocell turning and sampling, nutrient addition and biocell decommissioning.

McCue designs, constructs multi chambered engineered wetlands for hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater treatment. Service includes liner and lock-block placement, and aeration and circulation piping installation.

Industrial/Commercial Water Treatment

McCue provides treatment equipment packages to industrial/commercial clients to address site-specific water quality requirements and constraints.  Our customized packages meet a broad range of flow rate and environmental requirements in Canada and the US and can be integrated into existing industrial / commercial processes or can be commissioned as stand alone units. Our units can be installed inside or outside according to the needs of our clients.

 

McCue can also review EHS Compliance and Audit Program reports to identify and help prioritize wastewater management issues for our clients.  We help our industrial / commercial clients to design and implement plans to standardize wastewater treatment equipment and operating procedures across their operations.  These plans can be integrated with capital project plans and help our client's meet corporate sustainability goals.

Lagoon Dewatering and Water Treatment

McCue provides a range of low-cost dewatering and water treatment equipment for mining, construction site dewatering and erosion and sediment control projects.  This equipment can be used in conjunction with pH adjustment equipment to correct high alkalinity from concrete work.

 
In cases where chemical addition is necessary to meet the water treatment objectives, chemical selection is performed on a site-specific basis employing bench-scale tests using bulk water samples. A large range of water treatment chemicals can be ordered directly from McCue.

 Our generalWater Treatment Servicesinclude:

  • Design of water treatment equipment packages to treat water to a quality that meets local discharge requirements.
  • Development and bench-scale testing of chemical treatment programs.
  • Equipment and chemical procurement,
  • Water treatment technology supply and commissioning.
  • Training of site personnel on the operation and monitoring of the water treatment equipment. 

Specializedservices include:

  • Characterization of wastewater management issues at facilities or sites, including on-site consultation.
  • Bench-scale testing of wastewater treatment technologies using water provided by our client.
  • Design and/or implementation of pilot projects.
  • Development and/or execution of equipment Operations and Maintenance Programs.

 

MCCUE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTING INC. MISSION STATEMENT

McCue Environmental Contracting Inc. bridges the gap between engineering design and construction know-how in the field of soil and water treatment technologies.  As more emphasis is being placed on environmental issues by the media, industry and all levels of government, the environmental industry continues to grow rapidly and encounter new challenges.  As a result, both new technology and new applications for existing technology are in demand.  McCue approaches water treatment and contaminated site projects from the twin perspectives of delivering a quality solution to our clients and expanding the industry's capability to respond with better project designs and equipment.  Success in this expanding field demands the collaborative effort of engineers, contractors and manufacturers.  McCue Environmental Contracting Inc. strives to continue to be a leader in this effort.