Daniel Biggs Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Carleton, Dundas, Lanark & Renfrew Counties

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, On

•Perform a variety of designated substance surveys (DSS) for asbestos, mercury, lead, PCBs etc. on numerous industrial, commercial, and residential buildings/properties•Provide daily reports to clients including federal, provincial and municipal governments, private industry and private home owners as well as contractors to update on progress of work, raise health and safety issues and share information that impacted budget or schedule

Ottawa, Canada Area

Currently at home raising my twin toddler sons.

Ottawa, Ontario

•Assisted in the implementation of national environmental program policies by researching, analyzing and evaluating drinking water quality, wastewater and solid waste issues in First Nation communities across Canada •Edited, produced and distributed guidance documents (in both official languages) on drinking water cisterns and trucked water for First Nations communities in Canada•Prepared correspondence, presentations, terms of references, summary reports, information bulletins and briefing materials for senior management•Provided policy advice and recommendations to senior management •Developed and maintained relationships with program and regional offices and other stakeholders including First Nations communities•Researched and synthesized technical information on drinking water infrastructure and provided analysis for senior management as it relates to public health policies•Researched and developed an assessment strategy to rate the initial implementation (administration, funding and logistics) of a Health Canada policy that provides on-request bacteriological monitoring services for home owners with individual wells (wells with fewer than five connections) in First Nations communities

Currently at home assisting in the raising of my infant twin boys (Theodore and Hugo) :)

Co-author of a research proposal for pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants on First Nation and Inuit lands component of the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES).Conduct statistical analysis and interpretation of collected field data for FNFNES and present it in report format to all stakeholders. Manage the national fuel tanks and contaminated sites remediation program for First Nations and Inuit communitiesMaintain national databases for this program and assist in the preparation of annual summary reports, contaminated sites management plans, annual contaminated sites liability reports, fuel tanks and contaminated sites maps and training manuals.Distribute reports internally within the Department, and to Environment Canada and Treasury Board. Assist in the preparation of presentations for senior management meetings and prepare proposals for the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) to obtain funding for the FNIHB sites. Prepare contracts and contribution agreements between Health Canada and First Nation communities.

Managed multiple environmental remediation projects of varying sizes including, but not limited to, excavations, bio-stimulation compound applications, drilling, asbestos abatements and underground storage tank removals for federal, provincial, municipal, and private clientsResponded to tenders and assisted in the preparation of technical proposals, summary reports, pricing quotations and pre-qualification offers for various clientsDeveloped cost estimates for potential projects by attending job showings, obtaining sub-contractor quotes and evaluating project production rates Conducted research on selected brownfields across Canada in order to determine cost remediation and redevelopmentManaged project schedules and field crewsEnsured project budgets and project deliverables were metEnhanced client liaison and business development

Performed a variety of designated substance surveys (DSS) for asbestos, mercury, lead, PCBs etc. on numerous industrial, commercial, and residential buildings/propertiesCompleted technical reports and drawings relating to site investigationsParticipated in job showings with clients and potential contractorsPerformed numerous pre-contamination, contaminated, final visual and final air clearance inspections for Types 1, 2 and 3 asbestos removal projects in Ontario and QuébecConducted analysis of field data (e.g. Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM)) and interpreted results in order to determine legislative complianceConducted potable water investigations, indoor air quality investigations and moisture-mapping; supervised mould abatements and lead abatementsProvided daily reports to clients including government, private industry and private home owners as well as contractors to update on progress of work, raise health and safety issues, share information that impacts budget. or schedule, or provide results of data analysisFacilitated Asbestos Awareness Training Program for public and private sector clients (in English and French)

Trained on Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS)Worked with Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)Participated in the trials of the Collective Protection Platoon (first response to Nuclear Biological Chemical warfare) in National Capital RegionExtensive experience with chemical detector tapes and sealed "bunny" suitsTrained in decontamination exercises for combat operationsGained knowledge of POL (Petroleum Oil Lubricants) and spill clean-up trainingParticipated in gas mask drills during exposure to tear gasFully trained in emergency site management, CPR, and emergency evacuation of personnel

B.A. Hon., Geography

Honours B.A; School Diploma, Geography; Oac

Managed and reported on projects such as the following: Honours research project involved determining the effect that the Light Rail.