If you happen to be meeting Tammy Myrick for the first time, she knows what you might be thinking — and it goes something like this: HMMM… Blonde hair. Broad smile. Friendly face. Outgoing. Yeah, this girl has no idea what I need — or how to solve my problems. Welcome to the Boy-Did I-Get-Her-Wrong … Read More
It’s been nearly 17 years since Jason Holmes joined One Stop Environmental (now Ambipar Response Alabama), and if there’s one thing he’s learned to expect, it’s the unexpected. Like the day his crew was on a routine service call, and his DEA client contact phoned him with an emergency. Seems a county sheriff near Ashville … Read More
Ambipar Alabama’s perpetual-motion man. Emergency Response. Waste Management & Disposal. Routine Industrial Services. Doesn’t matter the size, scope or severity of the problem. Phillip Birdsong likes to say he eats, breathes and sleeps this business. Which is a good thing, since — most days — he gets-by on about four hours of bed sleep. “I … Read More
How big a hire was Liza Sherrer when Ambipar Response’s US CEO Shannon Riley recruited her to One Stop Environmental in 2002? There’s this: Her former employer hired four people to replace her. And then there’s this: Nearly all of her clients followed her to One Stop. “When word got out that I’d moved, they … Read More
From time to time, Ambipar Field Coordinator Anthony Simpson admits, he’ll be out somewhere like the grocery store, minding his own business, when a strange woman approaches him with a smile and a question — which typically goes something like this: “Hello, Anthony. I was in Belk the other day and you weren’t there. Where’d … Read More
Demolition & abatement of historic Quinlan Castle a challenge on several levels When Ambipar Abatement Division Manager Corey Bingham learned his team had been hired as subcontractors for the demolition of Quinlan Castle, he admits he had misgivings. They evaporated the minute he stepped inside the Birmingham, Alabama landmark — which had last been occupied … Read More
UAB project presents a textbook case. The University of Alabama in Birmingham isn’t merely the city’s largest employer, by more than 3-to-1 over Number Two — Regions Financial Corp. (21,000 vs. 6000). It’s the city’s driving economic engine, with a research hospital that’s nationally-renowned for the number of breakthrough medical discoveries it’s produced over the … Read More
Challenges that often go beneath the surface Anyone who’s ever watched daytime TV has probably seen a law firm ad soliciting clients with Asbestosis, Mesothelioma or Lung Cancer. And while the common conception of asbestos in buildings is typically limited to the fibrous insulating material in attics and ceilings, the threat is considerably more extensive. … Read More
Tip #1: It’s legally yours until ADEM & EPA say it isn’t. Wastewater and sludge are inevitable byproducts of nearly all manufacturing processes, but no two manufacturers’ cleanup needs are alike. At the same time, while the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each have numerous compliance codes for … Read More
A service nobody wants to utilize. Until they wish they had. “Most of our first-time hydro excavation clients call us only after they’ve learned, the hard way, that they should have called us earlier,” says One Stop’s Thomas Harbin. “One client, who really should have known better, called us for a job after their clamshell … Read More
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