| #e.22243 | Thursday 12:00PM to 1:30PM
December 6,
2012 | CM | 1.00 |
Innovative Cities Lecture – Century City: A Brownfield Story
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI
Free event
This seminar will provide an overview of the City of Milwaukee’s effort to transform one of the state’s largest brownfield sites into the Century City Business Park. The former A.O. Smith/Tower Automotive complex operated for almost a century on 150 acres in the heart of the city. It contained more than four million square feet of industrial buildings and related infrastructure. Since 2009 the City has focused on reinventing 84 acres of this site so it can once again play a role Milwaukee’s economic future. The City’s project manager and the primary environmental consultant for this project will provide an overview of the Pre-Development phase. This phase incorporates extensive environmental cleanup, large-scale planning efforts, and leveraging an array of financial resources including brownfield grants. The project also includes a successful effort to engage small and minority-owned businesses in the transformation process.
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Instructors:
Benjamin Timm
Mr. Timm has been with the Redevelopment Authority of City of Milwaukee for more than 10 years. During that time he has been involved with a multitude of (re)development projects. The projects range in complexity from abandoned corner gas stations; to the Alterra Coffee Roasting facility in Riverwest; to the award winning Menomonee Valley Industrial Center. In 2006 Mr. Timm was assigned to the 30th Street Industrial Corridor to coordinate remediation and redevelopment activities at sites throughout the area. Currently his efforts focus on the former A.O. Smith/Tower Automotive site (now know as Century City). In 2010 Mr. Timm oversaw the construction of an assembly plant and rail improvements for Spanish train maker Talgo, Inc. In early 2013 he will complete a three-year demolition and environmental cleanup phase at the Century City site. Mr. Timm is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Jeff Tracy
Mr. Tracy has 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, primarily in the practice of environmental due diligence; soil and groundwater quality investigation and remediation; spill response and management; and brownfields redevelopment. He has managed environmental investigation, remediation, and monitoring programs; has provided liaison between clients and regulatory agencies to resolve issues and obtain reimbursements from state programs; and has completed Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments for property transfer due diligence since 1992. Mr. Tracy's investigation and remediation experience includes petroleum, solvent, PCB, and heavy metals contamination, investigating and monitoring solid waste facilities, managing redevelopment projects, and managing spill response activities. He is a project manager but has participated as a team member for various soil and groundwater investigations and remediation projects in the US and Mexico. Mr. Tracy's experience includes work at oil refineries, railroad facilities, municipal sites, and a variety of manufacturing and commercial facilities. Mr. Tracy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
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