Larry Rodricks

Senior Project Manager and Senior Risk Assessor, CH2M Hill Canada

Larry Rodricks has more than 18 years of full-time applied experience in the environmental science and engineering field since graduation. He is currently CH2M Hills’s most senior Risk Assessor in Canada.

Mr. Rodricks has managed large teams of engineers and scientists and led significant components of multi-million dollar contaminated site remediation projects. He has managed soil and groundwater investigations, developed and authored manuals on waste management and regulations in Canada, and performed environmental management and compliance audits.

Since 1995, Mr. Rodricks has been almost exclusively devoted to plant closures and site investigations. He has evaluated the fate and transport and endpoint risks associated with exposure to many contaminants and developed numerous risk reduction strategies. He is an expert member of the international Society of Risk Analysis and has presented several technical papers at the Society’s annual meetings.

A Professional Engineer, Mr. Rodricks earned his B.A.Sc in Chemical Engineering and his M.A.Sc in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Brownfields are derelict, dysfunctional, or underused industrial and commercial facilities (properties) where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. There are approximately 1 million Brownfield sites in the U.S. and approximately 30,000 sites in Canada. CH2M HILL has been applying the principles of risk management and sustainable development to arrive at creative design solutions to these multi-million dollar challenges. Opportunities exist for entrepreneurial thinking companies to expand operations onto prime downtown location land at significantly reduced costs while appropriately managing potential future liability stemming from historical contamination. Through case studies including the Toronto Waterfront, learn how these serious economic, social, health and environmental concerns are being successfully addressed, as we build our future sustainable cities.