Enviro-Lynx Investigations

Protect your investment and reduce your liability before you purchase a property.  Under Ontario law, the purchaser assumes unlimited liability for the environmental condition of a purchased property.  So before you buy, conduct a basic environmental due diligence:

• Site Report: Utilizing federal, provincial and private sources, a site report helps to identify a property's historical land use and its current environmental risks.  A site report includes a site diagram, a statistical profile highlighting the results of a comprehensive environmental database search, a site profile and a detailed report.

• Complete Report: Similar to a site report, a complete report includes all of the same information as well as information on neighbouring properties (within 250m radius on each side).  This provides the buyer with an understanding of environmental risks that may indirectly affect the property in questions.  Site report is CSAZ768-01 compliant.

The purpose of the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) report is to identify actual and / or potential site contamination through a process of collecting current visual accessible evidence on the site and review of background documents.   In Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, no laboratory testing, sample gathering, intrusive investigation or physical analysis is required.  An ESA is intended to reduce but not necessarily to eliminate the possibility of potential contamination on the property.

A Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment is often required  by purchasers, financial institutions and / or municipalities prior to purchasing residential, commercial and agricultural property in order to minimize liability risks as a result of contamination. 

There are four main components of a CSA compliant Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment.  These components are as follows:

All Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments are conducted by trained and experienced Certified Environmental Inspectors and all reports are conducted in compliance with the Canadian Standards Association Z768-01 Standard.

Enviro-Lynx Investigations has a long history of providing litigation support in environmental cases and conducting environmental investigations on behalf of land owners, grassroots and community based organizations, conservation authorities and small business.  Our goal is to help you protect yourself, your family, your assets and the environment.

We also conduct environmental auditing and verification activities for companies looking to ensure that their employees, suppliers, contractors or subcontractors are performing their business related activities in compliance with stipulated contracts, environmentally policies and / or procedures.

As part of an environmental due diligence, environmental investigation or Enhanced Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, our investigators are able to take mould, soil, water and air samples for third party testing.