Mr. Wiest is a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of experience in designing, overseeing, and implementing hydrogeologic investigations and cleanups. He oversees and provides technical direction on complex remediation projects, ensuring scientifically sound and regulatory-compliant solutions.

Mr. Wiest specializes in cleaning up Brownfield and Redevelopment sites, as well as state voluntary, state transfer programs, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites throughout the United States. His expertise includes assisting clients and their counsel in completing redevelopment projects. Brownfield redevelopment projects, including the pre-acquisition due diligence, characterization, soil, and groundwater remediation (including land use restrictions), decontamination, and decommissioning of commercial and industrial properties, as well as regulatory negotiations, transaction support, and development of pro forma budgets.

Technical specialties include extensive experience in conducting and analyzing aquifer characterization tests, developing conceptual models for complex hydrogeologic environments, selecting and designing remediation strategies, and implementing both in-situ and ex-situ remedies. Mr. Wiest is also an experienced groundwater flow and fate & transport modeler. He is proficient in using various data management and 2D and 3D tools to analyze and visualize hydrogeologic and chemical distribution data, including characterizing light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) and dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs).

Mr. Wiest actively participates in the Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) community. He has served on the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (CT DEEP) Release-Based Cleanup Program Regulation Development Working Group since it started. He is also a voting member on two ASTM International committees, including the one responsible for Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments.