Environmental Data Resources Inc. (EDR) has launched a new product to provide environmental consultants with a comprehensive, cost-effective screening tool in one convenient package that has the essential elements to meet complex environmental standards. Named the EDR Essentials Package and launched on August 8, the product provides users with the very best, most up-to-date information to reduce liability and fulfill the data portion of an ASTM Phase I site assessment report to screen for environmental contamination.
The EDR Essentials Package is designed to assist users to efficiently meet environmental standards in one cost-effective, easy-to-use package. EDR has the world's most accurate and up-to-date environmental information and utilizes industry leading technology to continuously compile, update and maintain data. According to Rob Barber, CEO of EDR, the package continues the EDR tradition of setting the industry standard for environmental site assessment information, and helps make environmental due diligence faster, more accurate and comprehensive.
"Stakeholders in commercial real estate transactions recognize the growing need for comprehensive environmental due diligence, and the Essentials Package, as with all of EDR's products, is based on information and expertise that does not exist anywhere else," said Barber.
"EDR is excited to offer this intuitive tool for environmental site assessments, designed to help environmental consultants produce standardized, industry-compliant reports within stringent turnaround times, with the essential components in one package, including PARCEL FastTrack, the document repository that helps organize and view documents, photos, etc. and output a professional report," said Barber. "The Essentials Package includes a complete historical perspective including the new VEC App to quickly screen potential sources of vapor encroachment and help mitigate vapor intrusion risk, property due diligence reports, Sanborn maps, and building permit records from hundreds of municipalities nationwide."
The package includes information on risk of environmental contamination such as proximity to gas stations, dry cleaners, underground storage facilities and superfund sites.
EDR maintains more than 1,400 databases and proprietary software that allow its customers to quickly review all relevant and necessary governmental records and historical documents for environmental information on properties. For more than 20 years, EDR has set the standard for providing the most comprehensive and rich environmental data due diligence for ASTM Phase I Site Assessment reports.

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