Ontario · CSA Z768 & O.Reg. 153/04

Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment in Burlington

Ben Engineering offers Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) consulting in Burlington, Ontario — backed by over 30 years of environmental consulting experience under the CSA Z768 Standard and O.Reg. 153/04.

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Standard: CSA Z768financing & due diligence
Regulation: O.Reg. 153/04RSC, rezoning, permits
Prepared by: Licensed P.Eng & P.Geo30+ years experience
Service area: Burlington, ONand Southwestern Ontario

What is a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment?

A Phase 1 ESA is a non-intrusive investigation to identify potential environmental contamination risks on a property. No soil sampling or laboratory testing is conducted at this stage.

See our Phase 2 ESA page for more. In Ontario, the CSA Standard applies to real estate due diligence and financing; O.Reg. 153/04 applies to rezoning, building permits, or filing a Record of Site Condition.

Industrial and Commercial Context in Burlington

Established industrial space runs along Appleby Line and the QEW corridor in the city's east end, though large sections of this employment land — including at Appleby Line and Fairview Street — are being redesignated for mixed-use redevelopment.

Multi-Residential Development in Burlington

Burlington's Uptown area at Appleby Line and Upper Middle Road has become a major condominium node, with projects such as 1989 Appleby Line (two towers, roughly 462 units) and 1900 Appleby Line (three towers, roughly 560 units) among several multi-storey developments reshaping former industrial and commercial land along the corridor. Properties near these commercial and industrial corridors are the ones most likely to require environmental due diligence before financing, redevelopment, or a change of use.

Why This Matters for Properties in Burlington

The proposed redevelopment at Appleby Line and Fairview Street — converting former industrial land and a plaza into a multi-tower community that could house up to 25,000 residents — is a clear example of the kind of large-scale industrial-to-residential conversion that requires a full ESA process before rezoning can proceed.

How a Phase 1 ESA Is Actually Carried Out

The historical records review typically draws on fire insurance plans, aerial photographs spanning several decades, and prior environmental reports where available, cross-referenced against the property's chain of title to identify past uses that might not be apparent from a site visit alone.

Interviews are conducted with the current property owner or operator, and where possible with previous owners or long-term employees, to capture institutional knowledge of past spills, storage practices, or waste handling that may not appear in the written record.

Environmental Site Assessment — Overview

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We work across Ontario, generally within 500 km of our Vaughan head office. Each area has its own page.