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New ASTM 1527-05 Phase I ESA
Standard Added to Pocket ESA
The new
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for
Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
Process (ASTM Designation: E1527-05) has been added to Pocket ESA. The
program now has a questionnaire and report template for this new standard.
Below is an example report generated using the program and a copy of the
questionnaire that can be used to gather the data.
Existing Pocket ESA users can add this
standard to their program using the link below. The zip file contains the
questionnaire and report template for the new standard.
To add them to the program:
- Unzip the file.
- Import the questionnaire into the program
(using the Import menu item on the Questionnaires submenu of the File
menu).
- Copy the report template file to your
Report Template Directory (look in Preferences to find the directory).
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about our software, but do not have the time to download and try-out the
demo? You can watch a movie of the demo on your computer instead by clicking
below.
Pocket ESA has been designed to minimize the
amount of time required to generate standard Environmental Site Assessment
reports and to maximize the flexibility of the final report. The data can be
collected either on a Pocket, Tabloid, Laptop, or Desktop PC.
A wide variety of reports can be created;
including Phase I ESAs, Phase II ESAs, Environmental Compliance, and
Transaction Screening. The reports can be tailored to any standard such as
CSA and ASTM. Some example reports created by Pocket ESA can be viewed using
the links below.
The Pocket ESA program is used to collect
answers to pre-designed questions. The data can collected on a Pocket PC,
Laptop, or paper form. These answers are then merged with a report template
and a standard report is generated. The merging process allows the user to
insert different responses and paragraphs into the report depending upon how
a question is answered.
Features of the program include:
- Reports can be generated to follow any
standard, including ASTM and CSA.
- Reports can be used for Phase I ESAs,
Phase II ESAs, Environmental Compliance, Transaction Screening, etc.
- In addition to your answers to the
questionnaire, photos (ex. site, aerial, historic) and third-party reports
(ex. EDR, EPA, NPRI) can also be integrated into the final report.
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The data can be collected on a Pocket PC, a laptop, or paper
form.
- The data can be uploaded from the Pocket
PC one survey at a time or an entire project at a time.
- A blank paper form to collect the data for
a questionnaire can be created with the press of a button.
- The answers to questions are tracked, and
a list of unanswered questions can be displayed at any time.
- Microsoft Access database management system.
- Master project database tracks projects
over a network.
- Report templates are created and edited in
Microsoft Word.
- There can be an unlimited number of
questionnaires.
- Questionnaires can contain an unlimited
number of questions.
- Text macros can be created on the desktop
and used on the Pocket PC to rapidly enter common text answers; such as,
asbestos materials, drainage, site descriptions, storage tank contents,
etc.
- Merged report can be immediately opened in
Word.
Pocket ESA can be used to generate almost any
kind of report, based on a report template and questionnaire. To help you to
start using the program as soon as possible, the program comes with several
questionnaires and report templates. In addition, GAEA can create the report
template and questionnaire tailored to your needs. The cost for this service
varies with the complexity of the report and generally is $10 per question.
To order this service or receive a quote please contact us at
sales@gaeatech.com.
For a complete list of the features of the
program click here.
Click here for an Adobe PDF brochure for Pocket ESA
Program Description
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The Pocket ESA program has been
designed to minimize the amount of time required to generate a
standard report and to maximize the flexibility of the final report.
To accomplish this, the process has been divided into four steps. The
first two steps only need to be performed once for each type of
questionnaire and report. The last two steps are performed for each
survey.
In the description below, the term
survey is used to denote a specific Phase I ESA, Phase II ESA,
Environmental Compliance Audit, or Transaction Screening.
These steps are:
Step 1 Create a Report Template
The first step is to create a report template using Microsoft Word.
This template is later merged with the specific responses of a survey
to create a final report. The template is a generic form of the final
report and contains keywords where the specific answers to the
questionnaire are to be merged into the report. These keywords are
highlighted in the report template using a unique style created for
the Pocket ESA program. The
answers to be merged into the report are not necessarily the direct
answers to the questions, but are the text responses associated with
the answer.
Step 2 Create a Questionnaire
The next step is to create a questionnaire that is used to collect the
survey data. After a questionnaire has been created it can be
downloaded to the Pocket PC or used directly on the desktop.
Questionnaires are divided into sections and subsections which can
contain any number of questions. For every question a question type is
selected. The question type determines the format of the question and
allowable answers that are used to collect the data. There are
numerous question types that can be selected. After the question type
has been selected and the question entered, the text associated with
each allowable response is entered. This is the text that will
actually be merged into the final report.
Step 3 Enter Survey Data
After the questionnaire has been created, it can be used to collect
the survey data in the field. The data is collected by answering each
of the questions in the questionnaire. The form used and allowable
answers for the question are specified when the questionnaire is
created. The data can be entered on a Pocket PC, Laptop, or paper
form. On the desktop and Pocket PC all of the data is automatically
saved as it is entered.
Step 4 Merge the Survey Data with the Report Template
The final step is to create a final report by merging the data
collected on the Pocket PC or desktop with the report template. During
the merging process the keywords in the report template are replaced
by the text associated with each of the answers to the questions.
After the survey data has been merged a final report will be created
in Microsoft Word format. This report can then be edited in Word.
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