Robin Franks

About Robin Franks

I bring diverse & combined education, licensing, & credentialing in geology, biology, & hazardous materials management. Also, indoor air quality as related to asbestos, mold, lead, building hazards, vapor intrusion, OSHA worker & occupant complaints.I continue to manage a firm of environmental & industrial hygiene professionals while serving as an expert in my diverse field; I have over 60 retained cases complete. With my team and I\'s contributions leveraged for large cases such as class actions, we can cost effectively support engagements that require extensive data gathering across an expanded time frame. I apply my capabilities and credentials across commercial, industrial, and oil & gas settings, with a technical focus on highly regulated industry & its real estate.I have been steadily retained for expert witness services since 1995.I have been engaged across diverse industries & causes that have involved bulk fuel transportation, oil & gas wellhead & pipeline releases, retail fuel compliance matters, manufacturing operations, commercial shopping centers, multi-family real estate, construction projects, healthcare facilities, & recycling & reclamation operations.I routinely peer review work prepared by other experts, prepare rebuttal reports, prepare & submit reliable remediation cost estimates, some of which have been used in formal hearings & at trial. I have been retained to evaluate developed & underutilized urban core real estate under \"ready-for-reuse\" programs that have involved extensively contaminated assets.I possess a firm understanding of the wide array of environmental hazards & chemicals in industry & apply laboratories & testing to validate or obviate contingent environmental risk to real property ownership or lending. Whether in litigation or not, I routinely evaluate real property & buildings for hazardous materials inventory, abandoned contaminant sources, orphaned well sites, & buried objects. This work is routinely performed in advance of real estate redevelopment to cost-effectively demonstrate that the pathway of construction has been effectively cleared.I specialize in structural fire forensic investigation & testing, routinely leverage post-flood emergency response expertise in buildings - especially specific to microbial disinfection & mold mitigation, & source mold under forensic methods of investigation that may exist under alleged building construction defects. I possess expertise in building systems & mitigating hazards from structures in advance of demolition for asbestos, lead, & other regulated materials.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Tge Resources, Inc

   Mar 1994 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   President & CEO of TGE Resources, Inc, Ms. Franks founded the firm over 30 years ago; TGE is a WBENC/SBA Certified Woman-Owned Small Business that provides professional services to the public & private sector; including Fortune 500/100/10s; real estate equity owners, property developers, municipalities, & government. She is responsible for the firm\'s vision, its financial performance, contracts, client satisfaction, staff development programs, & executes technical work products as the firm\'s Principal in Charge. Her technical areas of expertise include environmental real estate assessment (Phase I, II, and industrial hygiene services (asbestos, mold, lead, hazardous materials, OSHA); remediation of real estate under risk-based corrective action; environmental compliance program development across the industry; oil & gas-use property clean-up (including NORM [low Level radioactive] waste; well site project cost estimating & clean-up; emergency response & first responder; up & downstream logistics; storage facility response & compliance. Specialties also include: “urban core” & “Brownfields” repurposing, which have involved multiple high profile, highly contaminated assets intended for sensitive (healthcare) use; development team representation to remove/control high volumes of impacted media (soil, groundwater, soil vapor), & permanent placement of engineering controls to eliminate vapor intrusion into the new development. Ms. Franks is a recognized leader in planning, execution, & project management of national client portfolios respecting \"built environment\" environmental concerns such as asbestos, mold, lead hazards, hazardous materials, & occupant complaint; this service area has involved thousands of forensic investigations & application of both industry standards & problem-solving innovations. Ms. Franks serves the firm\'s new & existing clients as an experienced expert witness, which has involved a diverse caseload across the firm\'s service offering.

Education

• Stephen F. Austin State University

  MS, Geology

  1984 — 1986

• Stephen F. Austin State University

  BS, Geology & Biology

  1978 — 1982

Skills

• Remediation
• Environmental Compliance
• Norm Consulting & Remediation
• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Management
• Groundwater
• Waste
• Rcra
• Phase I
• Remediation of Soil & Groundwater
• Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action
• Environmental Consulting
• Mold
• Indoor Air Quality Consulting
• Groundwater Remediation
• Oil & Gas Environmental Investigation & Clean-Up
• Indoor Air Quality
• Mold Consulting
• Urban Core Environmental Assessment & Remediation
• Geology
• Redevelopment
• Litigation Support
• Real Estate Due Diligence
• Soil
• Environmental Awareness
• Energy
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Expert Witness
• Waste Management
• Asbestos Consulting
• Sustainability
• Portfolio Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Phase I & Phase Ii Esas
• Due Diligence