Confidential Private Client

Engagement: Marketing Study to Determine the Feasibility for Rail Haul Delivery of Los Angeles and Surrounding Counties Waste to a New Landfill
Description of Services: Retained in 2005 to assist the president and chief operating officer of a large waste management company in determining the market for new landfill capacity serving the Southern California Counties of Los Angeles, Venture, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. The study determined the feasibility of using waste-by-rail as the transportation media for export of area waste to an adjacent state. Engagement entailed compiling the waste stream characteristics of 82 cities in Los Angeles County; determine available landfill capacity for the next 25+ years; needs assessment of new landfill space in area; analysis of landfill competitors. Report formed the basis of a presentation to the company Board of Directors that used the document for strategic planning and as a guideline for future investment in the area of up to $150 million.