LSPA Emerging Professionals Event:
Vapor Intrusion Hands-On Training

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Time:  6:00 - 7:30 PM. Dinner and beverages will be provided.
Location: RadonAway, 2 Saber Way, Haverhill, MA
Presenters: 

• Jesse Freeman, PE, LSP, Senior Engineer II, Roux 
• Christopher Medvetz, Technical Sales Manager, Northeast District, LandScience, Division of Regenesis
• Matthew Hendrick, Senior Training Specialist, Spruce Environmental Technologies/RadonAway

Event Description:
Join us for a Vapor Intrusion Training event at Spruce Environmental & RadonAway's Training facility. Dinner and beverages will be provided. Event agenda and topics to be covered are summarized below:

• Introduction to Vapor Intrusion (presented by Jesse Freeman, PE, LSP of Roux)
• Terminology, routes of exposure, MassDEP VI Guidance, sampling, remediation vs. mitigation, headloss, alarms and telemetry requirements, and more!
• Introduction to Vapor Barriers (presented by Chris Medvetz of LandScience)
• SSDS Hands-On Training (presented by Matt Hendrick of Spruce Environmental Technologies / RadonAway)
• Soil gas fan technologies (types of fans, flow rate and suction pressure, characteristics, motor/housings, etc.)
• Hands-on Field Diagnostics for fan sizing
• Pressure field extension testing
• Pilot testing
• Smoke tests and slab communication
• Tools used for field measurements
• Practical Sizing Considerations
• Interpreting diagnostics for fan selection
• Common system configurations (single vs. multi-point)
• Site-specific challenges (slab integrity, soil permeability, short circuiting)