NEWS
Miller Named to Stevens Center Executive Council
John Miller, Human Resources Director at AKT Peerless, has been appointed to the Executive Council of the Stevens Center for Family Business within the College of Business at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Michigan. The Stevens Center for Family Business (SCFB) exists to support the success of family businesses throughout the Great Lakes... Read more »
AKT Peerless Celebrates 30 Years of Client Success
AKT Peerless Environmental Services is celebrating another major milestone with our 30th anniversary of doing business. Take a look at our 30 Year Video. Founded in 1989 originally as Peerless Environmental Services, the company started out as a one-person affair based in Saginaw, Michigan. Peerless’ founder, Brian Eggers, realized there was a need for environmental... Read more »
Eggers Appointed to Michigan’s Water Use Advisory Council
Brian Eggers, Principal & Co-Founder of AKT Peerless, has been appointed by Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey to serve as the business and manufacturing representative on the State of Michigan’s Water Use Advisory Council. Eggers has served previous terms on the Council, including serving as the Council’s Co-Chair from 2013 through 2018. Michigan’s Water Use... Read more »
Michigan Strategic Fund Approves Brownfield Support for “Cambria @ The Ashton” Project
We are pleased to share that the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) board recently approved an Act 381 Work Plan for Brownfield Tax Increment Financing (TIF) support for the Cambria @ the Ashton project in Detroit, Michigan. The MSF board approved $8.5 million in Brownfield TIF support for the project, which is an exciting mixed-use new... Read more »
AKT Peerless Joins Stevens Center as Sponsor
AKT Peerless Environmental Services is excited to announce a new partner sponsorship of the Stevens Center for Family Business (SCFB), which is a part of the Scott L. Carmona College of Business and Management at Saginaw Valley State University located in University Center, Michigan. AKT Peerless joins an ever-expanding number of SCFB sponsor partners, each... Read more »
Anthony Appointed to Michigan Environmental Permit Review Commission
Tony Anthony, Principal & Founding Partner of AKT Peerless, has been appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Michigan’s new Environmental Permit Review Commission (EPRC). The EPRC was created with the passage of Michigan Senate Bill 653, which was enacted into law with Governor Snyder’s signature in June of 2018, thereby creating Public Act 268 of... Read more »
Anthony Interviewed About PFAS Insights
AKT Peerless Principal & Co-Founder and our resident PFAS expert, Tony Anthony, was interviewed today by WNEM TV5 in Saginaw, Michigan on the growing PFAS contamination plaguing an increasing number of communities in Michigan and around the world. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemical compounds – collectively known as PFAS substances – have been identified as emerging... Read more »
Governor Snyder Reappoints Eggers to MUSTA Board
AKT Peerless Principal & Co-Founder Brian Eggers has been reappointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to serve another three-year term on the governing board of the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Authority (MUSTA), which is housed within the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The seven-member MUSTA board oversees the creation of a separate fund that pays... Read more »
AKT Peerless Contributes to EBA Summer Conference
The Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) will hold their 2018 Summer Conference in Minneapolis on June 10-13 and AKT Peerless is pleased to be contributing to key topics on the Association’s agenda. Tony Anthony, Principal & Co-Founder of AKT Peerless, will be presenting on the topic of perfluorinated chemicals (otherwise known as PFAS) during the EBA’s... Read more »
Detroit CRE Summit Taps AKT Peerless for Panel
AKT Peerless’ Vice President of Economic Development Services, Bret Stuntz, will speak at the 4th Annual Detroit Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Summit at the Detroit Athletic Club on May 23rd. Stuntz will participate on a panel discussion titled “Detroit Market Update.” AKT Peerless’ expertise and success in brownfield redevelopment, economic incentives and multi-stakeholder projects can... Read more »
AKT Peerless to Participate in National Brownfields Conference
AKT Peerless will once again participate in the National Brownfields Training Conference taking place in Pittsburgh, PA from December 5th through December 7th, 2017.
Stuntz to Highlight Detroit Redevelopment at National Conference
Bret Stuntz, AKT Peerless' Vice President for Economic Development, has been invited to participate on a panel discussion at the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) National Development Finance Summit in Atlanta, GA on November 16th, 2017.
Stuntz to Speak at Commercial Real Estate Event
Bret Stuntz, Vice President of Economic Development Services at AKT Peerless, has been selected to speak at the 3rd Annual Detroit Commercial Real Estate Summit on February 22nd in Detroit.
Barringer Lagomarsino Selected to Join Lambda Alpha International
AKT Peerless is proud to announce that Lizz Barringer Lagomarsino, Vice-President of Environmental Risk Management at AKT Peerless, has been selected for membership in the Sacramento, California Chapter of Lambda Alpha International.
Primdahl Receives U.S. Coast Guard Appointment
AKT Peerless is proud to announce that Karl Primdahl, Senior Environmental Project Manager at AKT Peerless, has been appointed by the U.S. Coast Guard to the Executive Committee of the Saginaw River All Hazards Committee.
Eggers Elected Vice-Chair of Michigan Chamber
Brian Eggers, Principal & Co-Founder of AKT Peerless, has been re-elected as Vice-Chair of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce representing District VI (the Southeastern district) of Michigan.
Michigan UST Program Now More Attractive
Key MUSTA deductibles have been significantly reduced.
Detroit Wayne County Port Authority Solicits Projects for EPA Brownfield Program
Application deadline is Dec. 15 for 2017 “shovel-ready” projects
EPA Toxics Release Inventory Reporting
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Wayne County to Host Permitting Summit for Business & Developers
Wayne County is conducting a complimentary Permitting Summit on Monday, June 6th, 2016 at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.