Qualities to look for in a successful salesperson

On the hunt for a salesperson to join your team? Keeping an eye out for the following qualities while recruiting might make your search a little easier. 1. Good listening skills No matter the company, being a salesperson means looking at your potential clients as partners. What makes a partnership more successful than good listening …

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Tips for Acquiring the Best Talent Possible Post COVID-19

The one thing that’s certain about acquiring talent post COVID-19 is that the process for recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new staff members will never be the same.  Here are a few tips for a successful pivot when it comes to hiring the best talent possible during and after the COVID-19 era:  Go completely digital while …

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What is a Phase 2 ESA, and when do you need one?

Engineer Reviewing Plans with Client

At Essel, we’re often asked the question, “how is a Phase 2 ESA different from a Phase 1 ESA?” We get it, it’s complicated. Hopefully this article will start to provide answers to some of your Phase 1 & 2 ESA questions. What is a Phase 2 ESA? Development projects often require a Phase 2 …

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Where is SF Bay Area Commercial Real Estate Headed in 2020?

As we get further into 2020, our team at Essel Environmental Engineering will be reviewing the commercial real estate industry in the Bay Area and the wider San Francisco market. Let’s look at some of the key issues affecting the industry, how major players are likely to respond, and what to expect in the coming …

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What reopening the country means for your business

If you’re located in California or otherwise, you might have seen California Governor Gavin Newson’s press conference unveiling his plan to reopen the state in the coming months. What does this mean for your business?  For starters, Governor Newsom did not give the public an exact date on when California would start to reopen, but …

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Soil: Your Most Expensive Development Mistake

When real estate property developers are prepared to start a ground-up or redevelopment construction project, they shouldn’t undervalue the importance of soil testing. Likely, they’ll need to build mass soil transport or excavation into their project plan. Why?  Soil testing is vital for testing the bearing capacity so your team can properly consider the building …

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What is the Maher Ordinance?

Background Historically low lying areas or properties too wet to build on in San Francisco had been leveled with foreign fill to allow for their development. The contents and origin of the fill material used as part of the initial development of these areas are unknown and have been found to commonly contain an array …

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Facility Owners and the perceived risks related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The most common question from Facility Owners and Managers is how to control the perceived risk from COVID-19 associated with their properties in the event that a person with assumed COVID-19 case enters their facility. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), most American workers will likely experience low or medium exposure risk …

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How clean is clean? Verification testing in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the recent events that are happening with the COVID-19 pandemic a very interesting question has been posed to a lot of facility managers building owners alike.  Building owners and facility managers are engaging cleaning and restoration companies to either do a preemptive cleaning where there are no known cases or even suspected cases. The …

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Worker Protection for Maintenance Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As the landscape for COVID-19 cleanup jobs progress, the most common question Essel Staffing has been getting is: how are workers being protected while cleaning areas that might be affected by COVID-19? The most common type of cleaning project Essel Staffing is working on related to the COVID-19 pandemic falls under the following three categories: …

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