Hazardous materials (Asbestos, Lead, and PCBS) in buildings can be a challenge for building owners and building facilities management. Applied Environmental provides a full range of consulting services including inspection, operation and management plan preparation, abatement design, project management and compliance monitoring performed by experienced and licensed staff.

1. Noise
2. Temperature and humidity
3. Indoor air quality
4. Chemical exposure
5. Radiation
6. Biological hazards
7. Eliminating or Controlling Hazards

Project Management and air monitoring are functions provided by Applied Environmental to allow the client more freedom from daily contact with the contractor performing abatement work. Air sampling and compliance monitoring during the actual abatement phase of the project consists of the collection of regulatory compliance samples and enforcement of regulatory and specification mandates. Project management combined with compliance monitoring provides a total service to the client with maximal utility for a cost efficient, timely, and safely executed project. Since its inception in 1986, Applied Environmental has performed too many abatement monitoring projects to count. As asbestos abatement typically occurs in facilities with 24/7 operations; during public school vacations with condensed time frames; or in emergencies, quick response, “around the clock shifts and rapid sample analysis are essential in the overall execution and success of the abatement effort. These situations are “normal occurrences” for us, requiring experienced staff, with excellent communication. On site analysis by Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) during asbestos abatement projects is as essential as final clearance testing at the conclusion of the project. Basing response actions on samples rapidly analyzed on site is only as good as the quality of the analysis. All of our analysts are members of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s (AIHA) Asbestos Analysts Registry (AAR), and meet all QA/QC criteria.

Our inspectors have completed numerous hazardous material surveys for school systems, municipal housing authorities, medical facilities, office buildings, industry, and residences. These surveys have included thorough building inspections, bulk sampling, hazard assessment, and remedial recommendations. A building owner’s first step to developing a management tool for maintenance of hazardous materials in their building is a detailed survey Since 1986, Applied Environmental has surveyed, developed remediation and abatement plans for governmental, commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings for asbestos-containing materials, lead-containing surface coatings, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) articles, mercury-containing articles, Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerant, and abandoned chemical inventories. Surveys are performed by experienced, licensed inspectors, management planners, and project designers, Certified Hazardous Materials Managers are also on staff. As part of the survey process, our inspectors provide approximate quantities for any identified hazardous materials, and create CADD drawings delineating locations thereof. We also develop remediation specifications, abatement project scopes of work, and competitive bid documents for the identified hazardous materials. We conduct asbestos-containing material inspections in accordance with the US EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protocols. We document conditions including locations of the material; type, quantity, and condition of the material; and the friability and damage potential of the material We can then recommend response actions and resulting cost estimates for abatement. Our licensed lead inspectors/risk assessors conduct lead-containing surface coating screening inspections to determine the lead concentrations of suspect lead-coated