asbestos contractor Articles
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Bournemouth Airport – Case Study
Project Highlights Envirochem are responsible for organising all consultant and analytical works relating to the removal of all asbestos containing materials from a busy working airport. Our work and advice ensured that the airport maintained its high standards and the airports customers and staff are able to operate in a safe and controlled environment. Project Description Working as ...
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Bolderwood Campus Southampton – Case Study
Project Highlights Envirochem were responsible for organising all consultant and analytical works relating to the removal of all asbestos containing materials from a busy biomedical sciences facility. Our work and advice ensured that both the university and demolition contractor were able to proceed with their building project within a strict time frame. Project Description Working as the ...
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Protecting reputation across your supply chain
In the words of Benjamin Franklin: "It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it." Some of the key risks that can expose businesses to reputational damage are: health and safety, environmental performance, operational disruption and commercial problems. While many companies have these risks well controlled within their own business, there can be cracks ...
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Increasing asbestos awareness as a preventative measure
Asbestos is a naturally occuring mineral known for its durability and fire-resistant properties. In the past, the substance has been used in a wide variety of building materials, including insulation products, siding, cements, flooring and roofing, to name a few. When asbestos containing materials become damaged or disturbed, toxic asbestos fibers can be released into the air. If these ...
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Emergency remediation response case study
Services Performed Emergency remediation response, oil and hazardous waste consulting and a mold/indoor air quality (IAQ) testing Summary Following the flooding of the Spicket River during the Spring 2006, EFI Global was engaged to evaluate a nursing home in Lawrence, MA. After the initial environmental evaluation, our team observed that the basement and entire first floor of the nursing home ...
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Hazardous Material and Asbestos Inspection Case Study
Global has been contracted by the Genesee County Land Bank Authority (GCLBA) to complete pre-demolition hazardous material and asbestos inspections on blighted structures located in the City of Flint beginning in 2002 and continuing through the present. In March and November 2013, Global was awarded multiple contracts from GCLBA, which utilize MBEG and HHF funding sources to eliminate blight and ...
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Mishandling of Hazardous Materials & Contaminants, Asbestos, Lead, Mould & Fungus, PCB`S
Untitled Document Everyday in Canada and the United States Hazardous Materials are being removed improperly contaminating the buildings we occupy. The hazardous materials including asbestos, lead paint, mould and fungus are removed improperly, overlooked, ignored or are disregarded by unscrupulous building owners, corporate executives, their representatives, building and property ...
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The `Anatomy` of an Asbestos Lawsuit
Clients and potential clients are often curious about 'what happens' in an asbestos lawsuit. This is a difficult question to answer because every case we handle is unique, and one of the things that makes The Firm distinctive is that we handle every case on an individual basis. Nevertheless, asbestos litigation in California has some common features, and this article attempts to describe the ...
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The New Environmental Insurance Products: When Does it Make Sense to Buy Them?
Part One Introduction Real estate transactions with environmental problems often founder on attempts to shift the liabilities from one party to the other. In transactions with other types of problems, insurance is a popular risk transfer mechanism, and is regularly used for that purpose, but it is used far less often when there are environmental risks. This so-called 'environmental insurance ...
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