Health Science Associates (HSA) services

HSA is well experienced in performing many types of investigations, including indoor air quality (IAQ) projects. Our background in IAQ includes innumerable projects, including small one day office investigations and multiple day evaluations of entire multi-story office buildings. These large projects have been completed for the City/County of San Francisco, the Cal-Trans Spring Street Building, and the recently completed IAQ project of the Los Angeles County Child Care offices in the former U.S. Borax Building. All of these large projects included evaluating multiple types of contaminants that may be present in an office building, including but not limited to: asbestos; volatile organic compounds; formaldehyde; particulates; PCBs; fungi; hydrogen sulfide; and legionnaires organisms. In each of these cases, HSA was able to identify causative agents and provide recommendations related to remediation of the worker complaints.

HSA has performed enumerable microbiological fungal investigations over the past 20 years. HSA is well experienced in the inspection for fungal colonization of buildings, both commercial and residential. HSA has performed these surveys for building occupants, building lessors, owners and managers, insurance investigations, and as part of construction defect litigation. HSA litigation support has encompassed both plaintiff and defendant cases.

Our experience with asbestos and LBP investigations and abatement projects includes, but is not limited to, small one day projects to large scale long term major renovations. We have experience in projects that include confined spaces, high voltage electricity, high heat and wind conditions, multi-story abatement of industrial complexes, sprinkler retro-fit projects in occupied and unoccupied areas, and at multi-employer project sites.

Howard B. Spielman, CIH, Joel I. Berman, CIH and Kathy S. Jones, CIH are expert witnesses who are available to consult and testify regarding topics such as: asbestos, industrial hygiene and mold issues. As industrial hygiene and mold experts, they may consult on issues involving industrial air quality, microbial damage, mildew contamination, mold, and sick building syndrome. Other areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: noise, indoor air quality, chemical hygiene plans, environmental management systems, industrial chemical toxicology, industrial hygiene engineering, and industrial toxicology, among other topics.

Our consulting practices include providing a wide range services that include, but are not limited to, traditional industrial hygiene evaluations and investigations, indoor air quality (IAQ) evaluations and investigations, environmental evaluations and investigations, asbestos and lead-based paint (LBP) consulting services, and microbiological (i.e. bacteria and fungi) investigations and evaluations. Our consulting services also include specification preparation and monitoring and administration of the specification for a multitude of large and small projects, including asbestos abatement, LBP, mercury contamination, bird feces, and microbiological projects. We audit employer health and safety programs and write Operations and Maintenance (O & M) programs, respiratory protection programs, illness and injury prevention programs, et. al.