Old buildings and old operations accumulate things. Unlabeled drums in the back. Insulation nobody has identified. A process chemical that has been there since before anyone currently employed started.
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We characterize what you actually have — through building survey, material sampling, and process history — so you can make decisions about handling, disposal, renovation, or sale with real information instead of assumptions.
Asbestos, lead, PCBs, and other regulated materials before renovation or demolition.
Unlabeled containers and legacy chemicals characterized through sampling and analysis.
Beryllium, heavy metals, and process residue — my specialty from the DOE complex.
A defensible record of what’s present, at what levels, and what to do with it.
Assuming a material is safe because nobody has complained is not a strategy — it’s how a renovation project turns into an exposure incident and a regulatory problem. Characterizing legacy materials is exactly the work I did across the DOE complex, where the consequences of guessing wrong are severe.
Don’t open them and don’t move them. We sample and characterize them safely, determine what they are, and identify the correct disposal pathway. This is more common than people admit.
Related but different. A Phase I looks at environmental liability for a property transaction. A hazardous material assessment focuses on what’s physically present in the building and what it means for worker exposure and regulatory compliance. They often accompany each other.
Asbestos and lead surveys target specific known materials with defined protocols. A hazardous material assessment is broader — it’s for when you don’t yet know what you have.
Talk to a CIH about a hazardous material assessment.