Asbestos & Lead Services

SHN’s Asbestos & Lead Consultants provide services for a wide array

of activities including:

  • Planning & permitting
  • Agency notification & compliance
  • Building demolition & renovations
  • Remodeling & restoration projects
  • AHERA compliance
  • Property acquisitions
  • Due diligence process
  • O&M programs
  • Roadwork & excavations
  • Construction sites
  • Clearance & re-occupancy     air sampling
  • Worker/occupant health & safety issues
  • Occupant indoor air
  • quality concerns
  • Fire & water damage
  • Emergency on-call response
  • Property condition assessments
  • Physician requested allergy studies
  • Health Departments
  • Housing & Urban Development
  • Contractor assist abatement consulting
  • Property management

SHN now provides DOSH-Certified asbestos consulting as required by Cal OSHA and the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District for asbestos building surveys, project design, abatement monitoring, and clearance air sampling.  Our asbestos consultant also maintains the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health microscopist certification.  We also have a state Department of Health Services-Certified Lead Project Monitor and Inspector/Assessor that conducts lead hazard/risk assessments, inspections, X-ray fluorescence analysis, clearance sampling, and project monitoring.  Our staff Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional ensures quality control and review.

Activities of a Certified Asbestos Consultant

  • Building surveys
  • Abatement project design
  • Abatement contractor work plan & submittal reviews
  • Abatement monitoring
  • Abatement air sampling
  • Personnel & ambient air monitoring
  • Re-occupancy clearance sampling
  • Preparation of asbestos O&M plans
  • Naturally occurring asbestos
  • Awareness training
  • AHERA K-12 school, 3-year asbestos re-inspections
  • Polarized light and phase contrast microscopy
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy analysis
  • Tenant notification letter
  • Document reviews
  • Expert witness
  • Report preparation
  • Cal/OSHA compliance

 

DHS Certified Lead Project Monitor & Inspector/Assessor

  • Building inspections/surveys
  • Risk/hazard assessments
  • Abatement design/reviews
  • Project monitoring
  • Lead air sampling
  • Soil sampling
  • Drinking water sampling
  • Clearance dust wipe sampling
  • X-Ray fluorescence analysis
  • Elevated blood lead level investigation
  • Tenant notification letters
  • Awareness training
  • Abatement contractor work plan & submittal reviews
  • Document reviews
  • Expert witness
  • Child lead poisoning prevention