Asbestos

As a State-licensed Asbestos Consulting Business (#ZA-00000033), ESC provides a full range of asbestos services. These include Asbestos Surveys, Abatement Technical Specifications, Area Air Monitoring during and after abatement, and Personal Air Monitoring. ESC has been providing these services since 1988.

ESC uses a rationale in completing Asbestos Surveys which meets the Client’s needs in a technically sound, yet efficient manner. All bulk and quality control duplicate building material samples are analyzed by laboratories participating in the National Institute of Standards & Technology’s (NIST’s) National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). The samples are analyzed by polarized light microscopy (PLM). Point counting is performed if warranted. The Asbestos Survey culminates in a final written report which presents the results, conclusions, and regulatory requirements. The report allows the Client to proceed with renovation or demolition plans for the building.

Technical Specifications are prepared for abatement projects. These identify the asbestos containing materials (ACMs), abatement procedures, containment, monitoring requirements, compliance requirements, and disposal procedures. The Specifications are designed for the Asbestos Contractor to bid the job and complete the project. If ACMs are to be left in place, ESC can prepare Operations & Maintenance Plans (O&Ms). These Plans identify the ACMs and their hazard rankings, procedures to follow if the materials are disturbed, fiber release response procedures, personnel training, and other compliance requirements.

Air is monitored in various ways during and after asbestos abatement projects. Area samples are collected via high flow pumps. These samples are used to detect asbestos fibers released from the containment area into other parts of the building. Samples from commercial, residential, or industrial buildings are analyzed via Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) in accordance with the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health’s (NIOSH’s) Method 7400 (PDF). Samples from schools, hospitals, and nursing homes are analyzed in accredited laboratories via Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), per 40 CFR 763.

During abatement, personal air samples are collected in the breathing zone with low flow pumps, in accordance with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) requirements stipulated in 29 CFR 1926.1101. The air cassettes are either collected by the Asbestos Contractor’s Supervisor or ESC’s staff, and are analyzed by PCM at either the project site or ESC’s offices in accordance with the NIOSH’s Method 7400 (PDF). The results are used to determine compliance with the OSHA’s eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA) permissible exposure limit (PEL) and its short term excursion limit (STEL).

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6400 Manatee Avenue West, Suite C, Bradenton FL 34209-2357
Local: (941) 795-2399 or Toll Free: (800) 226-1735

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