Sysco environmental carries out a variety of services to benefit clients in identifying and offering recommendations to reduce the risk of hazards developing. One of the services we offer are Lead Inspections, Sysco have carried out several services to do with Lead containing materials which you can find on Lead Inspection News. If you know or feel [...]
Evaluating the extent of lead dust contamination in Cambridgeshire
Concerns regarding Lead dust contamination Cambridgeshire was home to our next project. Our client contacted us and instructed us to carry out an investigation to evaluate the extent of Lead dust contamination. The property we attended was a two storey building and belonged to the constabulary. The building layout consisted of a firing range, associated [...]
Conducting a Lead Survey at a Shooting School
Lead Particles at a Shooting School When a gun is fired, the base of a lead bullet can become airborne as a microscopic particulate. The bullet fragments further when it hits a target or backstop. That entire area is then potentially contaminated. Our client invited us to their shooting school based in Kent and asked [...]
Lead Investigation in Holland Park
History of Lead in property Our next project was a 5-storey residential building built in mid 1800’s. with clay brick walls and a pitched roof. We were instructed to carry out a lead survey to the whole of the building and the roof. The purpose of the Lead (Pb) survey was to locate and identify [...]
Conducting a Lead Survey
Hazardous materials within an Old building The project, a 7-storey town house situated in Birmingham, was currently undergoing refurbishments to the third and fourth floor. These floors consisted of modern UVPC windows with wooden window sills, concrete floors and concrete ceilings. Old buildings potentially contain materials which we consider to be hazardous to health. During [...]
Building lead survey prior major refurbishment
Old buildings contain many materials which we now consider toxic or hazardous to health. These materials were either used directly in the construction of the buildings or were introduced later during its lifetime. Typical hazardous materials used in the construction were asbestos, lead and PCB others such as mercury or many specialty chemicals may have [...]
College Lead Survey
I have been appointed to carry out a building lead survey prior a major refurbishment of a large college. The building was quite dated and was in need to more thorough renovation. The management of the college has decided that parts of the building should be stripped and refurbished to a better standard. The refurbishment [...]
Pre demolition building lead survey – Lead control methods – Book a free site visit today
I have been appointed to carry out a pre demolition building surveys on an old administrative building in order to identify Lead contain materials on site. The building I have visited was situated in close to city centre and was destined for partial demolition and complete refurbishment. The property was a four storey building consisting [...]