History of poor indoor air quality For our next project we were invited to a domestic property situated in Newbury and instructed to carry out an indoor air quality assessment and microbiological sampling. The purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the levels of fungal elements in the indoor air and determine the risk to [...]
Conducting a Lead Survey in an old school building
Lead(Pb) content in the building Our latest project was a two-storey historic building, built in 1875 with stone walls, concrete, timber and tiled floors, lath plaster ceilings and a pitched slate tiled roof. The building consists of approximately 55 rooms with a small basement to part of building. Throughout the Lead (Pb) survey our main [...]
An Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances Little Hampton was home to our next project, a factory which specialises in the production of plastic components for automotive and retail industry. The client requested our services in order to carry out an assessment of occupational exposure to hazardous substances. The factory operates a continuous production with working shifts [...]
Conducting a Damp Investigation in Willington
History of Damp in dental practice Our next project, a two storey terraced property is a former residential building which had been converted and extended into a dental practice. The first floor of the dental surgery consists of 1 dental surgery, a combined reception and waiting area, a customers’ toilet, two storage rooms and an [...]
Poor Indoor Air Quality in a South Yorkshire Courthouse
History of Poor Indoor Air Quality South Yorkshire was home to our most recent project. We were invited to a Courthouse and instructed to carry out an assessment of indoor air quality in relation to selected biological contaminants. The Courthouse, a modern three storey building is situated in an industrial area of Sheffield. The second [...]
An Indoor Air Quality assessment on a residential property
History of damp in a residential property Bedfordshire was our next stop where we were instructed to carry out a building inspection and damp survey on a residential property. The purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the extent of the water damage to the property, identify the root causes of damp and recommend the [...]
An investigation into damp found in a Dental Practice
Buildings history of damp Our next project was a dental practice situated in Kings Lynn. We visited the property in order to carry out an indoor air quality assessment. The dental practice is an end-terrace two storey town building situated in King’s Lynn town centre. The ground floor of the dental practice consists of four [...]
An Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances
History of Hazardous Substances in building As a part of their continuing commitment to comply with Health and Safety Legislations, a company we previously undertook a Lead Survey for, invited us back in order to complete an assessment of occupational exposure to hazardous substances. Our aims for this project were to measure the concentration of [...]
An Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in a Hospital
History of poor indoor air quality For our next project we attended a hospital based in Nottingham and were tasked with undertaking a building inspection and microbiological sampling in the water treatment plant room at the hospital. The water treatment plant room within the Hospital is home to several water treatment tanks and treatment agent [...]
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 [...]