Comprehensive Hazardous Materials Survey
Confidential Utilities Company • Southwestern US
Solution Overview
Client:
Confidential utilities company
Business Challenge:
- Prepare for upcoming decommissioning activities at a campus power plant
Solution:
- Comprehensive hazardous materials assessment services
Results:
- Timely characterization and identification of hazardous materials
- Design and pre-demolition support
Challenge
In preparation for facility decommissioning of its onsite power plant, our client was required to perform a comprehensive hazardous materials survey.
Solution
Due to our strong performance providing asbestos consulting services at its power plant over the years, the client requested that Apex complete a comprehensive asbestos, lead-based paint (LBP), and hazardous materials survey for the entire facility in preparation for decommissioning.
Apex reviewed existing asbestos sampling information for the plant and collected a total of approximately 550 additional samples of suspect materials that had not previously been characterized. Apex also conducted a LBP survey utilizing a portable x-ray fluorescence analyzer, collecting a total of 440 readings from painted components in the facility and identifying LBP that will be managed during decommissioning. Positive lead readings identified 28 lead-based paints. Asbestos-containing materials (ACM) identified
13 homogeneous areas plus two additional homogeneous areas with asbestos concentrations governed by OSHA (<1% asbestos by point count).
Results
Apex prepared budgetary estimates for removal of identified ACM, LBP, and other hazardous materials within the facility. Apex is in the process of assisting our client with the schematic designs and phasing of removal of ACM, LBP, and hazardous materials from the facility prior to demolition.