We at RPF Environmental salute HNTB, an infrastructure solutions firm, for recently being awarded the silver Engineering Excellence award by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts for the Whittier Bridge (I-95) Improvement Project in Amesbury, MA. You can view the details of that award here. As with many of the projects in which …
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Although the production of asbestos was mostly banned nationwide in the 1970s, this noxious substance persists particularly in older buildings to this day. It may surprise you to learn that asbestos has never had a full outright ban from use in the United States, so in many of these older buildings, asbestos-containing building materials are …
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The production of most asbestos has been illegal in the United States for over 40 years, and it continues to linger to this day, especially in buildings constructed prior to the 1980’s (although there is no official cutoff date for all asbestos in buildings). Common asbestos-containing building materials (ACBMs) found in older buildings include flooring …
Exposure to asbestos poses enormous health and safety hazards that must be managed or eliminated, as quickly as possible. If your building requires asbestos identification, the inspection process will be conducted by an industrial hygiene consulting firm. Depending on what the inspection uncovers, it could call for the safe removal or in-place management of the …
Following Universal Waste Management Standards to Protect the Environment April 22nd is Earth Day – a day dedicated to bringing awareness to the threats of various pollutants on the environment. The first Earth Day was in 1970 and came about after then-Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea as a type of sit-in to teach our …
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Amesbury, MA, April 12, 2019: RPF Environmental, Inc., an environmental health and safety (EH&S) consulting and testing firm, recently received certification through the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) for work with Massachusetts public agencies. Services include environmental health and safety (EH&S) testing and consulting for construction, reconstruction, demolition, maintenance, or repair projects. …
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