Join us in honoring Mesothelioma Awareness Day – read about what is Mesothelioma, symptoms, and how to avoid asbestos-related mesothelioma. Call us at 603-942-5432 or contact us online to talk to a certified asbestos inspector today. What is Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a malignant cancerous tumor that forms in the membrane lining of the lungs, heart, …
As a facility manager, it is your job to ensure your commercial property is safe and usable for all parties who rent or occupy it. For many older buildings, part of that responsibility includes asbestos abatement as needed. Working in an environment with stray asbestos fibers can be a serious health hazard and can present …
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The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently created a task force, putting their technological know-how to work investigating the complexities of the relationship between the Covid-19 pandemic and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. As such, they published two statements to help building managers maintain their facility. ASHRAE asserts that residential and …
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University Systems of New Hampshire Awarded Term Contract to RPF Environmental Northwood NH, February 19, 2020: University Systems of New Hampshire (USNH) has awarded a 3-year term contract to RPF Environmental for industrial hygiene assessments, environmental testing and consulting, hazardous materials, air quality testing, and laboratory analysis services for its campuses throughout the State. This …
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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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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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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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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Striving to run a company free of workplace accidents and hazards means being fully aware of the dangers that can occur when safety is not the top priority. A useful guide, to see what is probably making unseen or unnoticed safety issues in your workspace, is reviewing what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) …
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