Hazardous Materials Management

The requirement to manage and control hazardous building materials is not only a legal requirement, but a moral one.

SLR is at the forefront of the industry. Our team of professionals are helping to improve standards, define best practice, drive legislative change and promote safe and effective methods of hazardous building material management.

People in hazmat suits dealing with asbestos

Overview

Working in the industrial, commercial and domestic market, we can offer a broad range of services and a wealth of experience. We are acutely aware of the requirements and obligations under government and workplace health and safety legislations and can guide and advise our clients accordingly.

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Hazardous Materials Management Services

  • Our services include
    • Comprehensive suspect hazardous material / containment investigation services (asbestos, lead, PCB and universal waste)
    • Abatement design, oversight and air monitoring services
    • Indoor air quality (IAQ) contaminants assessment and remediation design
    • Site specific management plans including operations and maintenance programs
    • Structure condition / risk assessment
    • Critical response for emergency works (ie. following fire/storm damage, the discovery of contaminated fill etc)
    • Asbestos awareness and risk management training
    • Centralised online HazMat registers
    • NATA accredited reports for building material and asbestos dust samples
    • Expert witness
  • Accreditation and Licensure: Australia
    • SLR is NATA Accredited in Australia for Asbestos Fibre Counting, Volume Measurement (Air), and Asbestos Fibre Identification.
  • Accreditation and Licensure: United States
    • EPA Accredited – All states and providences
    • State Licensed - Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts (MA), Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), New York (NY), Rhode Island (RI), Vermont (VT), and Puerto Rico (PR)
    • State Certified – Arizona (AZ), Delaware (DE), Georgia (GA), New Jersey (NJ), New Mexico (NM), Oregon (OR), Washington (WA), Wyoming (WY)

Hazardous Materials Management Projects

  • Surrounding Foxton landscape
    Project

    Foxton, New Zealand

    Genesis Energy

    Energy

    Foxton Solar Farm


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  • Waste classification handbook with hazard symbols and a duty of care waste transfer note on a desk
    Project

    Wales, UK

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

    Industry & Technology

    WM3 user survey for Natural Resources Wales (NRW)


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  • Dark, damaged basement corridor with insulated pipes and debris on the floor
    Project

    Bristol, Connecticut, USA

    300 Broad Street

    Built Environment

    300 Broad Street


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  • Worker in hi-vis and ear defenders beside timber boards on a sawmill processing line
    Project

    Kauri, Northland, New Zealand

    Croft Poles & Timber

    Industry & Technology

    Sawmill and timber processing facility - planning and technical assessments


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  • Pipette dropping liquid towards laboratory test tubes holding coloured samples
    Project

    North Wales, UK

    Flintshire County Council

    Industry & Technology

    Advice on abandoned chemical manufacturing facility


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  • Asbestos dust hazard tape stretched across a wire mesh fence
    Project

    Massachusetts, USA

    288-290 Front Street

    Built Environment

    Multi residential demolition


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  • Orange pipe laid in a soil trench
    Project

    Wellington, New Zealand

    Mott MacDonald (for Wellington Water)

    Government & Infrastructure

    Contaminated soil and groundwater management for wastewater pipeline upgrades


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  • Black and cream diagonal chevron stripes of hazard tape
    Project

    UK

    Global Commodities Supplier

    Industry & Technology

    Bulk storage facility for chemical substances


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  • Stacked sawn timber planks in front of piles of logs at a sawmill
    Project

    Northland, New Zealand

    Waipapa Pine Limited

    Industry & Technology

    Expansion of a sawmill and timber processing facility


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  • Electricity transmission pylons beside a road crossing dry tussock grassland
    Project

    New Zealand

    Transpower New Zealand

    Energy

    Managing New Zealand’s transmission network distributing electricity around the country


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  • Excavator bucket digging into dark soil
    Project

    Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand

    Confidential

    Built Environment

    Asbestos in Soil Management


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  • Close-up of dark disturbed soil with scattered leaves
    Project

    Hamilton, New Zealand

    Bloxam Burnett & Olliver (BBO)

    Built Environment

    Managing an Unexpected Discovery of Highly Contaminated Soil


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  • Excavated trench with rusted metal beams exposed in disturbed soil on a site
    Project

    Western Australia, Australia

    Densford Civil

    Government & Infrastructure

    Stephenson Avenue Extension Phase 1 - Asbestos Remediation and Validation


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  • Modern multi-storey building with vertical fins and lit windows at dusk
    Project

    Herston, Queensland, Australia

    Australian Unity

    Healthcare

    Herston Quarter development - Technical consultancy services


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  • Passenger aircraft about to land on a lit runway at sunset
    Project

    Various locations across Australia and New Zealand

    Auckland, Bankstown, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Perth and Sydney Airports

    Government & Infrastructure

    Expert advice to the Australian and New Zealand Aviation Authority


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  • View over trees to a port with sheds, log stacks and a quay beside a calm blue sea
    Project

    Gisborne, New Zealand

    Eastland Port

    Government & Infrastructure

    Strategic planning and environmental advice for Eastland Port


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  • Electricity pylons silhouetted against a colourful sunset sky
    Project

    Western Australia, Australia

    Western Power

    Energy

    Western Power asbestos consultancy services


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  • Computer-generated view of a large industrial facility with solar roof panels on a hillside
    Project

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Cleanaway

    Government & Infrastructure

    Erskine Park resource management facility


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