MOLD INSPECTIONS, SURVEY AND MOLD TESTING.

Mold Cleanup should be done as soon as possible after the problem has been identified. If the conditions are right, mold can grow and spread in a house within days. If you had water damage and need work done, we advise not to wait for the insurance company to make their determination. Take care of the problem ASAP to limit the damage. We do insurance work and are willing to wait with payment, in some cases, until the insurance company pay.

There is no time to allow biohazard jobs be handled by a "contractor in training". Indoor pollutants causing "Sick Building Syndrome", SBS, is not only hazardous to your health but also hazardous to the economic life of your home, business or commercial building.

Serious health problems may develop from toxic mold and can occur a short time after a leak has occurred. Leaking roofs, leaking galvanized steel pipes, leaking copper pipes, water intrusion from soil and other problems can cause mold start to grow in homes and offices, old and new. Mold can develop in days and start release spores in the air inside a home causing habitants to develop asthma, allergies, lung problem, breathing problem, memory loss, and more. An initial survey may catch a growing problem early to eliminate the risk of mold spreading to the interior and contaminate furniture and personal property.

We have performed mold abatement, cleanup, leak detection, mold testing drainage consulting issues, on hundreds of projects the last 6 years. Mold and biological cleanup has been done in homes, apartment buildings, office buildings, stores, hotels, hospitals, schools, churches, and other buildings.
A successful project will require,
(1) finding the source or sources of contamination, (2) testing, (3) sealing to eliminate continued leaks or growth, (4) containment to prevent spread of spores, (5) removal and proper disposal of walls or ceilings, (6) cleaning of building components, (7) using applicable chemicals at correct dose, concentration and application, (8) allow drying time, (9) application of secondary chemicals, (10) final test. There are additional steps involved but to many to list. Every stage of the process is important to eliminate the risk for reoccurrence or exposure to workers and building inhabitants.

We provide the following services;

• Highly experienced and qualified inspectors for Inspection,
  survey, testing for mold and water damage.
  We provide turnkey projects and solutions, not only testing
  and not only repair and abatement.
• Testing for Vapor Emissions in concrete slabs.
• Removal of mold infested building materials, drying and s
  alvage of documents and equipment.
• Cleaning, decontamination of mold infested personal
  items in homes or offices.
• Repair and installation of new building materials, as walls,
  ceilings, floors, roof, ducting, etc.
• Insulating buildings using impermeable insulation materials
  in walls or under floors in crawlspaces to prevent
  humidity to intrude.
• Rental of Effective Ozone gas generators.
  Ozone generators will kill mold and eliminate odors.
• Rental of HEPA air cleaners with bio hazards destruction filters.

A qualified, reputable abatement firm like ours should always be used to ensure that airborne contaminants are controlled and that the problem is permanently solved and will not reoccur. Our approach is to do the job right the first time while saving our client money. We can have your problem assessed, tested, and a plan of action and cleanup work underway within a couple of days. Examples of projects can be found here. Corporate clients and agencies are advised to sign a retainer agreement with our firm to ensure timely response in emergency events. We can have technicians and cleanup crew or testing underway within hours for clients who we have retainer agreements with.

For additional information, initial consultation, proposal on mold abatement, mold and biohazard testing, or air quality testing, Please contact us at 800-606-8007

We have added Thermal Scanning Camera Inspections to our Mold Inspection services. The tool is mainly used to locate and pinpoint sources of leaks and water intrusion in buildings eliminating the need for destructive source finding. The method is most efficient shortly after a leak occurred and less effective when no moisture remain in the building material. It can collect Color thermal images that can be e-mailed to client or used for documentation in reports. Go to the link above to find out more. Contact us for a demo.

There are many more instances when thermography can be utilized. Here are a few:

• Benefits of Infrared Thermography
• Significantly reduce unscheduled power outages
• Detect problems quickly, without interrupting service
• Assess priorities for corrective action
• Minimize preventive maintenance and troubleshooting time
• Comply with insurance company requirements
• Check for defective equipment while still under
  manufacturer warranty.

Electrical Systems:

• Power generation inspections including exciters,
  4160 connections, motor control centers and isophase bus ducts.
• Substation Electrical inspections including switchgear,
  breakers, transformers and capacitor banks.
• Overhead urban and rural distribution
  electrical inspections. Electrical motor inspections.

Building Envelopes and Structures: 

• Thermal heat loss inspections for buildings, plants,
  facilities, refineries.Moisture contamination evaluations
  in buildings, condo's, plants facilities.
• Concrete integrity inspections
• Concrete water heated floor inspections for leaks and
  temperature distribution
• Locate missing or damaged insulation
• Identify air leakage energy losses
• Evaluate the thermal performance of retrofits
• Locate radiant heating wires or pipes
• Detect delaminations in concrete bridge deck
• Locate and identify mold growth areas in building structures

Roofing Systems:

• Flat roof leak detection for buildings, plants, facilities
• Identify water damaged portions of a roof quickly and accurately
• Eliminate unnecessary replacement of good roofing
• Plan accurate budgets based on facts
• Document problems before the warranty/bond expires.

Mechanical Systems

• Boilers
• Inspect burners for flame impingement and burner management
• Look at combustion patterns of fuel
• Detect thermal patterns on boiler tubes and measure
  tube skin temperature during normal operation or
  when boiler is on standby
• Scan and record temperatures in areas of boiler not monitored
• Scan the exterior of boiler for refectory damage or
  locate warmer areas where potential refectory damage
  may occur
• Detect coke buildup in crude oil furnaces
• Power Plant boiler flue gas leak detection
• Mechanical bearing inspections
• Heat ventilation air conditioning equipment evaluation
• Cold Storage cooling losses.
• Detect insulation leaks in refrigeration equipment

Petrochemical Applications

• Refinery process line insulation loss or leak detection
• Refinery process evaluation
• Heat exchanger Quality and efficiency evaluation
• Furnace refractory (insulation) inspections
• Furnace Internal flame evaluation and tube inspections
• Flame propagation explosion analysis.

Electronic Equipment

• Printed circuit board evaluation and troubleshooting.
• Thermal mapping of semiconductor device services
• Circuit board component evaluation
• Production-type inspection of bonded structures
• Inspection of hybrid microcircuits
• Inspection of solder joints

Environmental Applications

• Locate old waste disposal sites
• Locate old buried tanks on industrial sites
• Locate and monitor oil spills
• Research and development applications
• Design proto typing evaluation

Environmental Applications

• Automotive Applications
• Motor racing suspension and tire contact diagnostics
• Brake and engine systems evaluation for performance
  and cooling efficiencies

Aerospace Applications

• Water ingress in airplane control surfaces and radomes
• Tire and brake system diagnosis
• Windshield and wing surface deicing system diagnosis
• Stress crack and corrosion identification and location
• Jet and rocket engine analysis
• Composite materials delamination and disbanding location
• Target signature analysis

Medical / Veterinary Applications

• Medical injury examinations for whiplash, back injuries,
  Carpal Tunnel syndrome
• Disease evaluation - breast cancer, arthritis and many more
• Dentistry, tempomandibular jaw dysfunction and more
• Sports injuries evaluation, and therapy progress
• Equine (horse) injury examination, stress fractures,lameness
• Laser dosimetry determination

Airborne applications

• Pipeline inspection, leak detection, stress corrosion
  cracking areas
• Environmental inspections, pollution dumping, thermal
  dumping of waste water
• Fire Mapping, hold over fires, fire line and mop-up inspections
• High Voltage Aerial Electrical inspections for transmission lines
• Search and rescue
• Covert surveillance

Pulp and Paper

• Detect uneven heat distribution in Fourdrinier steam boxes
• Identify wet streaks, non-uniformity, that can have adverse
  effects on paper quality
• Identify basis weight variations
• Monitor size press performance
• Analyze dryer temperatures to look for non-uniformity in dryers
• Monitor coating to see that it is being applied uniformly to
  surface of the paper
• Analyze reel to find anomalies that may be induced by
  pieces of process equipment connected to the paper machine
• Inspect chip piles for hot spots

Steam Turbine and Hydroelectric Generators

• Locate inter-laminar faults in stator cores
• Monitor the effectiveness of repairs to the damaged areas
• Help maintain quality control during a stator core repair
• Obtain a thermal image of the stator core that serves
  as a permanent record of the condition of the stator
  core following repairs

Miscellaneous Applications

• Detect RF heating in antennas, wave guides, guy wires
  and frame structures
• Locate low-intensity sleeper fires on forest lands
• Locate lost people
• Remote sensing applications
• Firefighting – Locate people in burning buildings
  and navigate through smoke
• Locate non uniform densities in hot mix asphalt paving
• Locate moisture and delaminations in marine construction

For emergency assistance Call 213-305-0840