Environmental Demolition Group is proud to be a part of the Greater Cincinnati community. Our main goal is to create a clean site for your commercial renovation or building project by removing hazardous waste so you can proceed with the next phase of the project.
We handle projects in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, including Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and points to the east. Before you hire an asbestos abatement company in Cincinnati to handle your commercial project, ask these seven questions. Your chosen provider should be able to answer them thoroughly before you invest in a qualified professional to abate or remove asbestos from your site.
1. Does your company have the proper licenses for asbestos abatement and removal?
Handling asbestos requires specialized tools, training, and equipment. It also takes expertise and knowledge to proceed through a site to remove asbestos. A qualified professional, like the experts at Environmental Demolition Group, should be the only people who handle asbestos.
Asbestos licensing and certification is usually done at the state level. The U.S. EPA and OSHA also require training for asbestos professionals before they perform work. You need to hire a team that has the qualifications and expertise to handle asbestos.
In Ohio, asbestos contractors must have a license through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Kentucky requires accreditation through the Division of Air Quality for all people working on an asbestos abatement project. The team you choose should have the relevant licensing to enter a site with asbestos, handle asbestos, and dispose of asbestos.
Any company working with hazardous materials must be able to provide their certifications and licenses for you to examine. We’d be happy to show you our qualifications and licensing.
2. How will you remove asbestos from my site?
Asbestos abatement takes caution. Asbestos is a mineral, and the fibers can become airborne. All people who handle asbestos must wear HEPA air filters as respirators and fully disposable suits.
Removing asbestos means air containment of a site. Your chosen asbestos abatement company will encase the entire contaminated area in plastic sheeting to prevent wind and airflow from carrying asbestos fibers off-site, even if they go airborne within the containment zone.
Another option is encapsulating, which happens when we permanently seal the asbestos so it is never exposed to the surrounding environment. This commonly occurs around pipes. It might also happen around load-bearing walls that contain mortar made with asbestos. So, if any asbestos can’t be removed, it will be completely sealed away so it doesn’t go airborne.
Our staff will outline precisely how we will abate asbestos from your site after we examine where the asbestos is located. You will receive full documentation on every step.
3. Does your company have references I can contact?
You have a large project ahead of you, and we understand the need to verify our professional services ahead of hiring a qualified asbestos removal company. A qualified professional for asbestos removal should have references based on past successful projects.
We do have some projects on our website for you to look over. Ahead of asking for a consultation, you can search Google for various companies. Once you find a firm, you can search for its name to look for news about past projects.
We would also be happy to provide professional references for our Cincinnati asbestos abatement services from some of our customers. We’d be happy to discuss what we’ve done and what we can do for your project.
4. How much does asbestos abatement in Cincinnati cost?
Asbestos abatement is a significant expense for your site because of the specialization involved. However, it is still less expensive than building a new site from scratch, especially if you want to preserve a building’s history or you want a particular location for your facility.
There are also a lot of variables involved. We can provide an estimate for the services by inspecting a site. However, there may be hidden areas that we can’t find in the initial survey. For example, we might not see a hidden fireplace or chimney on the building schematics. There is a good chance that a fireplace built in the 1930s might have asbestos in the mortar. If that’s the case, we will have to seal the fireplace to prevent asbestos fibers from going airborne.
Other things that factor into the costs of an asbestos removal project include:
- Full containment for your building
- Scaffolding on the outside
- Multi-story projects
- Size of the building
- Other hazards discovered later in the asbestos abatement process
Our team will deliver a qualified estimate for the asbestos abatement and removal your site needs or any other waste removal the site requires based on our past projects. Our experts have decades of experience in the industry and have examined hundreds of sites across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states.
We will do everything we can to keep your costs manageable, which is why you should partner with an experienced asbestos abatement company in Cincinnati.
5. How many years of experience do you have?
Years of experience matter when it comes to asbestos abatement in Cincinnati. You want to partner with a company that has earned decades of expertise from experience within the industry.
Collectively, the team at Environmental Demolition Group has more than a century of experience. Two company leaders individually have had more than three decades of experience in handling hazardous waste. Our staff has seen just about everything possible, and there are very few things that will surprise us. We bring this expertise and dedication to every project we handle from planning to completion.
We would be happy to show you projects we’ve worked on, special situations we’ve found, and what we can do for your site based on our experience. Our team will walk you through any challenges your project may have based on our initial assessment.
6. What types of asbestos abatement work can you do?
Our Cincinnati asbestos abatement company handles all four classifications of asbestos abatement as listed by OSHA.
Class I asbestos work involves removing the substance from insulation and substances used to prevent heat loss or gain as well as surfaces suspected of containing asbestos.
Class II asbestos work indicates removing non-thermal materials containing asbestos such as ceiling tiles, floor tiles, wallboard, roofing shingles, and siding.
Class III asbestos work includes maintenance work and repair where operations will likely disturb asbestos. We’ll repair walls, ceilings, and floors where necessary.
Class IV asbestos work means maintenance and custodial work during which we clean up dust, waste, and debris from other asbestos abatement activities. We may use vacuums to remove asbestos dust from floors following the removal of larger items containing asbestos.
7. What types of asbestos abatement work are your workers trained in?
All of our workers receive OSHA training before they are allowed to go on-site for asbestos abatement in Cincinnati. All team members also have daily meetings before starting work at a site for that particular day.
We train our staff for:
- Safety first, and all safety considerations for every aspect of asbestos abatement.
- Pre-asbestos abatement activities, such as air containment and donning personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Preparing the work area with equipment and decontamination units as well as the proper usage of all machinery.
- Using PPE, including a respirator and clothing.
- Decontamination procedures.
- Proper handling and disposal of asbestos-containing materials.
All staff undergo OSHA-approved training, retraining, and continuing education when needed.
Contact Our Cincinnati Asbestos Abatement Company
Contact us or call 859-363-4863 to learn more about our asbestos abatement services in Cincinnati and other states in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region. We’re happy to discuss your project requirements with you.
