Construction & General Contractors
FACS can help locate and monitor hazardous materials, suggest ways to mitigate them, and develop customized health and safety plans for your company and projects. We are committed to keeping your crews safe and ensuring compliance.
Contact FACSHazardous Building Materials Surveys and Strategy
FACS helps navigate the hazardous building materials maze. We identify and advise you on how to manage potential exposures to lead, asbestos, PCBs, and other hazardous materials. Our teams help you understand exactly what is there and how to mitigate the hazard safely.
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FACS exposure risk assessments help identify the source of the issue and level of hazard. Our experts advise you of our findings and help develop a mitigation plan to ease concerns. Hazards assessed include silica, lead, asbestos, and more.
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FACS experts can help you manage and implement your environmental health and safety program, whether for your company or specific projects. We offer assistance in the development of EHS programs and their various components, routine inspections, training, and compliance audits.
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FACS industrial hygienists assess mold growth and water intrusion incidents, identify impacted materials, evaluate occupant risks, and provide remediation recommendations. We provide peace of mind and documentation to protect your employees, projects, and clients.
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FACS has a team of knowledgeable and articulate expert witnesses in environmental health. They stay up-to-date through ongoing research and active participation with professional organizations and public facilities in the sectors we serve. Our experts maintain a healthy balance of projects in both litigated and non-litigated settings to ensure practical opinions and solutions.
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Specialized Experts
Our Construction Sector team draws upon the experience of team members with decades of experience in the construction industry. We understand the dynamics of the interactions between employees, management, the public, and the media. Our experts bring the knowledge and credentials necessary to find and deliver credible solutions.
The Right Perspective
FACS relies on science-based approaches to environmental issues. We find the problem and provide answers while always keeping the health of your people and risks to your company in mind. We know how important staying on schedule is to construction projects and always try to avoid or minimize negative impacts to schedule.
Current with Regulations
FACS teams stay abreast of changes in regulations affecting the construction industry. We can help your company meet every level of regulatory requirements. Your call to FACS can not only help your company avoid fines and negative news articles but also show your employees and the community you care about their safety.
Case Studies
FACS Helps Protect Builder from Legal Entanglement
A builder was caught in the middle when the supplier of the (I-beam) floor joists used in the construction of recently-built homes warned owners of formaldehyde emissions coming from a fire-retardant coating used on the beams. The manufacturer of the floor joists advised occupants to move out of the houses immediately. Seeing a potential legal issue that would threaten the pending sale of the firm, FACS was called in to assess the situation and recommend a solution.
Hospital Construction Project Requires Environmental Monitoring
A hospital construction project required cutting through the exterior walls of the existing structure to tie-in to a new building being erected adjacent to it. FACS was retained to assist with evaluating the project impact on the environment of care, which included monitoring concentrations of airborne particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5).
Hospital Demolition Requires Identification & Elimination of Hazardous Agents
An abandoned hospital complex in a historical neighborhood was to be turned over to a developer for reclamation as single-family housing. Given the age of the property (70+ years) and its former use as a medical center, it was critical that the buildings be cleared of environmental pollutants and liabilities before demolition could begin. The primary contractor called on FACS to carry out that work.
Structure Fire Remediation in a Las Vegas Luxury Hotel
The intense black smoke from a poolside fire at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas penetrated adjacent hotel rooms, rendering many of them unsafe to occupy. Concerns included the safety of guests and staff, salvaging expensive custom furnishings, and getting the rooms back into service quickly. A FACS team was dispatched to plan and oversee remediation efforts.
FACS Insider Blog
Construction Site Safety Blind Spots
Projects need to be completed within the budget and on time. That pressure can contribute to overlooking risks and a failure to recognize or correct unsafe conditions. The consequences of succumbing to that pressure are real and can sometimes be catastrophic to the lives of workers and their families. Fatalities in construction occupations rose six… Read more »
Asbestos in Construction Materials Testing: Critical Information
Here’s something many people who should know … don’t know: Agencies that approve building and demolition permits require property owners to either presume asbestos is present in the construction materials or to conduct construction materials testing for asbestos to prove it is not. Despite the seriousness of the matter — potential fines, loss of time,… Read more »
California Lead in Construction Rules Are Changing Soon
These Changes Will Affect Every General Contractor, Trade Contractor, Maintenance Team, and Custodial Crew in California Cal/OSHA has been working for over eight years to revise its Lead in Construction (8 CCR 1532.1) and Lead in General Industry standards (8 CCR 5198). The current laws were essentially copied from federal regulations and have been in… Read more »
Respirable Crystalline Silica Regulations – Cal/OSHA Adopts Emergency Temporary Standard for General Industry
On December 14, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) approved Cal/OSHA language for the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on respirable crystalline silica for General Industry (under California Code of Regulation, Title 8, section 5204). The ETS went into affect on December 29, 2023, which includes and emphasizes revisions to protect workers engaged… Read more »
New EPA Lead Hazard Standards Will Soon Apply
Owners and managers of child-occupied buildings constructed prior to 1978 will soon face more stringent lead hazard reduction requirements from the EPA. The move is meant to help lower the risk of childhood lead exposure and curb the various physical disorders lead can cause. In this article, we’ll provide an FAQ overview of the final… Read more »
Our Construction Team
FACS brings a team of over 150 specialists to the table. In our more nearly 40 years of working to protect public health, we’ve quite likely seen and solved the very problem you are facing now. Our science-based methodology can help you inspire the confidence of your workers, keep them safe on the job, and avoid regulatory issues. Laws constantly change, and FACS experts stay on top of the latest developments to ensure you get the most current and effective guidance. We can help you enhance safe working procedures and help to ensure your project is completed on schedule. Choose FACS for your construction safety partner.
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The reality of construction in 2023 is that all clients have the potential to be very demanding, requiring quick turnarounds and accommodations from all subcontractors and vendors. In this regard, FACS is among the best in the industry for meeting these aggressive requirements. On the technical side, the experts at FACS frequently go above and beyond to explain possible hazardous exposures and develop comprehensive means and methods for our team to safely work around and in these environments.
Alex Saldana – DPR Team Member