BUILDING SCIENCE / INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL & AIR QUALITY

Building Health Sciences (BHS), a sister-company to NMAS, analyzes and resolves critical environmental incidents. Our approach focuses on critical asset protection which to us means both human assets and infrastructure assets. Resolution of an adverse indoor environmental situation including its assessment and management is challenging. These situations invariably involve an array of building professionals, various experts, and service personnel. Recognized or not, the primary cost driver in most of these situations is health-related complaints or concerns for a healthy indoor environment. BHS integrates the health of the building with the health of its occupants by bringing its unique perspective to solve your critical environmental incident or situations. This approach allows us to simultaneously address occupant fear and building performance. The result for our clients is an integrated, cost-effective, rational solution.

Our knowledge and awareness of the appropriate solution path can go a long way to cost mitigation. BHS can impact the outcome of an incident through sound provable science and credible communication before it gets off track. Efficient, effective intervention can prevent unanticipated, downstream ramifications of incident mismanagement: lost tenant income, loss of employee productivity, occupant turnover, building stigma damages and costly health claims.

Building Health Sciences’ unique approach addresses the most volatile part of an incident, the health of the people and their fears. Our competencies include:

  • Moisture Intrusion / Water Damage Investigations / Drying Assessments / Moisture Management Programs
  • Large Scale Environmental Critical Incident Management and Oversight / Risk Communication
  • Air Quality Sampling – bio-aerosol, VOCs / Particulate and dust / ASHRAE Comfort Parameters / formaldehyde / asbestos
  • Odor Investigations / Summa Canister TO-15 – if necessary
  • Mold Inspections and Sampling – air, surface, Mycometer / Sample Interpretation and Recommendations
  • Indoor Environmental Professional Services Related to IICRC S-500 Water Damage and S-520 Mold Remediation
  • Remediation Plan Design and Implementation, Project Management, Contractor Oversight and Quality Control
  • Post Remediation Verification as defined by Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) – Indoor Environmental Professional
  • Facility Condition Assessments / Disinfection Protocols – Norovirus and COVID-19
  • Construction Defect / Root Cause Analysis / Responsible Party Assessment as it relates to an incident
  • Detailed Expert Report of Findings, Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Legionella and Water Management Planning, sampling and infrastructure distribution evaluations

Limited Selection of Our Experience