AMI has been providing turn-key environmental solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and other key U.S. government entities for over 30 years. We have worked in various sensitive healthcare environments for private and government clients across the country, including dozens of Veterans Administration Medical Centers and facilities.
Our extensive DoD experience includes working in hospitals, administrative spaces, industrial, residential, research facilities, and sensitive healthcare environments. Overall, AMI Environmental has provided environmental services at over 70 installations, CONUS and OCONUS, since 1994 on multiple IDIQ contracts.
The environmental services we provide for these contracts regularly include phasing, work plan development, industrial hygiene surveys and monitoring, quality control/assurance, remediation contracting, worker protection and emergency response services in response to multiple healthcare and military facility renewal, repair, and minor construction projects.
AMI’s work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs includes projects at facilities in the following locations:
- Arkansas: Fayetteville
- California: San Diego
- Florida: Gainesville, Tampa
- Illinois: North Chicago
- Indiana: Indianapolis, Marion
- Iowa: Des Moines, Iowa City
- Kansas: Leavenworth, Topeka
- Kentucky: Lexington
- Louisiana: Alexandria, New Orleans
- Minnesota: St. Cloud
- Mississippi: Biloxi, Gulfport
- Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis
- Nebraska: Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha
- North Carolina: Durham
- North Dakota: Fargo
- Ohio: Cincinatti
- Oklahoma: Muskogee, Oklahoma City
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
- South Dakota: Sioux Falls
- Texas: San Antonio
- Virginia: Alexandria
- Washington: Tacoma, Walla Walla
- Washington, D.C.
- Wyoming: Sheridan
Government & Defense Projects
Customer: U.S. Army
Location: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington D.C.
Services Provided: Consulting, Environmental Investigation, Remediation, Demolition
Project Summary:
The 400,000-square-foot Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Building 54—located on the Walter Reed Medical Center campus in Washington, D.C.—is being renovated as part of an overall life safety upgrade project.
AMI’s efforts centered on the identification and removal of asbestos, lead and other hazardous materials located throughout the occupied research facility.
Inspection, Testing, Analysis & Hazardous Materials Assessment
The primary purpose and scope of the site investigation was to identify and quantify the presence of any hazardous materials within the facility that could be disturbed as a result of the renewal project.
The inspection of the facility and equipment consisted of four activities: a review of all facility survey reports available at the time of the investigation; interviews with facility personnel; visual inspections; and bulk and/or x-ray fluorescence (XRF) sampling for laboratory analysis.
In total, 37 asbestos bulk samples were collected from 28 suspect materials during the asbestos inspection. There were 123 XRF readings collected from suspect paints, coatings and other materials to determine the lead present.
Remediation & Abatement
AMI developed a work plan to establish operating standards to ensure full compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations during removal, demolition and disposal of hazardous materials.
Overall remediation efforts included the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials (ACM’s); building components containing lead-based paint and lead-containing materials; PCB-containing light ballasts; mercury-containing light tubes; freon; low-level radiation smoke detectors; batteries; and x-ray developing chemicals and components.
Work also involved the demolition and disposal of interior walls, ceilings, flooring, casework, doors, plumbing, and electrical and mechanical systems.
Compliance Monitoring & Construction Management
AMI Environmental was responsible for compliance monitoring during the abatement and remediation of asbestos, lead-based paint and other hazardous materials located on the site. Abatement and demolition activities were performed by a subcontractor. AMI also provided various construction management services during renovation.
Customer: U.S. Army
Location: Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii
Services Provided: Consulting, Environmental Investigation, Remediation, Industrial Hygiene, Demolition
Project Overview:
AMI Environmental served as the team environmental prime contractor for the renewal of 12 medical clinic buildings at the Schofield Army Barracks in Oahu, Hawaii. Each 20,000-square-foot building was surveyed for the presence of asbestos, leadbased paint, pesticides, and other hazardous materials as part of the renewal effort, prior to gutting the structures completely to facilitate renewal.
AMI’s efforts centered on the identification, work plan development, and removal of asbestos, lead and other hazardous materials in conjunction with the interior demolition throughout each of these facilities.
Inspection, Testing, Analysis & Hazardous Materials Assessment
The primary purpose and scope of the site investigation was to identify and quantify the presence of hazardous materials within the facility, which could be disturbed as a result of the renewal project.
The inspection of the facility and equipment consisted of four activities: a review of all facility survey reports available at the time of the investigation; interviews with facility personnel; visual inspections; and bulk and/or x-ray fluorescence (XRF) sampling for laboratory analysis.
Abatement Design & Remediation
AMI developed a work plan to establish a set of general operating standards to ensure full compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local rules and regulations during removal, demolition and disposal of hazardous materials.
Overall remediation efforts included the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials; building components containing lead-based paint and lead-containing materials; PCB-containing light ballasts; mercury-containing light tubes; freon; low level radiation smoke detectors; batteries; and x-ray developing chemicals and components.
Work also involved the demolition and disposal of interior walls, ceilings, flooring, casework, doors, plumbing, and electrical and mechanical systems.
Compliance Monitoring & Construction Management
AMI Environmental was responsible for compliance monitoring during the abatement and remediation of asbestos, lead-based paint and other hazardous materials located on the site. A subcontractor performed abatement and demolition activities. AMI also provided various construction management services during renovation.
Customer: Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Services Provided: Consulting, Environmental Investigation, Remediation, Demolition
Project Overview:
AMI Environmental (AMI) was a member of the first responder team called upon to assess damages caused by Hurricane Katrina at the VA Medical Center in New Orleans. As the environmental team member, AMI was responsible for identifying and assessing all environmental hazards present in the 1-million-square-foot facility, and directing and monitoring remedial activities necessary for safe reoccupancy and renewal of the facility. AMI’s team included a certified industrial hygienist, inspectors and health and safety personnel.
Initial Response: Inspection, Testing, Analysis & Hazardous Materials Assessment
AMI’s initial efforts required collection and analysis of a myriad of samples for identifying immediate environmental hazards. Testing methods included real-time sampling for gases, fumes, radiation and airborne contaminants. AMI also performed an in depth inspection of the facility and collected and analyzed a multitude of samples – bulk, swab, dust, water, soil and air – needed to determine the extent of asbestos, LBP and mold contamination, chemical and biological hazards present, and various hazardous materials that could impact cleanup operations.
Remediation Design
AMI developed and implemented a site-specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) to protect persons entering the building and workers performing cleanup activities from environmental hazards. Elements of the HASP included: activity hazard analysis; work plans and specifications; quality control procedures necessary for proper abatement, cleanup and disposal of hazardous materials; personal protective equipment; personnel monitoring requirements; and safety precautions necessary to protect all individuals working in the facility.
Compliance Monitoring & Remediation Management
AMI provided continuous, third-party environmental quality and contractor compliance monitoring throughout the duration of the cleanup and renewal process. These duties included work activity coordination and schedule management; daily quality control and progress reporting; emergency response; and complete project documentation.
Customer: U.S. Air Force
Location: Offutt Air Force Base: Bellevue, Nebraska
Services Provided: Consulting, Environmental Investigation, Remediation, Demolition Management
Status: In progress
Project Overview:
Today, more than 38 percent of Air Force family housing does not meet modern standards and requires either major improvements or replacement. The Air Force was required to upgrade all inadequate housing by a set deadline. To accomplish this mandate, the Air Force launched an aggressive program to revitalize military housing units through a combination of traditional military construction and privatization.
Under this model, America First Communities has been contracted to provide for the complete renovation and privatization of Caperhart and Wherry Housing at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. AMI Environmental, in partnership with America First Communities’ development team, provided the consulting services and hazardous material assessments needed to complete demolition and renovation activities for the entire Offutt Privatization Housing Project.
Project scope:
• Six-year development period
• 635 acres of land
• 2,358 existing housing units
The end result will be 1,640 military homes consisting of:
• 914 new units
• 726 renovated units, including 26 historical units
Upon project completion, AMI Environmental had inspected approximately 750 housing units for asbestos, lead, miscellaneous hazardous waste and chlordane. AMI completed final visual inspections following the removal of hazardous materials prior to demolition.
Customer: U.S. Army/Marina Partners LLC.
Location: Fort Ord; Near Monterey Bay, California
Services Provided: Consulting, Environmental Investigation, Industrial Hygiene
Status: Complete
Project Overview:
The decommissioning of the sprawling Fort Ord military complex beside Seaside, California, near Monterey, was a huge project covering thousands of acres. Extensive troop training took place at the site over the years and contamination of all types was present. In addition, because the land is very valuable and because of environmental concerns, many governmental agencies were involved in this reclamation and development project.
Inspection, Testing, Analysis & Hazardous Materials Assessment:
As part of the redevelopment of the former Fort Ord Army Base, AMI Environmental was selected to conduct an environmental assessment of approximately 700 barracks and support facilities. The environmental assessment entailed sampling for asbestos, lead and miscellaneous hazardous materials prior to razing of the facilities.
AMI met the intense, 60-day deadline for completing all site assessments and reports. The report writing was expedited by using a document management system that allowed AMI inspectors to immediately hand off their documentation, schematics, and photos to a team of report writers for seamless and rapid report generation. All reports were thoroughly reviewed by the California Air Quality Control District and successfully passed its standards.
This survey also included inventorying all hazardous waste that remained in the buildings. AMI remained on site during the hazardous waste removal to provide industrial hygiene air-monitoring services and to conduct final visual assessments.
Customer: VA Office of Construction Management
Location: Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Services Provided: Asbestos Abatement Master Design Manual
Project Overview:
AMI Environmental was responsible for the revision of the Veterans Administration (VA) Asbestos Master Design Manual and the Specification of pertinent sections. The Master Microsoft Word templates would be utilized by the OCFM at all VA Hospitals, ambulatory care, clinics, energy centers, outpatient clinics, animal research facilities, and laboratory facilities throughout the VA Healthcare system.
Customer: VAMC
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Services Provided: Hospital and Research Towers Post Katrina Emergency Response
Project Overview:
AMI was a member of the first responder team called upon to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. We were responsible for identifying and assessing all environmental hazards present in the 1-million-square-foot facility and directing and monitoring remedial activities necessary for safe re-occupancy and renewal of the facility. Work was completed
Customer: VA Gulf Coast HCS
Location: Gulf Port, MS
Services Provided: Campus Property Transfer
Project Overview:
As a Hazardous Materials First Responder, AMI performed an initial Environmental Site Assessment of all structures on the 30-plus building campus following extensive damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. We conducted facility assessments and hazardous materials investigations to determine potential contamination and infection risks associated.
