The IEP Group continues to provide daily air monitoring and clearance testing as a third-party health-and-safety crew for an ongoing construction site. Many things can happen on a construction site and we tend to focus on the most immediate ones. Examples include not getting hit by a large crane, exploding water pipes when tearing out […]
Maia Crawley
January is National Radon Action Month!
I am so embarrassed! The month is nearly over, and I have not been encouraging folks to have their homes checked for radon. When I questioned our certified radon inspector, Gordon, regarding what I could do to spread the concern of radon in folks’ homes, he gave me these ideas: 1) Make a big radon […]
The IEP Group Storms the Castle!
For the year-end holiday celebration, The IEP Group chose to race against a decidedly different deadline. Instead of spending hours on the road, anxiously awaiting the test results to complete a project report, or doggedly reading through an immense project contract, The IEP Group chose to storm a castle. Admittedly, the warriors were inappropriately dressed […]
Mold to Meth
Written by Charles Van Allen The manager of a southeastern Kentucky apartment complex requested that The IEP Group perform environmental testing for mold in one of their units. We were happy to oblige as getting to the bottom of mold problems is a specialty of our company. Following environmental sampling and a visual investigation, it […]
Asbestos and a Retail Remodel
TJX companies began a renovation and remodeling project on their HomeGoods store in Florence, KY. The IEP group performed a Limited Asbestos Survey to define asbestos containing materials (ACM) within the store, and the floor tile and associated mastic was determined to be ACM. For clearance purposes after abatement procedures were concluded, The IEP Group […]
Cane Run
When Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, part of the PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) family of companies, embarked on the demolition of their decommissioned coal fired power plant (Cane Run units one through six) located in Louisville, KY, the IEP group was employed to monitor the removal of thermal system insulation (TSI). […]
