Nova Enviro Pty Ltd is a hazardous materials and environmental management consultancy, based strategically in regional NSW, specialising in the identification, monitoring and management of contaminants and hazardous materials.
Summary of consultancy activities;
Due to the inherent risk associated with hazardous materials, a professional hazardous materials consultant will ensure you understand the risks and have the right processes in place from the beginning. By taking a proactive approach and surveying your building, you can prevent discoveries by untrained personnel and contractors. This approach can also help you to avoid expensive health and safety issues, unplanned delays and potential penalties. Nova Enviro Pty Ltd can assist you in developing a range of systems and risk control strategies to meet compliance requirements.
Identification and assessment of the condition and location of hazardous building materials is undertaken but not limited to;
a) Asbestos containing materials (ACM),
b) Lead (Pb) based paint and Lead (Pb) dust/soils,
c) Synthetic mineral fibre (SMF),
d) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and
e) Ozone depleting substances (ODS).
The identification may involve sampling materials suspected to contain asbestos and Lead (Pb) based paint/dust, with the analysis conducted at a NATA accredited laboratory.
This is normally in relation to potentially contaminated land with the resulting actions and content dependant on implementing some or all of the following;
The applicability of any planning instruments or guidelines must also be investigated, including:
If you’re planning to carry out asbestos or hazardous materials removal, Nova Enviromental Pty Ltd can project manage the entire process. By engaging Nova Enviro Pty Ltd as project manager, you’ll have the benefit of our expertise, experience, and effective working relationships with contractors.
These relationships build on achieving the standards of work health and safety of personnel, contractors and the general public, which forms the basis of managing your asbestos and hazardous materials obligations as a duty holder.
Duty holders including a ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBU), property owners/managers and/or building occupiers are required to ensure that asbestos and hazardous materials risks are effectively controlled to eliminate exposure to personnel and anyone entering the workplace.
Hazardous Materials Risk Assessments and surveys detail the location and condition of asbestos and other hazardous materials and to ensure all reasonably accessible hazardous materials are identified to mitigate any associated risk, prior to and during planned works.
For situations when all the best laid plans and control measures concerning asbestos and hazardous materials management, have been implemented, an incident occurrs and you find yourself in need of advice and assistance in relation to a potential legal case involving asbestos/hazardous materials exposure, Nova Enviro Pty Ltd can provide assistance.
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd offers a wide variety of services, each tailored specifically to the needs of your business. We undertake waste classification across New South Wales and assist our clients with waste management solutions and support. Our waste analysis services are conducted with a considered strategic approach which integrates directly with your business structure and operations.
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd can provide soil testing to classify soil material into one (1) of six (6) Waste Categories, which is dependant on contaminants and at what concentration, found in within the soil matrix.
These materials are legally required to be tested and classified prior to leaving site and forwarding to an appropriately licensed landfill, as these facilities will not able to accept unclassified waste.
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd, waste classification reports are in accordance with NSW EPA requirements and the NSW DECCW Waste Classification Guidelines.
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd provides practical experience and knowledge in their area of practice. Asbestos Awareness Training is delivered face to face and is suitable for learners who require being able to identify asbestos in a workplace setting.
This training is delivered in line with the model Code of Practice, developed by SafeWork NSW. The Code of Practice provides practical guidance regarding the management of risks associated with the potential exposure to asbestos and asbestos containing materials (ACM) in the workplace. It aims to minimize the occurrence of diseases related to asbestos. During this Asbestos Awareness Training, personnel will learn about:
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd are a professional environmental consulting company with extensive practical experience in providing site assessment, ground investigation, remedial design and remedial action implementation services on sites potentially affected by contamination. Nova Enviro Pty Ltd can provide the following:
Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) occupies less than one percent of land in NSW. Property owners within the identified NOA areas, must ensure they are aware of NOA and need to identify the risks and develop an asbestos Management Plan (AMP), to eliminate or minimise the risk of asbestos fibre exposure to personnel, families and communities. Property owners and managers are legally required under the NSW Work Health & Safety Regulations 2017 to develop an Asbestos Management Plan that addresses these risks, ensuring NOA is managed safely. The asbestos management plan include:
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd provides specialist advice to our clients to achieve successful compliance to environmental requirements. We undertake land contamination services throughout NSW with;
Contaminated land can cause a wide range of consequences to the environment around it, as well as economic and social repercussions. Our services are offered to people from both the private and public sectors.
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd are highly skilled Environmental Company with significant experience in clandestine drug lab testing, detection and providing remediation advice. Nova Enviro Pty Ltd can assist potential or existing property owners with clandestine drug lab testing who are concerned about methamphetamine contamination, prior to purchasing or renting a property, or if served with a Public Health Order by Council to remediate the premises affected by a domestic clandestine drug-lab activities. Services Include;
Nova Enviro Pty Ltd pre-purchase or pre- renovation inspections, assess and evaluate potential asbestos containing materials that may exist in a residence. The inspection reports are a simple and easy to read document that outline the locations of the asbestos materials, their condition as well as their safety and classification rating. Asbestos-containing material (ACM) was widely used throughout Australia in the construction industry from around 1940 to mid-1980s and was manufactured in a form or manner, in over 3,000 products. If you intending to purchase a property which was constructed during the above period, it may be prudent to have an asbestos testing audit carried out on the property. The asbestos testing is undertaken by a NATA accredited laboratory, and will confirm the presence or absence of any asbestos materials. At the completion of the survey an asbestos register and management plan or scope of works will be provided, which identifies the location, type of asbestos, approximate area in m2 and condition of the asbestos materials, including risk rating.