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Cody Bartell and Jarni Greatorex aren’t former workers who have fallen ill in their later years — they were diagnosed with mesothelioma as teenagers. Read more about this story on The West Australian’s Website: https://thewest.com.au/news/health/two-teens-diagnosed-with-mesothelioma-prompting-calls-for-research-into-non-occupational-asbestos-exposure-c-14347766   How we can help: SERS are committed to the ongoing health and safety of both workers and the greater community, if you suspect your site or home is contaminated with asbestos, Contact SERS today.  

Worksafe says asbestos levels at BHP Nickel West’s Mt Keith nickel operation do not exceed safe limits, but independent testing suggests otherwise. Read about it today in The Wests latest article: https://thewest.com.au/business/mining/more-needs-to-be-done-after-asbestos-detection-at-bhp-nickel-wests-mt-keith-clashes-with-worksafe-result-c-14247839 How we can help: SERS are committed to the evaluation and maintaince of a safe and compliant worksite. If you believe your site may be contaminated with Asbestos, Contact SERS today.

As with each month that passes, SERS are requested by our various clients from government agencies, large multi-faceted companies, and private operators to undertake Environmental Services across a broad spectrum of activities. The list below are some of the activities undertaken in October: Government Department 13 Asbestos Surveys SERS have attended sites across various towns of throughout Gingin, Calingiri, Millewa, Geraldton, Beresford and Kalbarri to conduct a series of Asbestos Surveys on Government owned…

With such a huge volume of civil construction works being undertaken across the greater Sydney area at present, the hidden dangers of Asbestos within excavated soils is always a real possibility. SERS have been assisting one local government authority by undertaking soil sample collection and analysis to inform the authority prior to any works being undertaken to confirmed or denied the presence of asbestos within their works area. This not only allows for the…

SERS Queensland (QLD) has been busy throughout the state providing our services to clients, assisting them to complete their projects in safest and productive way possible. SERS QLD have been utilizing their staff’s abilities to the utmost to the betterment of our works. These works have involved dust monitoring, noise and vibration monitoring, personnel dust and silica monitoring, water sampling, site investigation reports, hazardous material surveys, and dilapidations in addition to our other services.…

With the recent upgrades being undertaken across many Sydney hospitals, SERS have been engaged by multiple clients to provide environmental monitoring within these sensitive areas to ensure that the normal day to day operations of the hospitals are not disrupted, or patients exposed to harmful elements. Sites which SERS are currently undertaking environmental monitoring for dust include: Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney Kids Cancer Centre St George Hospital For our clients, SERS are providing…

With the increasing cost of disposal of hazardous materials at WA landfills, illegal dumping of materials has become a costly and time-consuming exercise for some of SERS WA clients. In trying to assist our clients with a cost effective way to deal with this issue, SERS are able to provide a single source point for our clients from the initial site investigation and confirmation of the type of materials dumped, through to the removal,…

SERS Queensland has had another great month, providing our clients with cost-effective solutions to problems arising in a variety of areas. Through the use of our skilled asbestos assessment team, we have been able to assist in the removal of 2 fire-affected properties in a safe and controlled manner, without any observable impact to the surrounding environments. Through the use of a respirable fibre monitoring program and our Licensed Asbestos Assessors onsite, we were…

With the prevalence of Firefighting foam having been identified as an issue for site contamination, SERS have recently begun undertaking the identification and removal of contaminated soils from a number of sites in the Perth metropolitan area for one of our main clients. These firefighting foams were used to fight fires and for firefighting training from the 1970s to the mid-2000s and contained manufactured chemicals improve their ability to smother fires. These manufactured chemicals…

In June this year, SERS celebrated our ten-year anniversary. Starting as a two-person operation in Perth, WA in 2008, we have grown and developed in a way consistent with our original ethos of facilitating compliance and a smooth progression of developments to our clients. In 2016, we expanded to include an office in Brisbane, Queensland which now has a team of eight and is continuously growing. In 2017, our Sydney, New South Wales office…