What is mold and what causes it? Mold is a type of fungus that is present in our natural environment. Mold spores, which are tiny microscopic ‘seeds’, can be found everywhere, including inside buildings, and are a part of the general dust found in buildings and offices. These spores can start growing on building materials …
All About Asbestos
What is Asbestos? Asbestos is the name given to a group of naturally occurring minerals that are resistant to heat and corrosion. Asbestos includes the mineral fibers chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, actinolite and any of these materials that have been chemically treated or altered. Brief History: Although the use of asbestos dates back to …
Sam Houston Historic Park Renovations
The City of Houston General Services Department, on behalf of the Houston Parks and recreation Department, contracted with ERC to perform repairs of the historic buildings in Sam Houston Park. A total of eight (8) buildings were identified and a scope of work was prepared based on their unique needs. Although all eight buildings are of the same …
ERC at Prairie View A&M Senior Building Coordinators
ERC CEO and Founder, Kommy M. Azarpour, was recently invited to deliver a presentation on mold in our environment to the Senior Building Coordinators at Prairie View A&M University. The presentation covered the most common molds found in our environment, sources, locations, prevention and proactive approach. At ERC, we are committed to providing the utmost …
ERC 2019 Snapshot!
2019 is coming to an end and ERC plans on ushering in the new year with arms wide open! We’ve come a long way this year and will continue to strive for success in everything that we do from start to finish. As our business continues to grow so will our team; please welcome …
Hurricane Harvey Project with the City of Houston
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston. The city government worked hard to get city services back up and running. With so much work to do, priorities were set. Obviously, critical services, such as water and power, had to come first – get the citizens back to work. In the mix, six Neighborhood Libraries …
Real Life Dangers of Benzene and Toluene
From the Deer Park Texas Website On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at approximately 10AM, a storage tank caught fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) Deer Park facility, located at 1943 Independence Parkway. Industry neighbors and multiple local agencies actively fought the fire to prevent it from spreading and to extinguish it as quickly as …
Hurricane Harvey Recovery
The Wikipedia entry for Hurricane Harvey reads: “Hurricane Harvey is tied with 2005’s Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding…” Harvey in numbers: $125 billion in damages (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Over 300,000 structures flooded Up to 500,000 cars flooded About 336,000 …
ERC 2018 Snapshot!
As we enter 2019, ERC is full of excitement as we continue to grow and the future does, indeed, look bright! In 2018, ERC… Submitted 575 proposals, 55 of which were construction Started 350 projects Completed 320 projects Hired 4 new employees: 2 technicians, 1 business development, 1 administrative Acquired 6 new Master Services Agreements …
ERC’s New Website!
We have been working on our website for over a month and are thrilled to have it launched! Our blog will address environmental and construction related trending topics. As part of this new electronic media, we are delving into social media: ERC on Facebook ERC on LinkedIn We will also be sending out a quarterly …