Unlocking Solutions: Your Comprehensive Services

Welcome to Panacea’s world of dynamic solutions — a haven where challenges meet their match. Our services, a culmination of expertise and experience, are designed to propel your goals beyond mere compliance. As leaders in the realm of environmental, health, and safety, we stand ready to empower your journey.

Asbestos Management: Expertise Beyond Limits

With an illustrious history spanning almost three decades, Panacea is your trusted ally for asbestos compliance needs. Whether it’s a restoration, renovation, or demolition, we orchestrate projects with finesse. Our multidisciplinary team of certified professionals ensures your venture adheres to federal, state, and local regulations, safeguarding both people and projects. From meticulous abatement plans to responsive action during fiber-release episodes, Panacea is the bedrock of your asbestos management.

Based upon individual project needs, Panacea can:

• Conduct full or partial facility surveys for renovation, modernization and demolition
• Design abatement plans, procedures and specifications
• Prepare reports and respond to OSHA inspection and/or complaints
• Address fiber-release episodes during normal operations and regular maintenance
• Perform AHERA Inspections/Re-Inspections / Operations and Maintenance in Public Schools
• Conduct thorough and expedient cost estimations
• Prepare bid documents, including CADD-generated drawings
• Provide contractor bidding and selection
• Management and coordination of construction contracts
• Oversight and management of abatement contractor
• Detect visual, hidden and airborne particles
• Develop and prepare O&M plans for managing materials in-place

Lead Management: Guiding Excellence Amid Hazards

Navigating the complexities of lead-based paint requires mastery. Panacea, armed with a legacy of success, delivers lead management solutions that transcend challenges. From inspections and risk assessments to abatement design and cost estimation, our services span a spectrum of needs. With regulatory prowess and a commitment to safety, we’re your partner in conquering lead-related hurdles.

Our lead risk management services include:

• Inspection and testing,
• Risk assessments,
• Abatement design, cost estimating
• Master specifications with program database
• Bridge and steel structures rehabilitation
• Risk management for lending institutions
• Waste disposal consultation
• Hazard identification and prioritization
• Hazard control planning
• Monitoring and re-occupancy clearance

PCB Management: Transforming Contaminated Futures

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have no place in the future of your projects. Panacea, adept in managing PCB-containing waste, stands as your shield against these contaminants. We unravel the web of PCB issues, offering inspections, abatement strategies, and comprehensive oversight. Your journey towards a PCB-free future begins here.

Panacea can assist with the following:

• PCB inspections and testing
• Determination if PCB-contaminated waste is either bulk-product waste or remediation waste
• Reporting requirements
• Development of abatement design strategies to manage costs
• Oversight of abatement

Industrial Hygiene: Unveiling Invisible Challenges

Safety isn’t just a word; it’s a science. Panacea’s industrial hygiene services, born from a wealth of experience, address the unseen perils lurking in your environment. Our certified health and safety professionals decode risks, ensuring your workplace is a haven of well-being. From chemical exposure assessments to COVID-19 control strategies, we elevate your safety quotient.

Panacea’s industrial hygiene services include:

• Chemical, Biological, and Physical occupational exposure assessments,
• Noise surveys,
• Silica compliance evaluations
• Wildfire assessments
• COVID-19 assessments and control

Indoor Air Quality Investigations: Breathing Life into Spaces

Every breath counts, and so does the quality of the air you breathe. Panacea’s industrial hygienists unravel the mysteries of indoor air quality. With a meticulous approach, we assess external and internal pollutants, evaluate HVAC systems, and ensure your environment is pure and rejuvenating. When occupants’ health is at stake, we are the architects of well-being.

Panacea can help you identify, manage, and resolve issues including:

• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by copiers, cleansers, adhesives, and paints
• Ventilation effectiveness and psychrometrics
• Measurement of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and air exchanges/ pressurization
• Radon testing
• Construction dust management plans

Microbial Investigations: Shaping Healthy Spaces

Water intrusion can be a precursor to chaos. Panacea, with its legion of industrial hygienists, masters the art of addressing mold, fungi, and bacteria. We’re not just consultants; we’re problem solvers. From initial assessments to remediation plans, we stand as sentinels of well-being, ensuring your spaces are healthy and vibrant.

Our list of services includes:

• Initial microbial assessments, including development of a remediation work plan for contractors
• Moisture and water damage investigations, including moisture mapping and thermal imaging
• Review of HVAC maintenance practices
• Collection and analysis of surface and air samples
• Preparation of remediation specifications and cleanup standards
• Preparation of operation and maintenance plans to prevent the reoccurrence of microbial growth
• Project oversight of microbial remediation activities
• Post microbial remediation verification investigations
• Allergen identification
• Bacteria testing for common IAQ contaminants associated with water damage or occupant illness
• Legionella water testing
• Mycobacterium sampling
• coli surface sampling after flooding events

Occupational Health and Safety: Guardians of Your Workforce

Safety isn’t just a priority; it’s a responsibility. Panacea, with its arsenal of occupational safety professionals, safeguards your employees from workplace hazards. From risk assessments to safety program development, we stand at the forefront of protection. Compliance isn’t just a choice; it’s a commitment we undertake on your behalf.

Our services include

• Workplace risk assessments and audits
• Developing safety programs
• IIPP, Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Permit-Required Confined Space Entry
• Personal Protective Equipment Evaluations
• Site specific health and safety plans
• Bloodborne pathogen compliance
• Health and safety program training
• Health & Safety for the Cannabis Industry

Due Diligence: Pioneering Insightful Progress

The foundation of progress lies in due diligence. Panacea’s Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) are your window to informed decisions. With meticulous research, site inspections, and interpretation, we unveil the narrative of your properties. When environmental issues arise, our Phase II ESAs dive deeper, mapping contamination and charting remediation.

Phase I ESA services include:

• Visual on-site assessment
• Document review
• Historical information/aerial photographs, etc.
• Interviews
• Environmental database review
• Evaluating historical and current usage
• Identifying recognized environmental conditions

Phase II ESA services include:

• Involving limited intrusive investigation
• Determining level of contamination (if any)
• Potential for regulatory notification, additional investigation and/or remediation
• Collection and analysis of soil and groundwater samples
• Comparison of analytical results to state and federal standards
• Delineation of potential contamination
• Development of remedial strategies if necessary

Environmental Compliance: Redefining Responsiveness

Compliance isn’t just a task; it’s a philosophy that guides us. Panacea, with its seasoned environmental compliance specialists, ensures that your operations adhere to the highest standards. From hazardous waste management to stormwater program excellence, we orchestrate compliance with precision. Beyond avoiding penalties, we create a legacy of responsibility.

Panacea’s environmental compliance services include the planning, reporting, permitting and registration associated with:

• Hazardous materials management related to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 311-312, Tier II Chemical Inventory Reporting/Hazardous Material Business Plans; and applicable U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations
• Hazardous waste management related to applicable Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Non-RCRA regulations
• Storm water program management and storm water pollution prevention plans
• Wastewater permitting
• Above-ground storage tanks, spill prevention control and countermeasure plans, and underground storage tanks
• Title V major source operating permit and conditions
• Stationary source equipment permits and conditions
• Off-road vehicle registration and recordkeeping requirements under California’s Air Resources Board’s (ARB’s) off-road diesel vehicle registration program
• ARB’s portable equipment registration program
• California Accidental Release Prevention Program’s (Cal/ARP) Risk Management Plans (RMP) and EPA Risk Management Plans
• AB2588 Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Program
• GHG emissions inventories
• Annual Emission Reports (AER) and emission inventories
• Environmental compliance training
• Comprehensive, multi-media environmental compliance audits