Environmental Remediation Denver: Contamination Cleanup at Any Hour

Call for an inspection when you notice any of these:

• Residue, film or soot on walls, floors, furniture or vents after a fire
• A chemical or fuel smell that stays after the source is gone
• Drums, cans or containers of unknown liquids left behind in a building
• Tear gas residue indoors after an incident in or near the property
• A buyer, lender or insurer asking for contamination to be addressed and documented

Commercial and industrial buildings deserve a close look when they change hands. Sun Valley, bounded by I-25, Federal Boulevard, 6th Avenue and 20th Avenue, includes industrial areas, parks, city service buildings and the stadium parking lots. Taking over a building there, or warehouse space in the Bannock Street furniture district? Have it checked before staff, stock or tenants move in.

Older homes bring the federal lead rule into play. The EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule covers homes, childcare facilities and preschools built before 1978. Any firm paid to disturb painted surfaces there must be lead-safe certified, even a sole proprietorship, though an emergency provision exempts firms from certain requirements. In a pre-1978 house in Highland, Baker or Park Hill, the rule can apply to the repairs after a cleanup. ARC Restoration holds EPA Lead-Safe Certification.

Cleanup waste has its own rules. Under the federal hazardous waste generator categories, a very small quantity generator produces 100 kilograms or less per month, a small quantity generator more than 100 but under 1,000 kilograms, and a large quantity generator 1,000 kilograms or more. Small quantity generators can store waste on site for 180 days (270 if it ships more than 200 miles), and large quantity generators for 90 days. Most states run this program and may set different limits.

Land along Federal Boulevard is also being assessed. A $500,000 EPA Brownfields grant funds 20 environmental site assessments there in Denver and Sheridan, with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment among the partners. Brownfields funding also helped turn the Kuhlman Building in West Colfax, part of the former St. Anthony Hospital campus, into 49 affordable housing units.

Steps 1, 2 and 7 are how ARC Restoration handles your call and your claim. Steps 3 to 6 are the phases any remediation follows.

1. Call us at any hour. We are open 24 hours, every day of the year.
2. Free inspection. We assess the damage and tell you the best course of action before work begins.
3. Assessment and sampling. The contamination is identified and its extent mapped.
4. Plan. The scope is set: what has to be cleaned, removed or disposed of.
5. Cleanup and disposal. Contaminated material is removed and hazardous waste is disposed of properly.
6. Evaluation and testing. The space is checked to confirm the cleanup worked, with monitoring where needed.
7. Insurance. We work directly with you and your insurance company to agree on costs.

The order holds across very different buildings. A job in LoDo, the city's original settlement and home to many of Denver's oldest buildings, follows the same steps as one in a RiNo loft in Five Points or a Cherry Creek office. Only the inspection findings change.

Homeowners want to know the house is safe. A family in Washington Park or Montclair with residue after a kitchen fire gets a clear answer from the free inspection about what has to go and what can stay.

Landlords and property managers need units back in service. An owner with apartments in Capitol Hill or Speer can call us at any hour, and we work with the insurance company on the claim.

Businesses need their doors open again. Around the Denver Coliseum and Stock Show complex, a major employer area near Globeville, and across Elyria-Swansea, a business that finds contamination after a fire or a release gets the cleanup and the hazardous waste disposal from one company.

ARC Restoration answers the phone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Certified team. We hold IICRC Certification and EPA Lead-Safe Certification.
• Free inspections. You learn what the property needs before any work starts.
• Insurance help. We work well with many insurance companies and deal with your insurer directly.
• Rated 4.9 stars on Google. One client wrote: "Everyone we came in contact with at ARC are professional, friendly and excellent in their roles and expertise."

We work from 1100 S Kalamath St in Denver and serve the whole city, from Montbello to Westwood, as well as neighboring Sheridan. Call (720) 799-2434 to book your free inspection.