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Hygieneering, Inc.
News & Updates
February 2021
Company Updates
NEW Wisconsin Location
Starting in October of 2020, Brad Karich, Director of Environmental, Health and Safety Client Services, officially relocated to our downtown Milwaukee offices located at 400 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 340A in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Karich will continue to service existing clients in the area and work towards the development of new client relationships. We are very excited about the new addition of our Milwaukee office!


Team Updates
With the new year comes new roles and promotions at Hygieneering! Over the last 6 months, we have established a Succession Planning Steering Committee to navigate through future talent and leadership change. The goal of this committee was to design a transitional organization that will function in 2021, as it will be John Feller's last year of serving as Hygieneering's President. This committee has established the following new roles:

  • Kevin Konkey - Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety Technical Services (Focus on Business Development)
  • Matt Guidarelli - Vice President of Strategy
  • Bob Anderson - Vice President, Operations
  • Kim Carter - Managing Director, Safety & Industrial Hygiene Services
  • Mike Bartos - Managing Director, Environmental Services
  • Jeanine Carbonaro - Manager, EHS Information & Digital Creative Content
  • Brad Karich - Director, Environmental Health & Safety Client Services
  • Rich Zych - Associate Director, Environmental Services
  • Frank Pelletier - Associate Director, Environmental Assessment & Compliance Services
  • Travis Fellers - Associate Director, Industrial Hygiene Services
  • Jodi Bates - Director, Information Technology & Contract Administration

To learn more about our team at Hygieneering, visit here.
Recently Completed Project
Environmental Inspection and Construction Project to Support Overflow of COVID-19 Patients
Hygieneering has been recently involved with a team of professional construction and MEP contractors as well as other state and federal agencies to support converting a former Hospital in the Chicagoland Suburbs into a temporary overflow facility to ease the COVID-19 cases in the area. The campus is to be used as an overflow site for non-acute hospital patients and possibly non-acute COVID-19 patients who do not require an ICU bed or other urgent care.
 
The existing building required support to identify potential mold and moisture issues, Indoor Air Quality and environmental concerns (asbestos and lead) to support the limited demolition and re-use of building systems and building materials. The facility had been previously vacated for over a year.
 
To support the project, Hygieneering, Inc. conducted a moisture survey and assessment to identify areas that may be of concern for microbial growth. This was done using visual inspection, moisture content readings and thermal imaging cameras to delineate areas of concern. Any identified areas were remediated using a professionally trained Mold and Microbial remediation contractor following current EPA and City of New York Guidelines.
 
Hygieneering also inspected and tested renovation impact areas for the presence of asbestos and lead paint with state-licensed Building Inspectors and Risk Assessors to ensure that workers did not disturb regulated materials during this fast-moving project.
Building Wellness Program
To address and combat the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hygieneering's Building Wellness Program has been enhanced to provide specific EH&S response actions & services to further protect your building occupants' health and safety.

Key benefits of this comprehensive program include:

  • Third party EH&S review of your building's indoor air quality, water quality, and cleaning/disinfecting procedures.
  • Detailed facility inspection for poor indoor air quality risk factors, including a review of the building's primary HVAC system operations.
  • Best practice air testing services for common contaminants and diagnostic parameters to evaluate workplace environment air quality
  • Review of existing maintenance and custodian worker COVID-19 cleaning & disinfection training
  • Comprehensive report provided with recommendations and documentation relative to AIHA, CDC, OSHA, EPA and ASHRAE guidance/regulations

Learn more about this beneficial program by watching this brief Building Wellness Video.

For more information, please contact Brad Karich, bkarich@hygieneering.com | 414.207.4583