Southwest Hazard Control, Inc. (SHC) is a woman-owned environmental remediation company founded in 1982 that offers asbestos abatement, lead abatement, and hazardous materials remediation services. SHC has extensive experience completing complex remediation projects in occupied buildings and works closely with clients, contractors, and regulators to minimize disruptions. SHC prides itself on completing all projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.

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INTRODUCTION
Southwest HAZARD CONTROL, Inc. (SHC) is a woman owned small business that is a financially sound, growth-oriented
environmental remediation company. Our staff applies innovative procedures to solve environmental problems for our
customers. Our employees strive to be the best at solving environmental issues in a safe and effective manner. Our goal is
to do the job right the first time, on time and within budget. We treat our customers as the reason for the existence of SHC.
We also actively promote sound environmental practices within the community by participation in a variety of business
and professional organizations.
SHC offers a variety of remediation and disposal services for commercial business, private residences, and government
agencies. SHC is fully insured and will provide the necessary remediation and disposal documentation to satisfy
requirements from local, state, and federal government agencies. The full range of environmental contracting services
offered by SHC includes:
FIRM ESTABLISHMENT
SHC was founded in 1982 by Gerald J. Karches and Chrisann Karches. Mr. Karches retired in 1999 and the company is
now solely managed by Chrisann Karches making SHC a woman owned enterprise. It is the oldest, continuously operating
asbestos abatement company in Arizona. SHC established itself as a hazardous materials remediation company in 1985
and began lead abatement services in 1991.
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712 Whitney Street San Leandro, CA 94577 1278 Chara Lane Sparks, NV 89441
510.352.5152 Fax 510.352.5155 1.800.326.8558 775.200.0593
9112 Susan SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 1953 West Grant Road Tucson, AZ 85745
505.298.6930 Fax 505.298.7142 1.800.279.5268 520.622.3607 Fax 520.622.3643 1.800.279.5266
250 17th St, Suite B Las Cruces, NM 88001 2416 West Campus Drive Tempe, AZ 85282
575.541.5586 Fax 575.647.8333 480.517.9040 Fax 480.517.9140 1.866.794.9040

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CONTACTS
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: WOOLF HOUSE AT HOWARD STREET - San Francisco, CA
Complete interior renovation of 189 occupied retirement residential units and common areas
There were a number of both logistical and operational challenges involved with this project.
Such as:
Working downtown in a highly congested area of the city.
Working in an occupied apartment complex in sync with other trades and minimizing
disturbance to elderly retired tenants.
containments at 24 units per floor of a 9 story building.
the planned use of strictly controlled street parking.
Working to a tight schedule for each phase of the project.
all phases of the work.
Set up a site meeting place for pre work safety meetings and site specific safety requirements for involved parties.
Installation and implementation of full Class 1 negative air containment at all units and corridors on each floor with regulatory
warning and safety signs.
Dust control sticky mats installed at each entry and exit location.
All asbestos abatement and soft demolition work was performed using wet methods to minimize dust generation.
All wastes are put in secure containers and labeled where required. They are then loaded into rolling carts with secure lids and
removed from the floor off hours to minimize delays to residents while using the building elevators.
hours due to street parking restrictions.
Successful independent air clearance performed by the owner at the completion of each phase of abatement and soft demolition.
By using fully trained and experienced work crews, we ensured a safe and viable schedule, allowing for efficient work progress
and ensured quality results for the owner and of course, happy tenants.
Each phase was performed on time, within budget and exceeded the client’s
expectations.
The tenants were very happy as any disruption to their daily routine was minimal;
this was one of our top priorities at the start of this project.
Minimal disruption to the surrounding tenants.
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: UP IN FIRE - Phoenix, AZ
Responding to a structure fire is always a difficult and sensitive situation. From obtaining the emergency
permits, developing the scope, taking inventory of personal belongings and working with the tenants who
are not allowed back in their homes.
as asbestos material, packaged and disposed of them as such. Contents, wall systems and floor coverings
demolition were required due to the instability of the areas
provided a professional job to the end users which exceeded their expectations.
This project spanned over the course of 2 weeks and at the end the property was clean, safe and ready to be
made home again for 12 families.
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: CLEANING UP THE TUNNELS - Phoenix, AZ
The discovery of significant amounts of rat feces put an urgent project
of retrofitting a building’s IT system to a delicate standstill.
prepared to complete this project as quickly as possible. The ability
to react quickly.
This project was located 300 miles from the home office and being
prepared and equipped to handle an unseen site was critical.
owners for approval. All of the crawlspace area of the 8,000
feces. Asbestos debris was also found in the crawlspace, again
confirming the importance of being prepared for everything.
Carcasses of dead animals were also found and removed and
handled properly.
pest control expert to permanently eradicate the problem of rats,
cats and other pests getting into this crawlspace and damaging
the building’s pipes and wiring.
space. Installation of screens at entry points and backfill was
performed at openings into the crawlspace to reduce the ability
of the pests reoccupying the clean space.
3 days. The owners were happy that we successfully completed
a day early and allowed them to become operational again.
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL - San Francisco, CA
Working in an active hospital operating theater undergoing upgrades
alongside 3 fully functioning operating theaters.
All the asbestos abatement work to be performed in full Class 1 negative air
containments, full Level 2 infection control protocols, strictly enforced by
the hospital environmental control team.
hospital activities.
Staging supplies, safety materials and haul out of the generated wastes.
Working to a very tight schedule for each phase of the project.
Met with the hospital administrators in advance, planned the work layout and schedule of work to allow adjacent operating
theaters to operate during the abatement activities.
Set up specialized negative air containment with full infections control protocols.
The containment required 24 hours per day constant monitoring by trained
personnel during the entire abatement cycle.
representatives to review work progress and any potential problems.
operating theaters.
Working in close agreement with all parties involved in the project ensured
smooth progress and completion on time and within budget for the client.
This high profile project was completed to and exceeded the client’s expectations.
level of performance.
Ensured project finished on time and on budget, keeping the level of
disturbance to a minimum.
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: SATELLITE CENTRAL APARTMENT BUILDING, Oakland, CA
Asbestos/Lead Abatement plus soft demolition for renovation and seismic
apartment building
To abate and provide soft demolition work for a major interior and exterior renovation of Satellite
Central Apartment building in Oakland, CA. The work had to be performed in a building fully
occupied by elderly residents, many of which, had disabilities. This required careful planning
and coordination with the owner and tenants to minimize disturbing the residents during the
abatement activities and also to ensure that they had full access to all entry and exit routes
at all times. This meant that the work had to be performed to a very tight schedule during all
phases of the project.
We coordinated in advance with and had meetings with all the relevant stake
holders, such as; the building owner, regulatory agencies, building management,
tenants, the general contractor and the other service providers. This helped to
establish a smooth viable schedule for all phases of the work. It made getting
all required permits and insurances in place before the start of the project less of
worked with their partners to have a central place for pre work safety meetings
and site specific safety requirements, this was done to minimize disruption to the
information sheets, again, this was done to ensure safety and also, to ensure proper lines of communication from all parties. All
negative work zones to minimize dust within the work area. All the generated wastes
are labeled where required; the waste was then loaded into rolling carts with secure
lids and removed from the floors off hours. Independent air clearance was performed
by the owner at the completion of the abatement and soft demolition scope of work to
release the areas back to the owner for other renovation work.
The project was completed on time, on
budget and met the client’s expectations.
The successful completion of this project led to happy and satisfied tenants.
expectations.
By using fully trained and experienced work crews, we executed a safe, on schedule
work strategy.
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PROJECTS
PROJECT NAME & LOCATION: BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS - Phoenix, AZ
Selective demolition of block walls containing asbestos containing
vermiculite. Working side by side with a General contractor on an
active public library.If the efforts by City agencies to improve the
local public buildings, they ran across unexpected hurdles and
expenditures.With little wiggle room in the schedule or budget, the
required safety precautions that were developed with the public
in mind.
Daily safety meetings were held to review and assess the safety
sections to allow for new doorways. In other areas, complete
demolition of selected walls was performed to allow for expansion
of the building.All materials were handled as asbestos containing
demolition from scaffold in a safe and quiet manner is difficult in
any situation, however doing it in suits and respirators make this
task more challenging in the heat of the Arizona sun.
This abatement project was completed in approximately 4 weeks
from when the appropriate permits were valid and completion.
substantial completion of the project third party air sampling
verified the ability to deregulate the area and return the areas to
the owner.During the course of this project the regulatory agency
had no safety violations and completed this project on time.
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