The heart of effective quality management for any business is understanding and delivering products and services in line with clients’ requirements, with maximum effectiveness.
Mining Quality, Health, Safety and Environment
Monitoring Volatile Air Toxins Through Canister Measurement Services.
One of the most reliable methods of testing for volatile organic compounds (VOC) in air is through the use of canisters.
ECBH will accurately assess your air quality through canister measurement services. For the confidence of knowing that your air passes the test, call our accredited team today.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted into from a number of sources – outdoor air, industrial processes, products and appliances, building materials and equipment. Many emissions are toxic and can build up in poorly ventilated areas, contributing to what is commonly called ‘sick building syndrome’. Long-term exposure can have adverse effects on the health of your workforce, affecting your daily productivity and your annual profits. Some VOCs, such as chlorofluorocarbons, are banned or highly regulated for the quantities that employees can be exposed to in the workplace. To be confident you are meeting regulatory requirements and providing a safe workplace, trust us to manage an air monitoring program for you.
The best way to monitor VOCs is to collect air samples over a period of time using evacuated canisters. Canisters are easily transported, allowing for on-site sampling with laboratory analysis. They can be used to analyze multiple sites using exactly the same system, making it cost-effective for multi-site operations that require consistent solutions. Unlike other tests, this method reduces the impact of water vapor and this improves the accuracy of the results.
Our reporting documentation can be used to support regulatory checks and audits. As the world’s leading inspection company, our accredited testing teams will take care of your environmental management plan for you, allowing you to carry on with your core business.
Our range of innovative, bespoke solutions could include better building design, improved ventilation and air conditioning indoors and emissions regulation in the outside work space. We will also support you with a sustainable maintenance plan to ensure a clean workplace for the future.
Contact us for a meeting today to take control of your workplace air quality.
Improve the health and safety of your site with noise measurement services from ECBH.
We will help you to comply with noise regulations for your area with solutions designed specifically for your business. Call our team of environmental experts today.
Noise from your industrial processes and machinery can damage the hearing of your employees and result in complaints from communities and local authorities. Our accredited experts provide you with a noise impact assessment and advice on the latest techniques for reducing and controlling noise emissions.
Our noise measurement experts are accredited to test noise emissions of outdoor machinery (European directive EC/2000/14). We measure noise on work sites, flight paths and transport routes to determine where there might be problem areas.
Our noise measurement services include:
- Factory assessments
- Individual product inspections and certifications
- Laboratory testing services
- Quality certifications and European Conformity (CE) marking for noise levels to show compliance with essential health, safety and environmental protection legislation
- Technical assistance and documentation
- Management certification
Noise testing measurements are displayed as color-coded, three-dimensional models that allow you to see the sources of noise. If your noise emissions are found to exceed the limits for your industry, our team of experts can find the causes and determine suitable corrective measures.
Our detailed documentation provides advice and innovative ideas for reducing noise. A maintenance plan will ensure your ongoing compliance with noise regulations for your field. Call our accredited noise testing experts today for more details.
To maximize your efficiencies and minimize your damage to the environment and local ecosystems, ECBH provide an ecosystem and biotops risk assessment.
Biofuel production brings many environmental benefits, but can be equally challenging for sustainability reasons. Biofuels help to reduce carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. But the introduction of new plantations could affect local ecosystems. Modifications may be needed to existing production processes and infrastructures to ensure the successful expansion of the crop. Crops must also be sustainable for them to be effective for the communities growing them.
Our ecological risk assessment considers these important issues and focuses on protecting the fragile ecosystems surrounding your site. By studying the areas that will be exposed to change – new seeds and crops, chemicals and fertilizers – and using computer mapping, we can assess the potential impact on the local ecosystems.
We also examine the potential impact on human health and groundwater resources.
A robust risk assessment will allow our experienced teams to consider any corrective action you need to take for the success of your site as well as to meet any regulatory needs.
Your workplace could be a potential source of electromagnetic fields that can cause adverse health problems. In order to ensure that you are operating in a safe working environment, call ECBH for an electromagnetic field monitoring assessment.
Electromagnetic radiation is generated by different sources at your site premises – from low-frequencies of radio base stations, mobile phone base stations and laser bar-code readers to high-frequency applications such as x-rays. The health risks caused by electromagnetic fields depend on the field intensity.
To assess the potential risks at your premises, we conduct on-site electromagnetic field monitoring. We provide a comprehensive report including monitoring analysis and specific recommendations to meet any regulatory requirements at your site.
Our experts use site-specific software packages to model the impact of electromagnetic fields to suit your business requirements. Our electromagnetic analysis is performed according to international standards and guidelines.
To improve your workplace environment contact our electromagnetic field monitoring specialists for an assessment today.
Safety services from ECBH – control risk, improve safety and ensure regulatory compliance.
Whatever your industry, safety is a major concern. Whether you need to prevent fires, explosions or accidental chemical releases in chemical process facilities, or deal with hazardous materials in refineries and oil and gas production installations, we can help. Our safety services integrate all aspects of industrial safety to help you reduce your risks, improve safety and comply with regulations.
WHY CHOOSE SAFETY SERVICES FROM ECBH?
We can help you:
- Prevent fires, explosions and accidental chemical releases
- Improve safety processes to protect your staff and facilities
- Meet complex process safety regulations
- Identify and evaluate explosion risk at your industrial facilities
- Manage flammable liquids, gases and potentially dangerous dust
- Protect employees from the risk of explosion in areas with an explosive atmosphere by meeting ATEX 95 equipment directive 94/9/EC and the ATEX 137 workplace directive 99/92/EC
- Meet your regulatory obligations, such as the Seveso directive.
TRUSTED SAFETY SERVICES FROM A LEADING SUPPLIER
As one of the world’s leading providers of safety services, we offer you the experience, expertise, resources and global reach you need. Our global network of offices and laboratories, alongside our dedicated team, allows us to respond to you, whenever you need it, anywhere in the world.
Our safety services include:
- Industrial safety processes
- Quantitative risk analysis
- Qualitative risk analysis
To find out more about our safety services, contact us today.
Vibrations on your site can be hazardous for your employees and can also create potential problems for neighboring businesses.
Call the expert ECBH environmental team today for vibration monitoring and analysis services to improve your site operations.
Plant and equipment vibrations can be hazardous for employees and damaging to your facilities and business collateral. If you are operating on a construction site, vibrations can be extremely dangerous for you as well as nearby businesses and sites. Through our vibrations monitoring services, we can identify the source of any concerns and help you with innovative suggestions to improve the situation.
We conduct continuous monitoring of vibration emissions from construction sites, industrial, rail and transport activities. Through our vibration measurements we can ensure that you are meeting your industry safety guidelines and regulations. We can offer you expert advice on steps to take to improve your operations.
Vibration measurements are reported in color-coded, three-dimensional models that allow you to see the sources of problems. Our detailed documentation provides innovative suggestions on ways to reduce vibrations in a plan designed specifically to your needs. Call our expert vibration monitoring services team today for more details.
A well-planned and well-run pilot plant mitigates and manages technical risk.
With ECBH, your pilot plant will:
- Result in a practical, cost effective, environmentally sound flowsheet
- Provide data for capital and operating cost estimates
- Generate higher value through improved recovery or cost savings
- Provide bankable milestones to maximize financing options
Pilot plants are key mechanisms to demonstrate technologies, flowsheets, ores, middling products and tailings. They enable you to evaluate technologies and processes at a small scale before committing to a large capital investment. A well-designed pilot plant allows for operational flexibility. This flexibility is the strength of pilot operations. Your program will include allowances for
- Sample variability testing.
- Adjustment of certain parameters within pre-planned limits.
- Necessary corrections in recycle stream flow rates (as a result of changing conditions).
There are variations in flexibility and scope of pilot plants with respect to the main goal. A “proof of concept” pilot plant provides more flexibility for optimization than a demonstration or feasibility stage pilot plant.
Existing operations can also be simulated at the pilot-scale to evaluate new technology, assess the impact of different ore types or troubleshoot problems without interrupting production at the main plant.
ECBH's operational piloting experience is second to none. We provide all the pilot plant operation procedures and philosophy as well as all a definitive set of protocols in confidentiality, health, safety and environment.
CONFIDENTIALITY
ECBH has longstanding experience in bench scale testing and full scale pilot plants where confidential client intellectual property is an issue. Confidentiality is guaranteed, as integrity is a cornerstone of ECBH operation.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Health and Safety is of paramount importance for ECBH. All visitors to our site are bound by our health and safety policies, including clients or their representatives. A HazOp meeting, that all staff working on the project must attend, is held before all pilot plant testing programs. We perform a variety of operational activities to ensure health and safety in our workplace. These protocols will be operational during any operations.
ENVIRONMENT
ECBH’s internal environmental policy insists that sustainable environmental practices are given top priority. ECBH is a co-signee to the CIM Environmental Policy Statement, which promotes environmentally sustainable operations in the mining and exploration industries. Our facilities have waste disposal systems that comply fully with local regulations. On-site environmental conditions are carefully monitored. Responsibilities are clearly outlined for management and employees and participation is mandatory. Standards and operating procedures are documented and followed, so that our Policy is maintained.
From our global experience with hundreds of complex industrial pilot plants, ECBH has developed effective planning skills, operational instructions and targets. Our procedural documentation ensures successful operation, timely turnaround and rapid circuit reconfiguration. ECBH’s metallurgical testing service includes integrated mineralogical, chemical and environmental analysis. The flexibility and independence of an ECBH-managed pilot plant program allows you to do more rigorous, focused and confidential testing with the ultimate benefit being optimized, cost effective processing technologies.
Tank inspection from ECBH – ensure the safety and integrity of your tanks.
When storing or transporting hazardous substances, reducing the risk of leakage is vital. Tank corrosion can cause environmental contamination and losses. As a result, you need to ensure the safety and reliability of your tanks. Our tank inspection services help you to avoid disasters and ensure that your tanks meet all relevant regulations.
WHY USE TANK INSPECTION SERVICES FROM ECBH?
As a notified body, we provide you with trusted independent assessment, testing and verification to ensure the safety of your tanks, helping you to:
- Prevent accidental leaks and avoid costly decontamination with regular inspections
- Gain a clear insight into the precise capacity and volume of your tanks
- Assure the integrity of your tanks by complying with local regulations and the relevant standards and codes
TRUSTED TANK INSPECTION FROM A LEADING SUPPLIER
As a leading supplier of tank inspection services, we offer you unparalleled expertise, state-of-the-art technology and a global reach. That is why we are the first choice for clients needing to ensure safe storage of everything from chemicals and petroleum products to liquefied gases.
Our tank inspection services include:
- 3D modeling of tank floor and shell
- Assessment of water and sludge inside containers
- Assessment of subsoil corrosion
- Automated tank floor measurement
- Environmental impact studies and risk analysis
- External thickness measurements and calculation reviews
- Hydrotest
- Identification plate stamping and adjustment
- Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- Project management and construction supervision
- Tank floor volume measurement
- Tracing of system leaks and assessment of material strength
- Ultrasonic density tests
- Welding procedures and qualification to international standards
Contact us today and find out how our tank inspection services can ensure the safety and integrity of your tanks.
ECBH’s food hygiene training services ensure that your organization complies with industry-standard food hygiene regulations.
Our food hygiene and safety training minimizes the chances of food contamination or food poisoning, protecting both the public and your reputation.
Working with Highfield, a global supplier of food safety training materials, we offer training to food processors, retailers, restaurants, caterers plus various organizations involved in the food supply chain. If your company is within any of these categories, you have a legal obligation to:
- Implement a food safety management system
- Ensure that all members of staff attend appropriate food hygiene courses
- Maintain adequate food hygiene standards
We issue a food safety hygiene certificate to those attending our courses, which are organized into three levels of training:
- Level 1: Courses intended for low risk food handlers, who do not come into direct contact with food (e.g. bar staff, servers, kitchen porters)
- Level 2: Courses intended for high risk food handlers, who do come into contact with food, or those with responsibility for a critical control point – as highlighted within your company’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) scheme
- Level 3: Courses intended for those in a supervisory or management position, who are responsible for food handlers
Training your staff and managers in hygiene best practices is an important step to developing a culture of food safety. Failing to do so increases the risk of food contamination and the public’s poor health. In turn, this can lead to customer dissatisfaction, potentially huge legal costs and the loss of your good reputation and market share.
Contact ECBH now to discover how our food hygiene training can help you avoid these problems, ensure your regulatory compliance, and protect consumers.
If energy efficiency measures are to make a significant contribution to environmental sustainability, measurement and verification of actual energy savings will be needed to demonstrate their short- and long-term impact.
ECBH is at the forefront of instilling energy efficiency across industries, and has introduced energy savings measurement and verification (M&V) services to fulfill that purpose.
Our M&V services adopt the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) as the basis, which has become the internationally accepted standard for quantifying the results of energy saving. Our energy efficiency experts use this methodology as part of a broader energy efficiency measurement and verification program that covers:
- Compilation of reference database
- Establishment of baseline
- Development of an M&V plan
- Conducting post-retrofit M&V
- Monitoring and adjustment of energy savings
- Issuing of M&V reports
- Monitoring of long-term energy savings
As well as contributing to international attempts to reduce the impact of industry on the environment, our M&V services will bring together organizations from different sectors, offering distinct benefits:
- Businesses will have access to data on the efficacy of their energy saving programs to support future energy management and business decisions
- Energy service companies (ESCOs) will have impartial and independent evidence as their basis for profit sharing with customers
- Financial institutions will be able to use M&V data to assess risk in green financing packages
- Governments will have a more reliable and extensive database for the creation of energy management policy
Ensure your organization is one of the most important innovators in corporate energy efficiency, and at the same time experience the business benefits of ECBH’s energy savings measurement and verification services.
