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VAPOR INTRUSIONQualifications and Services Offered

The Trusted Innovator of Vapor Intrusion Solutions

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What is Vapor Intrusion?

V apor Intrusion (VI) is the migration of volatile chemi-

cals from subsurface soil and/or groundwater into

the indoor air of overlying buildings. Most VI events

occur when volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are released

into the subsurface from underground storage tanks, dry

cleaners, gasoline stations, or industrial processes such as

degreasing metals. Chemicals typically associated with VI

events are chlorinated solvents including carbon tetrachlo-

ride, tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), meth-

ylene chloride, and gasoline derivatives such as benzene,

and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). VI can also come from

gaseous mercury or naturally occurring radon. An additional

source is methane migrating from landfills and decaying

organic materials that can enter a building and present an

explosive hazard.

VOCs have a high vapor pressure which means they can eas-

ily transform into a gaseous state. Vapors can migrate into

a building from as far away as 100 feet vertically and 100

feet laterally, and are often not detected until they are al-

ready in the building. Lower pressures within a building are

the main driving force in transferring contaminants from the

underlying soil into a building. Vapors are drawn in through

pathways such as floor drains, sumps, cracks in the slab,

open concrete block tops, utility penetrations and migration

through the slab itself.

The hazards presented by chemical VI are typically chronic

human health effects such as cancer, organ toxicity or repro-

ductive effects. The specific risk associated with VI depends

on the toxicity of the individual chemical, the concentra-

tion of that chemical in the breathing air and the sensitivity

of the receptor (person). Unlike indoor radon, there are no

national exposure standards for these compounds. However,

state and federal technical guidance documents are becom-

ing increasingly more stringent with lower screening levels

and permissible exposure concentrations. If it is determined

that VI is occurring at a site and the contaminant concen-

trations attributed to VI are above acceptable risk levels,

mitigation should be implemented to reduce indoor concen-

trations to below the acceptable threshold.

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Who We AreClean Vapor® is a full service investigation and design build

vapor intrusion mitigation company with offices in New

Jersey and North Carolina. Since our early days of entrainment

modeling in 1985, we have mitigated over 10,500 combined

commercial and residential properties. Clean Vapor has a

strong portfolio of government, industrial, light commercial,

school and community projects. We specialize in existing

building mitigation, as well as new construction and have

contributed to several code and standards documents.

Clean Vapor engages each project using a unique total systems

approach that starts with an evaluation of potential sources

followed by the identification of specific compounds and their

concentrations relative to the underlying soils and indoor air.

Chemical concentrations are then compared with the standards

of the state in which the building is located to determine wheth-

er the contaminant poses a health risk to building occupants.

Building construction features and mechanical systems are

then evaluated to develop an understanding of how interior

air pressures interact, and how the resultant forces influence

the conveyance of soil chemicals into the breathing air. After

the potential entryways have been catalogued, the underlying

fill material is precision permeability mapped in order to ac-

curately project the requirements of a soil depressurization

system. Systems are then designed and installed integrating

the latest in patented, energy efficient, remote monitoring and

management technology. Start up and commissioning utilize

proven standardized procedures. A Best Practices Operations,

Maintenance and Monitoring Plan is provided to serve as the

foundation of an effective Long Term Stewardship Program. In

this quickly evolving, highly technical industry, there is no sub-

stitute for experience. Clean Vapor is committed to building

on the success of it’s past performance to further develop and

implement innovative mitigation technologies to provide others

with a healthier environment and improved standard of living.

over 10,500...mitigation projects since 1985

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Clean Vapor specializes in the installation of custom de-signed vapor intrusion systems for existing commercial buildings. The success and long term sustainability of a Va-por Intrusion Mitigation System (VIMS) starts in the design phase with experienced individuals carefully interpreting the data from the field investigation. The first step in delivering an effective vapor intrusion solution is a full understanding of all the variables that are contributing to the vapor intru-sion problem. Soil gas entry is the result of three primary variables, the source strength of the soil contaminants, the pressure differential between the soil and the building, and openings that provide conveyance pathways into the building. Quantifying and understanding the relationship between these three variables and the effect they have on the final indoor contaminant concentrations is the key to developing an effective mitigation plan. Clean Vapor uses a systematic approach that starts with a thorough building assessment, sub slab soil gas contaminant delineation fol-lowed by vacuum field testing procedures and the applica-tion of proprietary models to determine the most effective solution.

Sub slab vacuum field extension mapping is a primary diag-nostic tool used to predict the response of applied vacuum and the resultant airflow. This information enables us to

effectively select suc-tion point locations and blowers that will deliver the proper vacuum and airflow. Because no two buildings are the same, no two plans are ever the same. Each system is custom designed from the ground up to ensure that the prescribed engi-neered control results in an effective and efficient solution the first time.

Being a research, design based, construction company has enabled us to develop and transition new technology to the field years, and sometimes decades, ahead of oth-ers, thus providing our clients with solutions and savings when they are needed. Our installation teams are managed by personnel with backgrounds rooted in science and di-agnostic design. This ensures that when field installation challenges are encountered, the right person is onsite and able to make the best decision without compromising the design objectives or the efficiency of the installation. Our systems are performance yield tested by experienced per-sonnel throughout the installation process. This provides for maximum efficiency and eliminates the potential for unwanted surprises at the time of startup.

Existing Building Mitigation

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Reckitt Benckiser - Hillsborough, NJThis energy efficient sub slab depressurization system (SSDS) was designed and installed to mitigate 25,000 square feet of an 800,000 square foot aerosol packaging facility. The SSDS is a 6 suction point mitigation system paired with a roof mounted radial blower. The system fea-tures dynamic controls that automatically adjusts the blow-er speed to conserve energy during warm weather seasons along with web based remote monitoring and controls. In-stallation occurred in a continually high speed packaging area. Post mitigation indoor air sampling results demon-strated significant reductions of VOCs in the indoor air.

Reckitt Benckiser’s roof mounted radial blower

Former Sears Complex - Atlanta, GAThis sixteen acre complex is the largest redevelopment project in the history of the Southeast. The property is impacted by contaminants from a former filling sta-tion and automotive center. Multiple slabs with various sub slab fill types and lithology were encountered dur-ing diagnostic pressure field extension mapping. The system incorporates multiple vertical suction points, over 2,000 feet of horizontal trenching, and 6 roof mounted radial blower systems including carbon treat-ment of the most impacted areas. Each blower system is dynamically controlled in a descending hierarchy to achieve specific sub slab vacuum pressures designed to retract and treat the contaminant plume. Dynamically controlling the vacuum fields over the plume within a tol-erance of 0.001 inches water column has significantly extended the life of carbon treatment vessels and pro-vided an unprecedented savings to the OM&M budget.All functions, including float alarms and rate of active carbon treatment, are remotely controlled with electronic notification for operations outside of preset range parameters.

Hoffmann La Roche - Nutley, NJThe property features a 4 story brick building with a combi-nation of residential and commercial tenants. The building is a complex structure with 8 floor slabs and 7 crawlspaces. In order to mitigate the 60,000 square foot building from TCE and PCE vapors, an SSDS was designed featuring 33 suction points and a combination of 10 attic mounted and outdoor blowers of various types. The system fea-tures advanced vari-able frequency drives and alarm panels enabling us to ad-just the blowers’ performance to ef-ficiently provide the most effective vacu-um coverage. Exhaust stacks were painted to match the exterior of the building.

A blower bank featuring 4 roof mounted blowers

of varying types

Existing Building – Key ProjectsThe roof mounted blower system in Atlanta, with activated carbon unit

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New Construction – Design and Installation

Designing and installing a preventative, new construction, vapor intrusion or radon mitigation system as part of initial construction is significantly less expensive than installing a system once the building construction is complete. Clean Vapor specializes in the design and installation of energy efficient new construction mitigation systems. We earned the 2011 AARST Advancement in Science and Technol-ogy Award for our publication on innovations in the area of energy efficient new construction mitigation. Our patented energy efficient dynamic controls package and system per-formance monitoring can be integrated into the building’s management system. Clean Vapor’s team can prepare a full design package, including Auto CAD drawings.

Because Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Systems are in the ground, never seen by the public and usually not very well understood by those who install them, they often become one the lowest priorities in the General Contractor’s scope of work even though they can have one of the highest im-pacts on the health of the building occupants. Frequently,

when it comes time to activate a passive system, the build-ing owner discovers that the sub slab collection piping is inoperable. The origin of this problem can usually be traced back to a lack of experience or oversight that occurred dur-ing construction. Forward thinking developers are choos-ing to address vapor concerns at the outset. A properly designed and installed Vapor Intrusion Mitigation System, not only provides long term energy efficiency, but is highly effective in accomplishing the end goal of safe indoor air and protecting human health.

Having the system installed by a professional installation team that understands and is responsible for the system’s operation ensures that these objectives are met. Integrat-ing remote electronic monitoring and management equip-ment ensures optimum efficiency and minimal liability through documented performance. Clean Vapor’s team of experienced experts can work with the General Contractor to see the vapor intrusion portion of your new construction project through from beginning to end.

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New Construction – Key Projects

Teterboro Landing - Teterboro, NJThis 63 acre redevelopment project is constructed over a BTEX and mixed solvents plume that was attributed to a neighboring airport and former manufacturing facili-ties. Over 1 million square feet of development is planned including retail, office, hotel, and light industrial space. Clean Vapor has designed and installed mitigation sys-tems for multiple buildings onsite.

The application of a spray applied vapor barrier at a building at the Teterboro Landing site

The largest building onsite is a 158,000 square foot Walmart Supercenter. The mitigation system for the Walmart was designed to use sub slab perforated pipe and plenum system in conjunction with a spray applied vapor barrier. This highly efficient passive system inte-grates barometric pumping and was designed with the op-tion to activate if required. Clean Vapor provided oversight of the mitigation system construction and our personnel installed the sub slab monitoring system that features 16 sub slab vacuum probes to verify pressure differentials. All tubing was routed in conduit through the sub slab to a central monitoring panel for easy remote monitoring. The system also features nine sub slab soil gas monitor-ing probes that were also embedded during construction. At the request of the client, the individual sampling port enclosures are mounted on the roof for easy sampling ac-cess without affecting the flow of retail business. In 2015, following building construction, post mitigation sampling revealed no soil gas exceedances applicable to NJDEP criteria resulting in no requirement for system activation.

Bank of America - Multiple Locations, NYClean Vapor has designed and installed passive mitiga-tion systems for multiple Bank of America properties built over former gas station sites across New York state. The systems feature sub slab roll out collection plenums along with centrally located plenum boxes connected to a single 4 inch riser pipe. In the event of system activation, the systems feature preemptive sub slab monitoring ports routed back to centralized monitoring panels. These pas-sive systems have provided sufficient venting and none of the sites have required activation.

The installation of the sub slab monitoring ports

PSEG Metering and Regulation Building - Newark, NJThis mitigation system, designed and installed by Clean Vapor, utilized a highly efficient roll out collection plenum and a spray applied vapor barrier. Sub slab monitoring probes were embedded in the sub slab in the event the system required activation.

Spray application of a vapor barrier around the gas lines

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The same soil born contaminants that affect industrial buildings can affect residential homes. The main differ-ence is that people spend about twice as much time at home as they do at work. Much of that time is during the formative years and senior portions of life when we are the most physiologically susceptible to the deleterious ef-fects of chemicals. A single source point of contamination can easily impact an entire community. Since the Federal EPA’s first encounter with vapor intrusion in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1985, Clean Vapor personnel have been on site providing technical leadership. From that time forward, we have installed over 10,500 mitigation systems. Our ex-perience ranges from large, complicated, historic homes to modest summer retreats. Respect and care for a per-son’s home is at the forefront of each step of the mitiga-tion process. Our team is committed to providing a custom solution for each home. Systems are specifically designed to be as non-obtrusive as possible. Electronic monitoring can be integrated to ensure maximum effectiveness and continuous protection.

Dupont Pompton Lakes Works - Pompton Lakes, NJClean Vapor was selected by the community as an EPA approved third party contractor for the Dupont Pompton Lakes Works project. To date, 30 residential homes have been investigated, systems designed, and installations completed. Homes are now in the Operations, Maintenance and Monitoring phase. Our systems are custom for each home and are designed with performance and aesthetics in mind.

Residential Vapor Intrusion

Crossley Farms Superfund Site - Barto, PA

This site dates back to the early 1990’s where approxi-mately 2,000 drums of trichloroethylene (TCE) were illegally stored on a hilltop farm property. To dispose of the problem, the farmer allegedly discharged the liquid into trenches and buried the drum carcasses. This resulted in the contamination of an entire aquifer beneath a valley of two hundred year old historic and semi-historic homes. Many of these homes had stone foundations, earthen floors, sleeper floors over soil, shallow crawlspaces and slab on grade additions, all of which required custom and often complex solutions. The US EPA recognized Clean Vapor for their “outstanding crew and excellent workman-ship” at this site. Work is now in its final phase.”“ ...a high level of

professionalism...and impeccable work. Great design!

-Aurelia Ionescu (Pompton Lakes Homeowner)

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Ensuring sustainability and quality in long term stewardship starts in the planning and design phase. A thorough and complete building investigation must be coupled with a deep understanding of the emerging technologies asso-ciated with Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Systems. Integral to efficiency and sustainability are energy reducing, cost saving dynamic controls and remote monitoring.

The effects of seasonal variables on sub slab depres-surization Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Systems have been well documented. Systems installed and commissioned during favorable weather conditions may require four to five times the amount of vacuum to be applied at the suction point to maintain the same sub slab vacuum field objective during the heating season. Not only may non-dynamically controlled systems be failing to main-tain targeted sub slab vacuum levels during unfavorable weather conditions, as pressure differentials at the outer extent of the pressure field shift from negative to posi-tive, there is a potential that unsuspecting building occu-pants may be exposed to harmful sub slab vapors. Today’s systems can be dynamically controlled using a number of set point metrics including sub slab vacuum, applied vacuum, air-flow, and contaminate concentrations.

Sustainable Technology

The Vapor Dynamics Vapor Guardian® 5500 platform features patented dynamic controls and remote monitoring. The consul-tant can log in and observe the mitigation system operations in real time, allowing a clear understanding into an individual system’s performance over time. This telemetric surveillance feature provides continuous hourly recording and electronic noti-fication: if a predefined set point value is outside of a performance threshold, the management team is notified.

The cost savings to be gained through the implementation of dynamic controls and remote monitoring is substantial. Clean Vapor installed dynamically controlled mitigation systems have shown up to a 90% power savings over traditional mitigation systems thus extending the OM&M budget. The accuracy and reliability of the Vapor Dynamics, Vapor Guardian 5500 is unmatched.

The graph below shows sub slab vacuum stability over an extended period of time. The Vapor Guardian 5500 has the ability to maintain sub slab pressures within .001 inches of water column.

In addition to stability, power savings, and the assurance of contin-ued operation, is the ability for the system to generate automated monthly reports summarizing the mitigation system’s performance.

A dynamically controlled mitigation system using the Vapor Dynamics Vapor Guardian® 5500 as the control hardware.

The screenshot above shows the Vapor Guardian® client login screen, which can be can be viewed on any computer, and alert notifications can be received through email or text message.

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Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the general population and the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers*. Most people receive their greatest exposure to radon in their home. Radon in homes is the cause of approximately 21,000 U.S. lung cancer deaths each year. This risk is largely preventable starting with a simple test.

Mitigating Radon for Over 30 YearsClean Vapor’s Project Director, Tom Hatton, is a licensed Radon Mitigation and Measurement Specialist (MES/MIS

10245), who is certi-fied by the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) and has over 30 years of experience designing and installing radon systems for homes and buildings throughout the United States. We have successfully miti-gated homes of almost every construction style imaginable built over di-verse soils and terrains.

All total, our experience includes the design and installation of mitigation systems in approximately 10,500 residential homes from Alaska to Florida. We can put our experience to work for you.

The map to the left shows the tiers of radon in New Jersey indicating a home’s potential exposure. The map below shows a home’s potential for exposure in North Carolina.

We Guarantee Our ResultsClean Vapor guarantees a reading of less than 4.0 pCi/l on the post mitigation radon test on all homes with systems designed and installed by Clean Vapor.

Radon in the upper floors of some high-rises have been de-tected as high as 14 pCi/l, which is more than three times greater than the US EPA’s standard for corrective action. The health risk to families from radon can be identified and prevented through a few short steps starting with a simple test. Whether a building needs a whole building mitigation solution or if a homeowner wants to correct radon in an individual unit, Clean Vapor’s level of technical expertise and craftsmanship is unmatched. Clean Vapor installed the first high rise whole building solutions in 2009 and has been mitigating individual units for homeowners ever since.

If a whole building solution is under consideration, we would be pleased to meet with the homeowner’s associa-

tion. To find out if your building has elevated radon levels, we can perform radon testing. If your unit has been tested and high radon levels have been found, we are available to examine the mitigation options that would be best suited for you.

Residential Radon

Radon: Resdential RemediationRadon from Concrete

* https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/radon

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The same soil conditions that create radon problems in homes create radon problems in schools. Unlike residential homes, schools are large complex buildings with multiple foundations and HVAC systems that manipulate air pres-sures within the building. Clean Vapor personnel have been designing and installing radon mitigation systems for schools and large buildings since 1988. Our CEO, Tom Hatton, has participated on the authoring committee that developed the National AARST/ANSI Radon Mitigation Standards for Large Buildings and Schools. He is currently working on the New Jersey Radon Hazard Sub-Code for Schools which re-quires that all new schools constructed in high radon areas include passive radon piping for future activation. When it comes to mitigating radon in schools there is no substitute

for experience. Our careful attention to detail ensures that a code compliant, minimally intrusive system is installed and that radon is reduced well below state and federal exposure standards.

U.S. demographics are shifting and the trend is toward multi-family housing. People are seeking lower housing costs and reduced maintenance responsibilities. In 2014, construction permits for multi-family units outpaced single family homes at a ratio of 24 to 1. With the carefree commu-nity theme being one of the central marketing attractions, people living in these units rarely consider the possibility that they are being exposed to radon gas. Radon concentra-tions in ground-contact apartments have been found to be similar to those in neighboring low-rise residential buildings. Not only is a significant portion of the population at risk for radon gas exposure, but unknowing community asso-ciations, property owners, and management companies are enjoined to a maze of undefined liabilities.

Clean Vapor is on the leading edge of design and mitiga-tion technology and has been installing radon mitigation systems in multi-family and commercial buildings since the 1980’s. Clean Vapor’s Tom Hatton has participated on committees authoring state and national standards, including the AARST/ANSI Mitigation Standards for Multi-family Buildings.

Radon can be sourced to building materials and soil gas. Once building diagnostics and a design has been complet-ed, the experience of our mitigation team is applied. Elec-tronic performance monitoring can be integrated to provide continuous coverage and peace of mind.

The photo above is of our most recent multifamily mitigation project which was a community of 14 buildings consisting of 112 ground floor units in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The photo to the left displays rooftop blowers at a senior living facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Commercial and Multi-family Radon

Radon: Resdential RemediationRadon Mitigation in Schools

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Hotel Building - Philadelphia, PAThis confidential client’s hotel building was impacted by a Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) plume from a former basement dry cleaning operation. Clean Vapor performed a diagnos-tic investigation, provided a plan design and mitigated this building. The project required running 10 stories of inte-rior conveyance pipe to a roof mounted blower. OSHA 40 and Confined Space training were safety requirements for this project.

The photo below shows the system’s roof mounted blower.

Solvey Solexis - West Deptford, NJThis project featured several buildings ranging from engi-neering offices to research and development laboratories. The variety of structures featuring multiple floor types ranging from slab on grade to raised plywood floors and the introduction of advanced HVAC systems, including multiple fume hoods, required a complex SSDS to mitigate carbontetrachloride, TCE, and chloroform contamination. The systems featured a total of 7 blowers, 59 suction points, 3 separate alarm panels, and variable frequency drives to enhance motor efficiency.

The photo below shows one of the system’s roof mounted radial blowers.

Shopping Center - Freehold, NJThis single story, slab on grade building features multiple tenant spaces. The 15,000 square feet area in the struc-ture had elevated levels of PCE from a former dry cleaner. Complicating the problem was a sub slab utility trench that ran the length of the shopping center helping to accelerate the expanse of the vapor plume. An SSDS was designed and installed featuring 5 blowers and 13 suction points to reduce the potential for vapor intrusion. Due to restricted access, two tenant spaces required lateral water jetting be-neath the slab from an adjacent space. These 6 laterally installed points allowed sub slab vacuum to be extended below the restricted areas without adding any vertical suc-tion points in the tenant space.

The photo above shows the front of the shopping center, and the photo below shows the lateral water jetting being performed.

8 Story Apartment Building - New York, NYThis 8 story apartment building that is used as temporary housing for underprivileged senior citizens required the in-stallation of a 6 suction point sub slab depressurization system to mitigate the potential for PCE vapor intrusion into the building. The system’s suction points and cast iron piping are enclosed within existing sheetrock walls and ceilings to be as minimally obtrusive as possible. An 8 story exterior riser and roof mounted radial blower was used to apply vacuum to the sub slab.

Key Projects

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Day Care - New Brunswick, NJThis 7,000 square foot day care is located over a former manufacturing facility that contributed to elevated levels of TCE and PCE in the building’s indoor air. The building was investigated and a sub slab depressurization system was designed to minimize vapor intrusion into the build-ing. The system features 6 suction points and two roof mounted mitigation blowers. Both blower systems are re-motely monitored to ensure continued operations and sub slab vacuum levels. Clean Vapor rapidly responded to the need by designing and installing a mitigation system in less than two weeks. All of the system’s piping is hidden behind sheetrock enclosures and above drop ceilings, and, the day care opened on schedule.

The photos show the before and after of a system riser behind a sheetrock enclosure.

Manufacturing Facility - East Orange, NJThis wiring harness manufacturing and assembly facility measures approximately 66,000 square feet with approxi-mately 25,000 square feet with soil gas exceedances. The original building is estimated to be over 110 years old and was formerly used for ice storage. As a result, much of the original floor area was an elevated wood floor over a shallow crawlspace. In subsequent years, when the building was being used as a manufacturing site, random sections of the plank wood flooring were replaced with plywood flooring. As the older planking was sporadically replaced as a result of fork lifts falling through, concrete was poured between the sections of sleeper floor prior to replacing the boards. This patchwork of concrete below the wood floor presented challenges but ultimately created enough cover to enable applying soil depressurization as a primary solution.

The final sub slab depressurization system design features 4 roof mounted blowers ranging from 3 phase radials to 200 watt inline blowers. The systems are coupled with 24 suction points. The four individual systems are continually monitored to ensure minimum performance specifications are being met and larger radial blowers are dynamically controlled to optimize applied vacuum. In the first year of operations, the dynamically controlled systems saved the responsible party over $2,000 on power consumption.

Two radial blower systems

Office Complex - Secaucus, NJThis 67,000 square foot building had a 7 Horse Power (HP) methane mitigation system that continuously produced faults and triggered alarms. Clean Vapor replaced the ex-isting 7.0 HP blower with a 0.8 HP explosion-proof radial blower that is performance driven by a hierarchy of sen-sors that include sub slab vacuum, airflow, and methane concentration. The dynamically controlled blower stabilized the venting of sub slab gases without mining methane from outside the building footprint. The 0.8 HP blower operates, on average, at approximately 50 percent of capacity thus providing the owner with unprecedented savings.

The roof mounted, dynamically controlled 0.8 hp radial blower

Key Projects

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At Clean Vapor, the safety of our employees and project partners is of paramount importance. We make it a top priority to ensure the safest working conditions possible. Working for a diverse cli-ent base with differing project safety requirements has enabled our employees to participate in a wide variety of training exer-cises totaling almost two weeks of employee time each year. As a result, we have been able to integrate a wide spectrum of resources into our safety program. This has yielded an ex-ceptional safety record that has served as one of Clean Vapor’s cornerstones of success. Some Key Certifications:

Safety

OSHA 40 HAZWOPER TrainingPICS Audit Safety ApprovedTWIC Card HoldersCPR / First AidLoss Prevention TrainingConfined Space TrainingAmerican Petroleum Inst. Safety TrainingScissor Lift Training

Licenses

NJDEP Radon Mitigation SpecialistNJDEP Radon Mitigation Business NJDEP Radon Measurement SpecialistNRPP National Radon Proficiency ProgramPADEP Radon Mitigation BusinessWV Radon Mitigation SpecialistRI Registered ContractorNorth Carolina General ContractorUS Government SAM Contractor

Code Committees

National Vapor Instruction New Construction StandardsNational Residential Soil Gas Mitigation StandardsRadon Mitigation Standards for Multifamily BuildingsRadon Mitigation Standards for Large Buildings/SchoolsNew Jersey Radon Hazard Subcode for SchoolsNew Jersey Radon Hazard Subcode (Residential)Florida HRS Mitigation Exam Committee

Professional Organizations

Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)Association for Enviro. Health & Sciences (AEHS)Commerce & Industry Association of NJ (CIANJ)American Association of Radon Scientists & Tech (AARST)Homebuilders Association of CharlotteCharlotte Regional Realtors’ Association

Safety and Training

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Serving the Best

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Thomas Hatton - CEO / Project Director Tom has over 30 years of leadership experience in the design and installation management of radon and vapor in-trusion mitigation systems totaling approximately 10,500 combined commercial and residential properties. As Clean Vapor’s CEO and Project Director, he is responsible for pro-viding leadership and direction in a rapidly changing and growing industry. With a background of developing detec-tion equipment and implementing innovative mitigation technology, Tom has contributed to multiple state and na-tional mitigation standards and guidance documents. Tom is a licensed Radon Mitigation and Measurement Special-ist and NRPP Radon Mitigation Provider. He has authored multiple technical papers and guidance/fact sheets on en-ergy efficient soil gas venting systems for new construction and existing buildings. Tom is the patent holder of the next generation of energy efficient, dynamic controls and remote management technology for vapor intrusion mitigation systems.

Paul Kearney - Project ManagerPaul provides key and pivotal management to our client projects. Serving our clientéle requires running concurrent projects in multiple states under a wide variety of condi-tions. Paul manages ongoing communications and provides assurance that the right personnel with the right equipment and materials are mobilized to the right place at the right time to execute a smooth and efficient installation. Paul also maintains field safety standards, project documenta-tion, start-up and balancing, as well as, final project inspec-tion and close out. Paul’s project management is augment-ed by strong experience in field analytical instrumentation and test equipment.

Marcos Aguilera - Site ManagerMarcos has 16 years of construction experience installing aggregate, venting plenums, mitigation piping and vapor barrier systems. From 2009 forward, Marcos’s project skills have substantially contributed to Clean Vapor’s recognition as an industry leader in Existing Building Mitigation. His project enthusiasm, strong suite of construction skills, and attention to detail adds value to the quality of our deliver-able and is appreciated by all of our clients.

Douglas Brookes, Jr. - New Construction Manager/ Field ArchitectDoug is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture, and has been working in the areas of Architecture, Design/Build Construction and Construc-tion Management for over 17 years. Doug’s experience in all facets of residential, commercial, industrial, retail and pharmaceutical construction in both the private and public sectors, as well as LEED projects, help keep Clean Vapor at the forefront of applied mitigation technology and regula-tory compliance. Doug’s role at Clean Vapor is to provide site-specific, detailed AutoCAD drawings, ensure proper construction applications through site management, as well as continue the advancement of new construction projects as our liaison with architects and engineers.

Michael Fatone, Jr. - Project Manager/ Mitigation Specialist (Charlotte, NC Office)Mike is a seasoned Radon and Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Specialist with a background in residential home construc-tion, materials testing and commercial facilities manage-ment. He has over 14 years experience managing the installation of complex residential and commercial radon mitigation projects. His focus on installation quality and customer service has contributed to a strong client base and a solid reputation with homeowners, building managers and those who facilitate real estate transfers. Mike spent three years working with the New Jersey based Clean Vapor management team and is experienced in all facets of miti-gation system installation. He has been the key individual re-sponsible for the mitigation of over 1,500 homes, schools and commercial sites, including the Vapor Intrusion Mitigation of the US EPA’s Region II Headquarters in Edison, New Jersey.

Key Personnel

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VAPOR INTRUSION and RADON SERVICES Offered:

• Mitigation System Design

• Mitigation System Installation

• Residential System Installation

• Forensic Evaluations

• Litigation Consulting

• LSRP Partnering

• New Construction Services

• Construction Management

• Mitigation System Remote Monitoring

• Dynamic Controls and Desktop Management