SAK Environmental, LLC has been selected to provide environmental consulting services to the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) for a three-year period. DCAM is the state agency responsible for major public building construction and real estate services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SAK's environmental services to DCAM will include: phase I and phase II environmental site and risk assessments to comply with the Massachusetts Contingency Plan regulations, facility assessments, environmental due diligence and hazardous materials inventories.
"SAK is honored to be selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as one of the businesses involved in ensuring the safe and environmentally responsible construction of state building projects," said Maureen Sakakeeny, principal of SAK Environmental.
SAK recently completed its first DCAM project on the McGee Building at the North Shore Community College in Lynn. The McGee Building is a 160,000 s/f, three-story, multi-purpose academic building that contains classrooms, laboratories, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, a library and multiple offices. SAK performed a hazardous materials inventory on the McGee Building as part of a comprehensive baseline for potential future renovation and expansion initiatives.
The hazardous materials inventory included a detailed inspection of the entire building to collect and analyze representative samples of building materials. Potential contaminants of concern included asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (aka PCBs), mercury containing equipment, lead-based paint, refrigerants, and containerized waste and raw product storage. This information will give DCAM designers and contractors detailed information to develop a plan that properly removes and disposes of any contaminated material in accordance with environmental regulations, and to ensure worker safety.

Public construction and design projects undertaken by DCAM and other public awarding authorities, including municipal projects receiving state funding, provide significant opportunities for Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) firms to participate on these projects. DCAM has had a long standing program that ensures that minority and women owned businesses have real and meaningful opportunities to work on agency building construction projects. As of January 2012, DCAM has revised and increased their goals regarding involving businesses that are MBE certified or WBE certified. SAK Environmental, LLC is a WBE certified business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office.

About SAK Environmental LLC:
SAK Environmental specializes in pollution assessment and remediation, sustainable development, environmental support during construction, and environmental permitting and compliance throughout Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Our goal is to deliver technically sound advice and practical solutions enabling our clients to carry out their initiatives with confidence and peace of mind. We strive to promote sustainable development and environmentally compatible business practices to allow business, industry and community to thrive. SAK Environmental is a privately owned environmental consulting business founded in 2003 and based in North Andover, Massachusetts. For more information about SAK Environmental LLC, please visit www.sakenvironmental.com.