Jackson Memorial Hospital

Environmental Term Contract

GLE has held an environmental term contract with Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) since 1990. During this time, GLE has performed over 200 projects related to indoor air quality, asbestos consulting, preparation of contamination assessment plans, performance of contamination assessments, and risk assessments. Realizing that hospital surgical rooms, intensive care units, emergency rooms and life support equipment must have a non-interrupted power supply, GLE operates under strict regulations and caution. A power supply failure in this environment could be catastrophic.  

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GLE has performed IAQ investigations for various areas and facilities in the hospital. The projects have consisted of interviews with affected individuals, development of testing programs, and inspection of the HVAC systems. During one investigation of the pharmacy, it was noted that hospital personnel were working with a number of cancer testing drugs that were carcinogenic if inhaled. Since these experimental drugs did not have TLVs or sampling or testing protocols, GLE developed a testing and analysis procedure for detection of low airborne concentrations of these chemicals. 

An Expanded Contamination Assessment Plan (ECAP) was prepared by GLE to satisfy the requirements of Metropolitan Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) prior to the development of a multi-story parking garage on a site near downtown Miami.

GLE has also performed three contamination assessments for JMH, one of which was at a motor pool facility. The site was contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The assessment consisted of an extensive soil boring program and screening with an organic vapor analyzer; installation of shallow and deep monitor wells; groundwater sampling and analysis; determination of the horizontal and vertical extent of soil and groundwater contamination on-site; determination of groundwater flow direction; performance of a potable well survey; research of regional and local geology and hydrogeology; and preparation of a CAR for submittal to DERM.

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