Laboratory services

Environmental services include on-site monitoring, investigation and analysis in the areas of contaminated and derelict land; sampling and monitoring of landfill sites and hazardous waste; potable and waste water; air pollution, including volatile organics, particulates and asbestos identification. Consultancy services cover development of

UKAS accredited laboratory and consultancy. Services include asbestos surveys, sampling and assessment, as well as the development of asbestos management plans; particulate and total hydrocarbon stack emission monitoring, combustion gas measurement, and continuous real-time sampling; and nuisance dust, fumes, oil mist and noise monitoring for

Specialises in problems associated with industrial contaminants and offers environmental consultancy and testing services, including direct toxicity assessments, ecotoxicology and biodegradation studies, groundwater monitoring, analytical chemistry services, mathematical modelling of contaminant dispersal, and environmental impact and risk

Services cover the analysis of samples for the presence of asbestos, classification of asbestos containing materials by density testing, site investigation of contaminated land, and monitoring atmospheric air quality. The company also provides asbestos awareness training for managers, surveyors and maintenance operatives, and expert witness

Contract analytical chemistry and microbiology services. Techniques include ICP-OES, AAS, GC-MS, GC, HPLC, IC, FTIR and UV/VIS, together with classical wet chemistry procedures. Client base in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical, glass, ceramics, plastics, paper and ozone depleting substances (ODS) recycling industries

Analytical and ecotoxicity services dedicated to the environmental sector. Analysis for a wide range of contaminants available, including volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds; PCBs; petroleum hydrocarbons; metals; pesticides; anionic and cationic determinands. Offer clients: extensive range of routine analytical and ecotoxicology tests

Offers chemical, environmental and construction materials testing/analysis services. Includes potable water, system water and cooling water sampling and analysis; hazardous waste sampling and identification; trace level organic analysis using gas chromatography / mass spectroscopy equipment; asbestos identification and fibre counting; and

Specialising in food supply chain laboratory services, Direct Laboratories provides a range of services to aid land management decisions for agricultural, industrial or amenity uses. Specific skills cover brownfield site contamination, landfill site monitoring and topsoil analysis, as well as effluent quality assessment, analysis of sewage and

Carries out analysis on a variety of water types including potable, sewage, cooling tower, effluents, and ground and borehole watering. Contaminants tested for include pesticide and herbicide residues, chlorinated solvents, phenols and organic volatiles. Also analyses sorbent tubes and diffusion badges for a range of solvents as part of

Specialises in environmental analysis. Techniques include gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectrometry, and spectrophotometry. Applications include effluent and groundwater monitoring; indoor and outdoor pollution studies; soil, sludge and sediment analysis; waste management analysis; environmental audit testing

LGC Environmental Services provides environmental analysis, consultancy and investigation to public and private sector organisations. The determination of a range of analytes is offered, including chemical, physical and radiochemical parameters, asbestos, pesticides and complex organic groups such as red list compounds. Consultancy and

Biwater operates a range of testing and treatability facilities at its main laboratory in Manchester. Services can include same day results for water and wastewater analysis. The company also operates mobile laboratory units that enable analysis to be carried out on site

Provides organic, inorganic and microbiological analysis of water quality, effluents, air quality and contaminated land. Methods worked to at its UKAS accredited laboratories include SCA methods, US EPA standards, the MDHS series and ICRCL guidelines. On-site stack sampling and monitoring encompasses particulates, VOCs, NOx, SOx, acid gases

Independent company offering laboratory and consulting services on occupational health and safety, including asbestos management and environmental assessment. Also offers microbiological testing of water, food and land samples for the presence of contaminants and undertakes the chemical and non-chemical treatment of domestic and industrial water

Experienced in organic analysis where mass spectroscopic techniques are utilised to determine a wide range of organic compounds including VOCs. Has specialist facilities for dioxins, dibenzofurans, bromo-dioxins, PCBs, pesticides, herbicides, PAHs and solvents. Analysis can be undertaken for ambient air, stack gas emissions, river and marine