Sustainability & Risk / Hazard Abatement / Environmental Hazard Manager

Estimating the Costs of Addressing Hazmat Issues

After a hazmat field assessor returns from the field, cost estimators or assessment managers will review the assessment items and enter financial data concerning the cost of addressing the item.

Once financial information is entered, you can run the Hazmat Scoreboard to get an overview, complete with estimated costs for repair or abatement. You can also run the application’s financial analysis reports that deal with estimated costs, so that you can prioritize your problems and prepare to resolve these items.

Cost Estimating

Cost estimating is complicated and involves a lot of analysis. When completing the cost estimate fields, carefully consider all the steps involved in the abatement process. For example, for a simple job such as removing mold from a wall, you must estimate the costs of:

The more carefully you analyze the situation, the more exact your estimate will be. Calculating an accurate estimate is particularly important if you are prioritizing hazmat issues in terms of cost.

Procedure

  1. Open the Manage Assessment Items task, and select the assessment project for whose assessment items you wish to estimate costs.
  1. Locate the assessment item for which you want to complete cost information and choose the Edit button.
  2. Complete these fields:
  1. Save your changes.
  2. You can now examine the reports with cost estimates, such as:
  1. With the analysis from these reports, you can begin to budget and plan how you will address your deficiencies. For information, see Addressing Assessment Deficiencies.