Dallas, Texas
Surveys, abatement and clearance for Dallas demolition projects — licensed, compliant, and sequenced so the paperwork never becomes the thing that delays your start date.
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Why it is required
Federal NESHAP regulations and the Texas Asbestos Health Protection Rules require an asbestos survey before most demolition and renovation work on commercial, public and many residential structures — regardless of the building's age. Skipping it can trigger stop-work orders, fines and liability.
We are a licensed asbestos contractor working with general contractors, developers, property managers and homeowners across Dallas County, and we handle the survey, the abatement and the clearance as one scope.
Licensed surveys
A certified inspector samples every suspect material and delivers a signed report, with analysis through accredited laboratories.
Notifications filed
We file the Texas DSHS notification and copy you, so there is no ambiguity about whether it happened or when the clock started.
Clearance documentation
Final air clearance testing and the paperwork a plan reviewer will actually accept.
The deliverable
A survey is only worth the paper when the document holds up in front of a plan reviewer. You get a signed report, not a stack of lab printouts.
Every suspect material by location, quantity and condition, with nonfriable materials listed separately — how they behave in place is not how they behave under a machine.
Bulk sample analysis from an accredited laboratory, tied to the material it came from, chain of custody intact.
A marked plan showing where each sample was taken, so nobody guesses which wall a result belongs to.
Findings in plain language and, where material is present, the scope that clears before the structure comes down.
Your demolition contractor uses that inventory twice — to price the work and to file the notification. The City of Dallas demolition checklist asks the applicant to confirm a survey was performed under the Texas rules and NESHAP. Answer no and the permit waits.
A positive result
Finding asbestos is not the problem. Finding it late is. Step two is the critical path — ten working days is roughly two calendar weeks, and nothing you do on site shortens it.
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Quantity, material and method come off the inventory. You have the scope and cost in writing before work begins.
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Notification goes to Texas DSHS at least 10 working days before removal or any site prep that could disturb material.
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Critical barriers, negative air and licensed abatement crews, sized to the scope.
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Final air clearance testing and the paperwork that lets demolition proceed. Texas requires a demolition notification whether or not asbestos was found.
Sequencing
Work backward from the date you want machines on site. The survey is a small line item on a demolition schedule and the easiest one to leave until it is the only thing between you and a start date.
Survey and lab
Often a few business days, with rush analysis when a permit date is driving it.
Notification window
Ten working days, fixed by rule — and longer across a holiday week.
Commercial, public and multifamily
Texas rules call for a comprehensive survey of the entire building before demolition. Older commercial structures hide material a walkthrough will not find.
Single-family and small residential
The federal exclusion for buildings with four or fewer dwelling units is narrow, and falls away when several houses come down as one project. Dallas asks the survey question either way.
Common questions
In most cases, yes. NESHAP and Texas rules tie the survey requirement to demolition and renovation activity, not just building age, so a survey is typically required before work begins. We'll confirm what your specific Dallas project needs.
We prioritize active project schedules and can often complete the survey and lab analysis within a few business days, with rush options available.
Yes. We're a licensed asbestos contractor, so you get one accountable team from survey through final clearance.
Pre-demolition surveys, Dallas
Call the scope through and we will tell you what the calendar actually looks like, including how the 10-working-day window falls against your demo date.
