Limited Hazardous Materials Investigation - 3 Helmcken Road, Victoria, BC

3 Helmcken Road, Victoria, BC

Prepared for High Street Living daslobodan@highstreetliving.ca 702-1708 Dolphin Ave Kelowna, BC V1Y 9S4

Prepared by Island EHS 201 – 990 Hillside Avenue Victoria, B.C. V8T 2A1 778-406-0933 www.islandehs.ca

Executive Summary

Island EHS was engaged by High Street Living to carry out a non-destructive limited hazardous materials investigation at 3 Helmcken Road in Victoria, BC. This investigation was conducted prior to purchase of the building. If the client acquires the property, the building will be demolished. The building was occupied at the time of the investigation. This investigation was carried out on March 16, 2018.

This investigation is intended to identify the locations and types of hazardous materials that are present in the building.

The building is a two-level wood framed apartment building with a basement and partial crawlspace. The laundry/store room, crawlspace, Unit 10, common hallways and the exterior of the building (not including roof) were investigated. Additional stucco samples were collected from the exterior of 1445 Burnside Road and 1449 Burnside Road, as requested by the client. Invasive sampling was not carried out.

The following hazardous materials were reviewed:

Note: Renovation or demolition activities will require protective measures. Materials may be encountered during work activities that are not identified in this report. If this happens, work must stop in those areas until the materials are properly identified.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 2
• 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4
• 2.0 Hazardous Materials .............................................................................................................. 5
  • 2.1 Materials Subject to WorkSafeBC Regulations ............................................................... 5
    • 2.1.1 Asbestos ...................................................................................................................... 5
    • 2.1.2 Lead ............................................................................................................................. 6
    • 2.1.3 Silica ............................................................................................................................ 7
    • 2.1.4 Mercury ........................................................................................................................ 7
    • 2.1.5 Hantavirus .................................................................................................................... 7
    • 2.1.6 Arsenic ......................................................................................................................... 8
    • 2.1.7 Radioactive Materials .................................................................................................. 8
  • 2.2 Materials Subject to WorkSafeBC Guidelines ................................................................. 8
    • 2.2.1 Mould ........................................................................................................................... 8
  • 2.3 Materials Controlled by Environmental Regulations ........................................................ 9
    • 2.3.1 Polychlorinated Biphenyls ............................................................................................ 9
    • 2.3.2 Ozone Depleting Substances ...................................................................................... 9
    • 2.3.3 Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation .......................................................................... 9
    • 2.3.4 Fuel Oil Storage Tanks ................................................................................................ 9
    • 2.3.5 Leachable Metals ............................................................................................................. 9
    • 2.3.6 Other Materials .............................................................................................................. 10
• 3.0 Results and Recommendations .......................................................................................... 11
  • 3.1 Asbestos ........................................................................................................................ 11
  • 3.2 Lead ............................................................................................................................... 12
  • 3.3 Leachable Metals ........................................................................................................... 13
  • 3.4 Silica .............................................................................................................................. 13
  • 3.5 Mercury .......................................................................................................................... 13
  • 3.6 Hantavirus (and other Animal Droppings) ..................................................................... 14
  • 3.7 Arsenic ........................................................................................................................... 14
  • 3.8 Radioactive Materials .................................................................................................... 14
  • 3.9 Mould ............................................................................................................................. 14
  • 3.10 Polychlorinated Biphenyls ............................................................................................. 14
  • 3.11 Ozone Depleting Substances ........................................................................................ 14
  • 3.12 Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation ............................................................................ 14
  • 3.13 Fuel Oil Storage Tanks .................................................................................................. 15
  • 3.14 Other Materials .............................................................................................................. 15
  • 3.15 Abatement Clearance Documentation ........................................................................... 15
• 4.0 Closure ................................................................................................................................ 15

Appendix 1 Photographs Appendix 2 Laboratory Results

1.0 Introduction

Island EHS was engaged by High Street Living to carry out a non-destructive limited hazardous materials investigation at 3 Helmcken Road in Victoria, BC. This investigation was conducted prior to purchase of the building. If the client acquires the property, the building will be demolished. The building was occupied at the time of the investigation. This investigation was carried out on March 16, 2018.

The building is a two-level wood framed structure with a basement. The interior walls and ceilings of the laundry/store room, Unit 10 and the hallways are finished with plaster. The flooring is a combination of concrete, carpet and sheet vinyl flooring. The exterior is finished with stucco and a tar and gravel roof. The building is heated by electric baseboards. Oil fired hot water heaters are present in the crawlspace. The roof and the ceiling cavity was not investigated during the survey.

Three additional stucco samples were collected from the exterior of 1445 Burnside Road and 1449 Burnside Road to test for the presence of asbestos, as requested by the client.

This report does not comply with the BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, Part 20, Section 20.112 with regards to the identification of all hazardous materials prior to demolition. Further assessment will be required prior to demolition.

Visual identification of hazardous materials was carried out. Representative samples of building materials were collected for asbestos testing.