Andrew F. Oberta, MPH, CIH
AFO01photo.jpg (267429 bytes)

 

The Environmental Consultancy

900 Route 620 South, Suite C101, M/S 101
Austin, TX 78734
(512) 266-1368 / (800) 668-1368


Maybe you don’t need a rocket scientist, but it helps


Explorer I
January 31, 1958

Asbestos guru
   Rocket scientist
Click on my picture for my biographical summary including a list of publications and presentations
This site last updated on August 9, 2010
Click on the picture for my recollection of America's first years in space. See a video of an amateur rocket launch

Information on this website for The Environmental Consultancy
Asbestos consulting and training services
What I do and how I do it
Asbestos surveys for building permits in Central Texas
Why you need them -- How I do them

Negative Exposure Assessments
What they are -- How to use them -- How I can help you


TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Pump, rotameter, cassette or Pump, cassette, rotameter: Does it matter?
More than you could possibly want to know about HEPA Filtration
Monitoring negative air machine exhaust -- join the discussion

I welcome your inquiry by e-mail to info@asbestosguru-oberta.com

Information on my other website for Environment-i-media, Inc.
Asbestos training and information technology products

Asbestos Management Software

Read my book!
ASTM Manual on Asbestos Control: Surveys, Removal and Management – Second Edition

Click here for more information
(but please return to this site)

Take my course!
ASTM Standards for Asbestos Control

Click here for more information or to schedule a course for your organization


Andy Oberta is an asbestos guru -- and a former rocket scientist. He holds the unique combination of Aeronautical Engineering and Master of Public Health degrees. An internationally-recognized expert on asbestos control, he provides special consultation services for problems and projects of an unusual or confidential nature, expert witness services for litigation related to the management of asbestos-containing materials, and asbestos training services and products.

Andy is Certified in Comprehensive Practice by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and is licensed as an Asbestos Consultant in Texas. He is accredited according to EPA asbestos regulations as an Inspector, Management Planner and Project Designer for schools and for public, commercial and industrial buildings.

Andy is a Past-President of the Environmental Information Association, chaired the AIHA Asbestos Subcommittee and is an AIHA Fellow. He is chairman of the ASTM Task Group on Asbestos Management and is the author of the ASTM Manual on Asbestos Control: Surveys, Removal and Management – Second Edition, which explains the use of the three asbestos control standards he is responsible for. Early in his career, he was a member of the American Rocket Society and worked on the largest solid propellant rocket motors ever made.


Andy Oberta supports the activitiesof the Texas Hill Country Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (www.texashillcountryaiha.org), the Environmental Information Association (www.eia-usa.org), ASTM International (www.astm.org) and the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (www.AsbestosDiseaseAwareness.org).


©2002 - 2009. All graphics and text are property of The Environmental Consultancy and may not be used without written permission from The Environmental Consultancy. See Conditions of Use.