Southern Environmental Consulting SEC Inc designs plans and

Last updated: 2/4/2024

Southern Environmental Consulting SEC Inc designs plans and specifications for asbestos abatement removal projects in public private and government buildings Currently SEC must conduct an air test before allowing the occupancy of a building after the asbestos has been removed SEC subcontracts air test samples to a laboratory for analysis by transmission electron microscopy TEM To offset the cost of TEM analysis SEC charges its clients 125 more than the subcontractor s fee The only expenses in this system are the costs of shipping the air test samples to th subcontractor and the labor involved in shipping the samples With the growth of the business SEC must consider eith continuing to subcontract the TEM analysis to outside companies or developing its own TEM laboratory Because of the passage of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act AHERA by the U S Congress SEC expects about 1 000 air sample tests per year over eight years The firm s MARR is known to be 7 Click the icon to view the description of alternatives Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when MARR 7 per year a Determine the cost of an air sample test by the TEM laboratory in house