Merrimack Environmental Solution Corp.

Merrimack Environmental Solution Corp. works the hazardous end of home repair — asbestos, mold and lead — from an office on Canal Street in Lawrence. Manuel Colon is named as its owner, the BBB lists the company under Asbestos Removal, and BuildZoom's services picker reads "Mold, Lead, and Asbestos" and "Other Environmental Services". Its credentials carry the detail here. The company's SBA 8(a) Business Development Program certification is active on the federal registry, and the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office carries it as both a certified Minority Business Enterprise and a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. A government bid directory lists the ownership as Hispanic American. BuildZoom lists two Massachusetts licences for the company — Home Improvement Contractor #215225 and Asbestos Contractor #AC000890 — and scores it 94, which it says puts the company in the top 24% of the 139,240 Massachusetts licensed contractors it tracks. The BBB file lists a single employee, so ask who will actually be on site for a containment job and whether the crew is subcontracted. The outfit to call when a test comes back positive and the work needs a licensed abatement contractor rather than a general remodeler. Confirm both licence numbers on the state's own register, ask how air clearance testing is handled and who performs it, and get the containment and disposal plan in writing before anyone starts.