R. David Bierman, REA
Environmental Consultant
- State Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) #06607 (1996) conducting indoor air pollution analysis of both homes and offices, sampling for bioaerosols, carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds.
- Consultant to the restoration and insurance industry on microbial contamination of buildings since 1993.
- Principal of Safe Environments since 1990.
Presentations and Memberships
- National lecturer to the restoration industry on microbial contamination in buildings including American Society of Cleaning and Restoration, Water Loss Institute and the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Hygiene Resource Center.
- Lecturer on indoor air pollution problems to various real estate and insurance claims associations, and educational institutions.
- Instructor for Safe Environments Seminars on Environmental Building Investigations and Electromagnetic Field Surveys
- Charter member of the National Electromagnetic Field Testers Association
- Former California state certified Radon inspector, 1992-1994
- Former California state certified Asbestos inspector, 1990-1991
- Department of Health Services certified Lead Risk Assessor and Inspector, 1996
- Member of the Institute of Cleaning, and Restoration Certification, microbial subcommittee, since 1996.
- Member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1997
- Board Member of New Perspectives Counseling Center, S.F., since, 1994
Education
- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, (B.Sc. Biology), 1975.
Continuing Education
- Bioaerosol Conference on the new ACGIH Bioaerosol Guidelines sponsored by ACGIH- 1999
- 9th Annual Indoor Air Pollution Conference- sponsored by U.S. EPA-1998
- Sampling for Biological Contamination-U.S. EPA Conference. 1997
- California Industrial Hygiene Conference- Technical Track, Bioaerosols, 1997
- National Conference: Biological Contamination in Indoor Environments, MidAtlantic Environmental Hygiene Resource Center & EPA, 1997
- UC Berkeley - Lead Based Paint, Risk Assessor and Inspector course, 1996.
- Harvard School of Public Health - Advanced Aerobiology course 1995.
- 10th Annual Conference on Industrial Hygiene- Microorganisms in Indoor Air/Molds in Indoor Air: Sampling and Remediation, 1995.
- National Conference on Fungi and Bacteria in Indoor Environments, 1994.
- UC Berkeley- Radon Measurements, 1991.
- UC Berkeley - AHERA Asbestos certification course, 1991.
Experience
- As principal of Safe Environments Home and Office Testing Service in Berkeley, Ca., since 1990 to the present, I have conducted over 1000 building environmental surveys.
- Principal investigator of over 50 sewage backflows and over 400 fungi contaminated buildings since 1991.
- Research associate, Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Syracuse, N.Y. under Robert Becker M.D. Experience in various microbiological techniques in 1975.
- Expert witness for cases on fungi contamination of residential structures.
Publications
- Contributor to the IICRC S-500 1994 Standard Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration
- Cleanfax Magazine, Mar/Apr., 1997 "Important Considerations in the Decontamination of Flooded Buildings"
- American Western Life Insurance "Wellness Newsletter" quarterly, Jan, April, 1994
- Healthworld, Jan/Feb., 1991 "Indoor Pollution"
- S. F. Business Times, April 18, 1990 "Office Indoor Air Quality"
- "The Effects of Electrically Generated Metallic Ions", Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Feb., 1976.