Asbestos and Lead Abatement For Fargo Businesses
EPA and OSHA-compliant abatement for commercial, industrial, and government facilities in Fargo, Moorhead, and the Red River Valley. Our local Moorhead crew schedules around your operations.
One Call for The Most Toxic Hazards. A Local Crew You Can Trust.
Much of the commercial building stock in Fargo and Moorhead dates back decades. This includes the historic warehouses along Broadway, the older structures on the NDSU campus, and the retail spaces built during post-war expansion. Buildings from these eras often contain asbestos and lead.
Horsley Specialties handles both. We remove hazardous materials using EPA and OSHA-compliant methods that protect tenants, employees, and contractors. Because we operate a fully staffed office in Moorhead, our crews are local to Cass and Clay counties. We deploy quickly without high mobilization fees and manage the required compliance paperwork from start to finish.
Why Fargo Businesses & Property Managers Partner with Horsley Specialties
EPA & OSHA Compliance Without the Guesswork
We follow state and federal requirements strictly. Every project is documented from containment through final disposal. This documentation protects your liability and is necessary during commercial property transfers across North Dakota and Minnesota.
Minimize Downtime & Disruptions
Fargo relies on healthcare, banking, and agricultural processing. Facilities cannot sit idle. We phase our removal schedules and build strict containments so unaffected parts of your building stay open and operational while we work.
Real Commercial & Government Experience
We have cleared schools, power plants, and rail cars across the region. This background applies directly to the hospitals, food processing plants, and multi-tenant commercial blocks in the Fargo market. We handle complex logistics daily.
Asbestos Abatement Services
Commercial properties built before 1980 frequently contain asbestos. In Fargo, we regularly find it in 9-inch floor tiles, black mastic, and boiler room pipe insulation within older downtown buildings. Federal rules require an asbestos inspection before commercial renovation or demolition begins.
When testing confirms asbestos in your facility’s walls, ceilings, flooring, or mechanical systems, Horsley Specialties removes it. We provide the physical containment, extraction, and disposal required by the EPA and OSHA. No commercial job in Cass County is too large or complex for our local teams.
Common materials that include asbestos
- Electrical components
- Ceiling and floor tiles
- Mastic & adhesives
- Boiler insulation
- Fireproofing
- Joint compounds
- Pipe insulation
- Drywall systems
- Plaster & texture
- Caulking & glazing
- Roofing materials
What Our Customers Are Saying
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Lead Removal and Remediation Experts in North Dakota
Lead is common in paint and plumbing inside buildings constructed before 1978. In Fargo, older storefronts downtown and early 1900s houses in the Hawthorne and Clara Barton neighborhoods are often converted into commercial spaces or daycares. Daycares and preschools fall under strict EPA child-occupied facility rules.
Commercial lead work is governed by OSHA’s lead standard for construction. We isolate the work area, remove or stabilize the lead-contaminated components, and clean the space to clearance standards so your staff or tenants can occupy the building safely.
Where We Commonly Find Lead
- Paint Debris
- Water Pipes
- Ceramic Glazes
- Building Materials & Components
Quality Work That Exceeds Standards
We use chemical and mechanical methods of lead paint removal, and we do both renovations and restorations to properties to ensure health and safety standards are not just met but exceeded for your well-being and the well-being of your home, business, and the surrounding environment.
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abatement process
Abatement where you need it
Commercial Facilities
& Offices
Industrial Sites & Warehouses
Government & Institutional Projects
Serving Fargo, Moorhead & the Red River Valley
Horsley Specialties operates a permanent office in Moorhead, Minnesota. Fargo-Moorhead projects are staffed and managed locally. We set the mobilization date with you during your consultation. Because we are already in the area, travel time is negligible and does not inflate your project timeline.
- Fargo
- Moorhead
- West Fargo
- Dilworth
- Horace
- Casselton
- Hawley
- Wahpeton
- Jamestown
- Detroit Lakes
- Grand Forks
Asbestos Abatement FAQ
The only reliable way is testing by a licensed asbestos inspector. If your facility was built or renovated before the early 1980s, an inspection is strongly recommended before any demolition or renovation work begins.
Cost depends on the material type, the size and accessibility of the affected area, and whether the project requires full containment. We provide a detailed quote after an on-site assessment, not a generic estimate
Not necessarily. Many projects can be contained and phased to keep unaffected areas of your building operational. We’ll walk through scheduling and containment options during your consultation.
Lead Abatement FAQ
The best method is to contact a licensed lead inspector in your area. If you have a positive test, Horsley Specialties can help remove contaminated materials safely.
There is no standard for how much lead abatement will cost. Material being removed, accessibility to the work area, and the overall scope of work are just a few of the contributing factors in determining costs. In general, Component removal is the quickest and least expensive method of removing a lead painted or contaminated building component.
There are many different ways of removing lead. These include chemical stripping of the building component, removal and disposal of the component in its entirety, Needle scaling within an appropriate enclosure, and in very rare cases abrasive sanding or blasting.
