THE HISTORY of EnviroCompliance Laboratories:

     EnviroCompliance Laboratories, Inc. was established in September, 1989. This step launched the planning stages of the business strategy. In November, a laboratory was refurbished in a 400 square foot facility at Hanover Industrial Park. With a basic complement of equipment, the primary goal was to provide quality data with the highest degree of service, at competitive pricing.

     With extremely favorable response, the lab quickly outgrew the original facility. In November 1991, the company moved to a 4,000 square foot bay at the nearby Lakeridge Industrial Park. This expansion added additional instrumentation and marked the emergence as a full service lab to assist the environmental business community.

     As growth continued, the company moved into its present location in February 1992. With a 22,000 square foot warehouse on US Route 1, north of Richmond, the lab had found ample space for further growth and expansion. Over 5,000 square feet of lab space was renovated.  This facility is the home of the Central Regional Laboratories.  A picture of it is at the top of this web page.

     Inquiries from the Hampton Roads area stimulated interest in that region. The distance prevented the lab from maintaining the high level of service to which our customers had become accustomed; therefore, a building was located to house the EnviroCompliance Eastern Regional Laboratories, and a full-service lab was opened in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads Region in March, 1994.

     In October of 1994, the purchase of Commonwealth Laboratory (founded 1959) enabled EnviroCompliance to expand into the Shenandoah Valley. January of 1995 also saw the acquisition of CMI Laboratory in Harrisonburg to further augment the growth in that area. A new facility was obtained in Verona, north of Staunton, in order to operate the vastly expanded laboratory. The Western Regional Laboratories of EnviroCompliance became fully serviceable in May 1995.

     Expansions at each of the labs has resulted in more than 15,000 square feet of laboratory space. This included the purchase of Industrial Water Laboratories in April of 1997.

     There are three full-service labs, and one service center, as well as a scheduled courier service, covering the entire state of Virginia.  The company has the capacity to handle priority work and comprehensive projects.  EnviroCompliance has achieved its extensive growth as a result of the utmost dedication to superior service.