OHC is considered the resident expert for HUD in Washington providing comprehensive quality assurance support services for specialized Lead Based Paint (LBP) inspections and risk assessments all over the Untied States. OHC reviews and approve all reports generated by the contractors for completeness and accuracy and to ensure that they are in compliance with HUD guidelines. The scope of work is as follows:

1. Review the evaluation contractors on site records of scheduling and quality control
2. Meet and communicate with the evaluation contractors concerning findings and deficiencies.
3. Assess and report on the evaluation contractor’s credentials and certifications.
4. Conduct field collaborative quality assurance inspections during 5% of the inspections.
5. Conduct quality assurance review of all reports submitted by the contractors.
6. Provide written report to HUD on all quality assurance activities.
7. Analyze trends form evaluation data and inspection/risk assessor activities.
8. Provide comprehensive and crosscutting analysis of evaluation contractor and recommendations for continuous improvements.

In addition, OHC has recently been awarded a $3 Million dollars contract to perform Lead Based Paint (LPB) inspections and risk assessments for housing authorities all over the United States. OHC is responsible for identification of lead based paint and performing risk assessments at each housing to determine the extend of lead contamination inside the units and in the soil.

OHC prepares a CADD site plan that clearly indicates the major architectural and topographical features, such as the locations of buildings and other structures; fences, streets, driveways and parking lots; pools, ponds and streams; large hills and ditches; and compass orientation.  The intent of the site plan is to provide HUD and the Owner with a visual definition map for codes and terms used by the inspector to track and report results.  OHC shall ensure that reported test result locations correlate with designations used on the site plan. Names of architectural and topographical features shall be consistent throughout the report. The designations shall be used to record and report locations of tests made.  OHC shall place on the site plan a unique label for each major architectural and topographical feature.

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