Asbestos survey software for environmental consultants
Asbestos inspection software, from bulk sample to compliance report.
aQRate brings hazmat survey collection, lab results, and reporting into one platform. Environmental consultants and state-certified asbestos inspectors use it to track homogeneous areas, bulk samples, and lab results, all from the field and even offline.
30-day free trial. No credit card required.
HA-04-B-012
TSI, mudded elbows
Yes
Offline bulk sample tracking
Log Sample ID, Homogenous Area, Condition and Friable status in a boiler room with no signal. Each bulk sample is numbered on the phone as it is bagged, so the label on the bag and the record in the app never drift apart.
Mobile to portal, one chain of custody
When the truck reaches the road, the day's samples sync to the web portal. The reviewer sees the same records the inspector wrote, ready for the lab submittal sheet, with no copying from a field notebook.
One-click survey reports
When PLM results come back, the Asbestos Report Template turns the submissions into a PDF: HA table, sample results, photos and locations in the order a duty holder and an abatement contractor expect.
50%
less admin time
Up to 50% less admin time re-entering field data, downloading and categorizing photos, and building client reports.
Based on internal benchmarks. Results vary by workflow.
Who it's for
Built for every kind of hazmat survey operation
From the sole inspector logging mudded pipe elbows to the campus owner keeping an asbestos register for forty buildings, the record structure is the same: homogeneous area, bulk sample, photo, lab result.
01
Environmental consulting firms
Standardize surveys across every certified inspector and field crew, so a Sample ID from the Calgary office reads the same as one from Denver and the report reviewer never has to guess at a homogeneous area label.
02
State-certified asbestos inspectors
Capture homogeneous areas, bulk samples, and photos without mismatched labels. The Sample Picture is taken inside the sample record, so the photo of a Transite heat shield never ends up under the floor tile.
03
Abatement contractors
Work from the same records the survey produced, not a re-typed summary: the HA, the Friable flag, the Damage Category and the Quantity the inspector measured are what the abatement scope is priced on.
04
Facility and property managers
Maintain a living asbestos register across a whole portfolio. Each re-inspection updates the same record the original survey created, so the duty holder can show the history of a material, not just its latest condition.
05
Government and institutional facility owners
Run pre-renovation and pre-demolition NESHAP surveys across large campuses: schools, hospitals and mechanical plants surveyed building by building, with samples rolled up to the campus level.
06
Industrial hygiene and HazMat consulting teams
Extend the same workflow to lead, mold, and other regulated materials. One form builder, one mobile app and one report template serve the asbestos survey and the lead paint survey on the same job.
The Asbestos Inspections starter template
The bulk sampling log your inspectors already fill in, on a phone
The Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log captures each suspect ACM as one record: Sample ID, Material Description, Sample Location, Homogenous Area, Condition, Damage Category, Friable, Quantity and the Sample Picture. Drywall compound, 12x12 floor tile and mastic, fume hood liners, structural steel spray fireproofing, popcorn ceiling texture or a high-temperature rope gasket: each one is described and photographed where the inspector is standing.
Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log
Sample ID*
Material Description*
Sampling Date*
Sampling Time*
Sample Location*
Homogenous Area*
Condition*
Damage Category*
Friable*
Quantity*
Sample Picture*
Sub Part
Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log
Report ready: Asbestos Report Template
The one that answers the labelling risk
Timestamped, geotagged sample photos that travel with the data.
Every sample photo carries its own timestamp and GPS location and stays locked to its Sample ID and homogeneous area. No separate camera roll, no renaming 80 files back at the office, no risk of a photo getting matched to the wrong sample.
When the lab reports 12x12 floor tile mastic at 3% chrysotile, the reviewer opens that Sample ID and sees the tile, the mastic and the room it came from in one record: the picture that backs the finding in the compliance report.
Analytics and reporting
Know what's happening across every survey
The Asbestos Inspection Dashboard reads the same submissions the field crew wrote, so the count of positive samples in the mechanical plant is the count the inspector bagged, not a tally someone kept on the side.
Bulk sample results by zone
80 samples, 24 positive for asbestos. Illustrative demo data, not a customer survey.- Negative (no asbestos detected)
- Positive (ACM confirmed by PLM)
Sample tracking
Every bulk sample tied to its homogeneous area, photo, and lab result in one record.
Lab result integration
PLM and TEM results map directly into the structured record, with no manual re-entry from the lab's PDF.
Risk dashboards
See positive and negative results and risk by zone, building, or portfolio, with friable TSI surfaced first.
Chain-of-custody visibility
Track every sample from field collection to lab result to final report, with the date and time it changed hands.
Client-ready reports
Generate PDF reports and asbestos registers in one click, ready for your certified inspector to review and sign.
Getting started
From signup to insight in six simple steps
Create a free account
Sign up at the portal; the Asbestos Inspections template is chosen for you.
Download the mobile app
iOS or Android. Sign in once and the survey forms are on the phone.
Build or choose a survey form
Start with the Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log, or add fields for lead and mold.
Collect data offline in the field
Log each homogeneous area and bulk sample, photograph it, and keep working with no signal.
Review submissions in the portal
Check Sample IDs against the chain-of-custody sheet before samples go to the PLM lab.
Generate reports and dashboards
One-click PDF from the Asbestos Report Template, and the dashboard for the whole site.
Platform overview. The asbestos template swaps in the Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log and Asbestos Report Template shown above.
Customization
Your surveys aren't one-size-fits-all. Neither is aQRate.
A pre-demolition NESHAP survey of a 1960s hospital and a re-inspection of a school's asbestos register need different fields, different reviewers and different reports. Shape each one without a developer.
Assign inspections to team members
Send the mechanical plant to the inspector with the confined-space ticket.
See completion status across every site
Which buildings on the campus are surveyed, which are waiting on lab results.
Lab sample tracking and results
PLM and TEM results recorded against the Sample ID they belong to.
Certificates for compliance documentation
Issue and track the certificates your certified inspectors and firm hold.
Work orders for scheduling abatement follow-up
Turn a damaged friable TSI finding into a scheduled abatement job.
Excel import/export
Bring in last year's asbestos register; export this year's for the duty holder.
One-click PDF reports and visualizations
The Asbestos Report Template and the Asbestos Inspection Dashboard.
REST API and webhooks
Push a positive result into your project management or LIMS system.
See it in action
A real 80-sample survey, mapped end to end
We ran a pre-renovation asbestos survey for a mid-century institutional facility — 80 bulk samples across four zones: academic classrooms, labs and workshops, assembly and food service areas, and the central mechanical plant — then generated the reports in one click.
From aQRate's own demo project, not a customer case study. Tiles below are schematic previews; the live report holds the actual figures.
60%
fewer data handling steps
33%
fewer administrative mistakes
In this demo project, aQRate cut data handling steps by 60% and reduced administrative mistakes by 33% compared with the notebook, camera roll and spreadsheet method. These figures belong to this one 80-sample demo, not to the general benchmark above.
Your data is yours.
Export anytime to Excel or through our APIs. An asbestos register you built in aQRate leaves with you as a spreadsheet, complete with every Sample ID and lab result.
Built in Canada.
Built by Roshan Water Solutions, Edmonton, Alberta, a team that started in water sampling and borehole logging, where chain of custody is the whole job.
The asbestos inspection app
Native iOS and Android, offline first.
Questions inspectors ask
Frequently asked questions
Certification of inspectors and firms is issued by state or local environmental health authorities under AHERA training standards. aQRate supports that certified inspector's workflow; it does not certify anyone.
Yes. The iOS and Android apps keep collecting homogeneous areas, bulk samples and sample photos with no signal, in a basement mechanical room or a shuttered wing, and sync to the portal when a connection returns.
Yes. Start from the Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log and Asbestos Inspection forms in the starter template, then add, remove or reorder fields in the form builder. Nested and repeatable sections, photo capture, GPS pins and signatures are all available with no code.
No. The 30-day free trial requires no credit card.
Yes. Add every certified inspector, field technician and report reviewer to one organization, assign inspections to team members and follow completion status across every site from the web portal.
Yes. Export any form's submissions to Excel at any time, or pull records through the REST API and push events out with webhooks. Your data is yours.
Yes. Every bulk sample, its homogeneous area, its timestamped photo and its PLM or TEM result live in one record, from field collection through final report, so chain of custody is visible without a separate spreadsheet.
Yes. The Asbestos Report Template produces one-click PDF reports, and the same submissions feed a living asbestos register. The report itself is prepared and signed off by your certified inspector; aQRate assembles the data. Read the 80-sample demo use case for a full walkthrough. Read the demo use case
Pricing is based on usage. See the details below. See pricing
Your samples don't wait for the office. Neither should your data.
Start with the Asbestos Inspections template: the Asbestos Bulk Sampling Log, the Asbestos Inspection Dashboard and the Asbestos Report Template, with 7 sample records to explore. 30-day free trial. No credit card required.