Experience


A Brief History

CHESTER LabNet had its humble beginnings back in 1977, founded as NEA, Inc. by John Cooper. The company added services and expanded. In 1991, the laboratory was sold to Chester Environmental and became part of CHESTER LabNet. In 1994, the Oregon branch was sold to private investors, while the rest of the Chester laboratory network was merged with Recra Environmental. CHESTER LabNet has been independent since 1994 and still going strong. The company name and ownership have changed over the years, but some things remain constant; CHESTER LabNet's specialization in inorganic air analysis and commitment to customer service.

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Testimonials
  • Consistent, quality work that is completed on time and as expected. I never have to ask or wait for results, or have things double-checked and you folks are a pleasure to work with.

    Emily VandenHoek
    Air Resource Specialists
    Fort Collins, CO

  • First and foremost is the knowledge and experience of your staff and your willingness to discuss the positive and negative aspects of sample collection and analytical approaches to unique test objectives.

    I have a lot of confidence in your analytical capabilities and the quality of your work. You are my first choice for analyses that you perform.

    Larry Cottone
    CCI Environmental Consultants
    Salt Lake City, UT

  • Personal service--I know that you guys are small, but that's cool because whoever I talk to is closer to the process than through some big isolated client services group.

    Responsiveness.  I don't know how many times I've done it, but I've called a lot and said, I need some filters real soon, and they always arrive the next day.  That's cool for procrastinators like me. And my emails get responded to in a timely fashion. Seems like the people actually know who I am.

    My compliments to you guys.

    Eric Winegar
    Applied Measurement Science
    Fair Oaks, CA

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Past & Present Clients
Regional/National Studies
Aerosol Research & Inhalation Epidemiology Study (ARIES)
Clean Air Act Status & Trends Network (CASTNet) I & II
Chemical Speciation Program EPA PM2.5 Speciation Trends Network (STN)
Consultants
Geomatrix Consultants Thermo Fisher Scientific
Air Sciences Aspen Consulting & Testing
Entec Services, Inc. CH2M Hill
Applied Environmental Consultants Barr Engineering
Earth Tech ICF Consulting
Wenck Associates URS Group, Inc.
Tetra Tech EC, Inc. TRC Environmental
SRK Danismanlik ve Muhendislik A.S. (Turkey) Weston Solutions
Air Resource Specialists, Inc. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC
EEMC Pacific Western Technologies
Research Institutes
Atmospheric Research & Analysis UCLA
Batelle Northwest Universidad de Chile
California Institute of Technology Universidad de Santiago
CE-Cert (Univ. of CA Riverside) University of California, San Diego
Harvard School of Public Health University of California, Davis
ITESM University of Cincinnati
Oregon State University University of Southern California
Princeton University University of Washington
RTI International Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Rutgers University  
Industries and Utilities
ASARCO Oregon Steel
BHP (Magma) Copper Pacific Gas & Electric
EPRI Phelps Dodge
Exxon Salt River Project
Geneva Steel Southern California Edison
J.R. Simplot U.S. Steel
North American Chemical  
Government Agencies
US EPA Washington Department of Ecology
USDA Forest Service US Army Corps or Engineers
US Department of Transportation Garfield County (CO) Public Health
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (The Netherlands) Jefferson County (AL) of Public Health
Oakridge National Laboratory Monterey Bay (CA) UAPCD
Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources Oregon DEQ
Sunnyside School District #12 Utah Division of Air Quality
Colorado Department of Health and Environment  

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