Making Our Oklahoma City Community Safer for 38 Years

Mirage International Inc. operates in many areas of environmental contracting. We have management and supervision with extensive experience in the environmental field. This experience extends to hundreds of projects completed nationwide.


Our firm’s interest in the environmental field arose out of our management’s experience with literally hundreds of renovations and retrofitting assignments in older buildings, government military bases, and power plants – many of them requiring removal of asbestos, lead, mold, and histoplasmatic debris as well as facility decontamination.


Our parallel determination was to build an organization that would serve as a prototype for the industry, utilizing only the safest and most advanced techniques available. We are proud of our reputation for prudent management, scientific procedures and safe projects. In addition, our project delivery system has been translated into first-rate mechanisms for managing major abatement work, adding to the efficiencies of our management team.

Mike Toni – Oklahoma City, OK – Mirage International, Inc.
Mike Toni Solo Picture – Oklahoma City, OK – Mirage International, Inc.


Our cost-effectiveness and efficiency, we believe, are reflected in our work for and continuing relationships with prudently managed corporations, property managers, and owners. Of course, given the sensitive nature of the environmental areas, Mirage will sign non-disclosure agreements with our clients, which we are pleased to honor strictly.


Our management team has completed assignments in high rise commercial buildings, industrial plants, federal agencies, school systems, museums, residential buildings, and hospitals, to cite but a few client categories.


Our projects range broadly in size and type of facility. Individual projects span the spectrum from removal of asbestos insulation in a single boiler room to demolition and removal of hundreds of square feet from a building’s interiors. Often this work is performed in fully occupied and functioning buildings.


We should add here that the scope and quality of the capabilities described here are consistent throughout all of Mirage’s operations.

The substantial resources of the entire company can be called upon when necessary to supplement any major abatement undertaking. Our close working relationship with our regional office in Oklahoma City offers the benefits of a highly experienced staff to augment any operation instantly.


Mirage’s work is by no means restricted to hands-on abatement projects. Our training area is structured to provide advanced training both to our clients’ O&M personnel as well as our own management and supervisory personnel and labor force. We try to find all possible means to substitute technology for manpower in our abatement work.


Mirage International Inc. is positioned to respond instantly to any abatement needs that develop with good equipment, a workforce of highly trained and certified personnel, and up-to-date knowledge of all rapidly changing regulations and technologies.



Moreover, we are prepared to serve at any juncture of abatement assignments, from site survey through reconstruction and final documentation of a completed job. Mirage International is equipped to satisfy your needs with special efficiencies.


At each project site, Mirage International Inc. provides continuous on-site supervision, monitoring, and precisely controlled project management services to assure all schedule and budget goals, with absolute safety and security.


A Word About Our Founder—Michael Laws

Mike Toni And Wife – Oklahoma City, OK – Mirage International, Inc.

Michael Laws specializes in creative solutions to complex problems and helps establish new policies to facilitate better approaches to environmental situations. He participated with the Department of Environmental Quality in establishing the state-wide program for Lead Based Paint in Oklahoma. In addition, he has provided years of certification for asbestos and lead contractors in the state of Oklahoma and in many areas outside the United States, including Japan, Italy, Panama, Iceland, and Greenland.


He has performed environmental and occupational safety and health compliance and management assessments, permitting and compliance/regulatory plans, program development, multi-level compliance and risk/liability reduction training. Mr. Laws has over twenty-eight years of experience directing total operations and has hundreds of successful projects to his credit including responsibility of large high-profile projects dealing with American Airlines, Dupont, Denver Mint, Disney World, Dupont Plaza Hotel in Puerto Rico, and removal of environmental hazards from an international Airport while still in total operation, just to name a few.


Mr. Laws has expertise in regulatory compliance and related issues. He teaches several courses and seminars in environmental management, and had also chaired several committees, which produced reference manuals and papers for the environmental/safety business. He was a member of the team who was the first in North America to receive the ISO 9002 certification from England. He has been guest speaker for the Oklahoma Realty Association with representatives from EPA Region VI, Oklahoma Vocational Technical Conferences on more than one occasion, television appearance, and speaker for various environmental & safety conferences.


While working with the Department of Defense, Mr. Laws was responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring industrial environmental/safety programs. He was a member of the first asbestos team in the country for the U.S. Air Force, inspected plant areas and independent contractors to ensure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. He has evaluated new equipment and raw materials for safety and monitored employee exposure to chemicals and other toxic substances. In addition, he conducted training programs for hazardous waste removal, disposal, and a variety of areas in safety regulations.


Mr. Laws is currently involved with removing various environmental hazards in the private sector with his own company, Mirage International Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, with a minor in business & chemistry from University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. He is active in community affairs in Oklahoma City where he resides with his wife of over forty years. Mr. Laws has a reputation of well-founded perspectives on present day environmental problems.

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    EDUCATION

    • Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology 1975  
    • Minor in Business & Chemistry from University of Central Oklahoma & Oklahoma State University
    • EPA accredited Asbestos Inspector
    • EPA accredited Asbestos Management Planner
    • EPA accredited Asbestos Project Designer
    • EPA accredited Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor

    CURRENT POSITION

    President of Mirage International Inc.


    EXPERIENCE

    Asbestos Abatement, Asbestos Survey, Lead Base Paint, Mold Remediation, Hazardous Materials, Histoplasmatic Clean Up


    Over 35 years’ experience in abatement activities such as:

    • OSHA General Ind. Std
    • OSHA Construction Inc. Std.
    • OSHA Confined Space
    • OSHA Electrical Safety
    • OSHA Fall Protection
    • Other State and Federal Regulations

    Over 35 years’ experience in instruction for certifications:

    EPA Certification for Other Federal & Region VI, still teaching most of these classes:

    • Asbestos Project Design, Contractor/Supervisor, Inspector, Management Planner,
    • Lead Base Paint Awareness

    Six years of experience (Director of Operations for LVI Environmental Services-New York Abatement firm-our office employed over 300 employees at the time) directing operations over hundreds of projects from large profile Projects dealing with American Airlines, Dupont, Denver Mint, Disney World, Dupont Plaza Hotel in Puerto Rico, and removal from an international airport while still in total operation, just to name a few.


    Member of Environmental Management Compliance Team with the Dept. of Defense at Tinker Air Force Base. Attached to the first asbestos team for analytical & operational evaluation in the Air Force.


    Guest speaker for Oklahoma Realty Association with representatives from EPA Region VI (Joint Presentation), Oklahoma Vocational Technical Conferences on more than one occasion.


    Participated with Dept. of Environmental Quality in establishing the statewide program for Lead Base Paint in Oklahoma.


    Has worked in many states, including Colorado, California, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Area.


    Extensive experience in asbestos, mold remediation, lead base paint for industrial complexes, manufacturing plants, power plants, refineries, hospitals, commercial buildings, banks, libraries and a variety of companies and situations.

You can count on us for quality hazardous substance abatement and remediation – call now at 405-879-9788. 

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