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Mold – it’s a word no property owner or plant manager ever wants to hear. Mold spores spread fast making an infestation difficult to contain and nearly impossible to eradicate completely. But a mold problem must be dealt with since exposure can cause allergic reactions, asthma, and respiratory illnesses. It can also adversely affect property value as no buyer or tenant wants to occupy a mold infested space. While eliminating all indoor mold is challenging, actions can be taken to manage and prevent it.

When it comes to construction drying, do you want dehumidification or heat?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), part of the Department of Labor, has issued new respirable crystalline silica standards for construction. Through proper preparation, organizations can ensure they are compliant with the new standards and provisions. How do climate control solutions play a role? Remote monitoring is one proactive approach to the issue. Polygon’s remote monitoring (Exactaire) can both detect and mitigate the issues with air scrubbers, filtration, and ventilation to the space to eliminate silica particles from the air. Polygon also provides additional solutions for the construction industry. Click to view or download the whitepaper.

Mold can be a problem in any building, but at a university, it can be particularly serious. However, testing buildings for mold, particularly on a large busy campus, can be time-consuming, expensive, and unreliable. Since the best defense against a mold problem is prevention, or at least early diagnosis, a comprehensive maintenance and remediation plan is a must to keep students safe, and buildings operational.

For General Contractors (GCs) running a busy commercial construction site, avoiding delays, saving money, and keeping the client happy are three crucial concerns. However, climate control is necessary to a construction crew’s comfort, and often essential in expediting specific tasks, such as drying recently poured concrete or the glue used in carpet and flooring installations. Prior to construction completion, though, it’s best to employ a temporary climate solution rather than switching on the permanent HVAC (house system) that is built into the structure.