In January a 4 story, Multi-Family Apartment Complex
suffered water and mold damage during construction.
Remediation Group, Inc. (RGI) was contracted to perform
structural drying and dehumidification. RGI utilized 150 air
movers and 5,000CFM Desiccant Dehumidifiers to reduce
the moisture content of the building materials
Due to the increased power consumption required to dry
and dehumidify the building RGI installed subpanel boxes
to comply to the electrical supply requirements.
On all project RGI utilizes professionally trained and
certified in house personnel.
The building envelope was sealed and critical barriers were
erected to help facilitate the structural drying and pending
mold remediation processes.
Negative pressurization was put in place to ensure proper
movement of air throughout the structure.
RGI owns all of its own equipment which allows for
expedited and after hour emergency response.
High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filtration machines
were strategically place throughout the building help
remove microbial elements and construction dust and
particulates from the air during the remediation process.
RGI utilized the Green Process of Dry Ice
Blasting to remediate over a million linear
feet of wood. (see Dry Ice Blasting under
services for more details of this unique
remediation process)
RGI utilized the Green Process of Dry Ice
Blasting to remediate over a million linear
feet of wood. (see Dry Ice Blasting under
services for more details of this unique
remediation process)
Spot sanding was also used during the
remediation process.
HEPA Vacuums removed settling debris before the
decontamination phase.
RGI Technicians and Project Managers
perform a very detailed, hand wiping
decontamination of all surfaces with an
antimicrobial cleaning solution.
Technicians and Project Managers worked in
rotating shifts on nights and weekends to
adhere to a time sensitive schedule in efforts
to assure the smallest amount of disruption to
the Prime General Contractor’s build
schedule as possible.
Following decontamination, RGI sealed all
framing with a primer-like antimicrobial
shield containing a white tracer element.
Due to the time of year RGI had to ensure the
building remained in certain optimal
temperature and relative humidity conditions
to apply the antimicrobial products, thus
industrial torches were used.
Newly installed windows were contained and
protected from overspray while wood was
being treated.
Finally after a few short weeks the property
was fully dried, remediated, protected and
ready to be transformed into a beautiful,
healthy Multi-Family Apartment Complex.