The Silent Killers: Mould and Asbestos

Mould and asbestos are sometimes referred to as the ‘silent killers in a building’.

If you have either of these in your building they are going to be a big concern and can have incredibly serious health effects on your occupants. Today, we hear from an expert with over twenty years experience dealing with the most complex indoor air quality, mould, and hazardous building materials issues. 

Our guest worked on one of the largest and most comprehensive mould cleanup projects undertaken in Canada and has acted as primary consultant for the development of government mould cleanup guidelines. He is a director with Pinchin Ltd, one of North America's premier environmental, engineering, building science, and health & safety consulting firms, Stephen Booth. 

THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT

• How mould damages buildings and causes health problems 
• Mitigation tactics for mould, fungus and hazardous materials 
• Why testing and management requires professional support 
• Using air filters as the first line of defense for airborne particles
• The fatal impact of asbestos and how to manage it if it’s in your building 

GUEST DETAILS
Stephen Booth, CET, LEED AP, RESET AP is Executive Vice President, GTA Indoor Environmental Quality at Pinchin.

Stephen has been employed by Pinchin Ltd. since 1993. Stephen holds a Diploma in Architectural Technology from Centennial College. Stephen is a Certified Engineering Technologist and LEED and RESET Air accredited professional. Stephen has more than 25years of environmental consulting experience and has managed hundreds of projects on behalf of Pinchin Ltd., including mould assessments, hazardous building materials surveys, along with complex abatement projects. This experience extends to industrial, commercial and government projects. Stephen has managed multiple whole building abatement projects for lead, mould, asbestos, and clandestine drug laboratories.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephendbooth/ 

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QUOTES

When you get substantial amounts of mould growth in your building there are a number of health effects that can occur for building occupants, primarily upper respiratory and allergy in nature. - Stephen Booth 

Filters are the first line of defense of the air that's coming into the building - Stephen Booth 

The measurement part of the samples is probably the least important part of the indoor air quality testing. - Stephen Booth 

Offices are generally better from an indoor air quality point of view than homes are. - Stephen Booth 

Millions of tons of asbestos were put into building materials through the 50s, 60s and 70s. Then, by the 1970s, we started to see that the people who had been working with asbestos 20 years earlier, had a very high rate of lung cancer and restrictive breathing problems. - Stephen Booth 

KEYWORDS

#buildingmanager #mold #mould #asbestos #indoorairquality #airfilters