Standard Guide for Assessment Of Fungal Growth in Buildings

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This guide presents options for a systematic assessment of fungal growth in buildings.

5.2 This guide allows for site-specific flexibility and professional judgment in the choice of assessment procedures. It may not be necessary to perform in its entirety the basic assessment presented below to resolve a particular problem, for example, where fungal growth is localized and the source and extent of moisture is readily observable.

5.3 Conversely, no matter how comprehensive the survey, all fungal growth may not be identified or located in a fungal assessment.

5.4 Material removal or destructive investigation may be needed to access suspect surfaces.

5.5 Using the procedures described in this guide, the investigator may have obtained the data necessary to suggest specific recommendations, for example, how to remediate the observed fungal growth, or how to prevent further fungal growth, but those recommendations are beyond the scope of this guide.

5.6 Precautions may be needed to protect the assessor and building occupants where access may disturb fungal growth.

5.7 It is the user’s responsibility to protect information that may be considered confidential, or private, or both, in accordance with project contract, corporate protocol, or local, state, and federal regulations, or a combination thereof.

5.8 It may be necessary to enlist other disciplines or trade expertise to assist in some steps of the assessment, but recommendations of when to enlist and whom to enlist are beyond the scope of this guide.

Subcomité:

D22.08

Referida por:

D1356-20A, D1356-20A, E3369-24, D8219-19, D1356-20A, D8270-23B, D8270-23B, E3026-23E01

Volúmen:

11.07

Número ICS:

91.040.01 (Buildings in general)

Palabras clave:

assessment; building inspection; condensation; flooding; fungal growth; HVAC systems; microbiology; moisture evaluation; mold; mycology; visual inspection; water leakages;