FACILITIES MANAGER FIRED AS MOLD REMEDIATION COSTS SOAR
CHICAGO, IL - With so much focus being placed on the potential health affects of mold contamination in public and private buildings, the high cost of remediating the contamination sometimes goes unremarked.
Officials at a Chicago-area school district are learning the hard way just how costly failing to take preventive action to avoid mold contamination can be.
Mold-related bills for St. Charles East High School since it was closed in early April total between $500,000 and $750,000 and mostly likely will climb higher, school district officials told the Chicago Tribune.
Those costs do not take into account repairs once the cleanup is complete, but the figures do include the cost of transporting students to another school. St. Charles, part of District 303, has been closed since the extent of the mold contamination inside some of the schools walls was discovered in early April.
The mold contamination has also been costly to District 303's facilities department. In the wake of the mold discovery and an apparent lack of important maintenance, the district last month fired its maintenance and facilities manager and announced a review of maintenance practices throughout the district.
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Using a firm that:
- Is a Certified Firm
- Has been referred by a friend
- Is a member of a regional trade association
- Is involved in the local community
- Has educated employees that will greatly increase the likelihood that the resulting service experience will be a positive one for the consumer.
Both the code of ethics and the pledge have different sections.
These sections pertain primarily to:
- Working for and protecting the consumer.
- Company education and certification.
- Conducting business.
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Second
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