This ensures no asbestos is carried through the air to the remainder of the building. Air flow between asbestos work areas and other areas is controller with pumps that maintain negative air pressure in the work, area. Negative air pressure ensures that the air flows into the work area from the outside, and never the other way around. There is a middle containment area between the work area and the rest of the building. Workers shower and change clothes in this middle area.
Any material removed is placed in clean bags in the area.
These steps ensure contaminants are not carried from the work area to the rest of the building. Air quality is continually monitored inside the work area and other areas of the building. Thanks for Your Support Office moves, parking reassignments, maneuvering around construction fences, and huge dumpsters in parking lots are all a part of a major construction project like Operation Bold Move. Staff from departments in the Lucas and Old Historical Buildings, as well as some in adjacent buildings, have been inconvenienced in one way or another. All have shown tremendous patience and support.