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Reducing Radon in Schools and Commercial Buildings—Field Perspectives
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Reducing Radon in Schools and Commercial Buildings—Field Perspectives
Problem Solving Activity
Court House
You are requested to prepare a proposal to mitigate a court house of sandstone
built in 1889. The building is 2 ½ stories with a slate roof. The basement has poured
concrete floors. Many of the basement walls are two foot thick brick walls. Attached is
a floor plan of the basement. The pre tests were done in seventeen (17) rooms. The
test results were 0.6 to 10.8 pCi/L for an average of 5.6. There is no ductwork below
the floor.
Using the floor plan of the court house basement, explain what diagnostics you
would perform to enable you to prepare a proposal.
Write a proposal based on diagnostics that show good communication in every
room in the basement using one suction hole. Show where you would put the suction
hole.
Write a proposal using two suction holes since diagnostics show that
communication is not good using only one suction hole. Indicate where you would
place the two suction holes.
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Reducing Radon in Schools and Commercial Buildings—Field Perspectives
Problem Solving Activity
Commercial Office
You are requested to prepare a proposal to mitigate a commercial office building.
Attached is a floor plan of the office. The black dots are the in-floor supply vents for the
air handler. The air handler runs continuously. The heat is electric baseboard. The pre
test radon level was 6.3 pCi/L. The air conditioning is tied into the air handler. When
you drill your first test hole, the air blows up into your face.
What diagnostics will you need to do to determine if a sub-slab depressurization
system will work?
Write a proposal outlining what type of system you will install that will reduce the
radon in the office to 3.9 pCi/L or less.
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Reducing Radon in Schools and Commercial Buildings—Field Perspectives
Course Completion Exam Questions
Please respond with True/False and provide a short explanation.
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1.
Do you need a special license to mitigate schools and commercial
buildings in Illinois?
2.
All Illinois licensed mitigators have a Quality Assurance (QA) Plan. This
QA plan is all that is needed to mitigate schools and commercial
buildings.
3.
Anyone with a few years experience in mitigating houses should have no
problem mitigating schools or commercial buildings.
4.
Fans used in schools and commercial buildings are readily available from
radon equipment supply houses such as Radon Away and RCI.
5.
A heavy duty vacuum cleaner and some micro manometers will be
sufficient tools for diagnostics on schools and commercial buildings.
6.
For each school and commercial building you will develop a Quality
Assurance Project Plan.
7.
Air handlers in school and commercial buildings many times are turned
off at night and on holidays and week-ends. This should lower the radon
level.
8.
Diagnostics in schools and commercial buildings require using Working
Level Monitors (WLM) as well as Continuous Radon Monitors (CRM).
9.
Closed rooms with exhaust fans will require make up air.
10.
Equilibrium ratios must be calculated rather than assuming a 50% ratio as
we do on houses.
11.
Simply measuring the radon level may result in incomplete
characterization of the radon/radon decay product scenario and in
unnecessarily high mitigation costs.
12.
A thorough investigation must be made of the HVAC system especially of
return air movement through crawl spaces, hallways and sub slab duct
work.
13.
Development of a Communication Plan with the buildings management
that includes employee information sessions informing them about radon
and what your plan is to reduce it is not necessary.
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