Author archive: Tony McDonald
A-Z Solutions, Inc. Breathes New Life into Cleveland’s Historic Templin Bradley Building
Cleveland’s historic Templin Bradley building has been given a facelift. As part of a major restoration project, the building has been renovated into a 30 unit apartment complex. The Templin Bradley building was built in 1916 and is listed on the national register of historic buildings. The property was the home of the Templin Bradley…
HUD Multifamily Radon Testing Protocols: Why you have to test on every Floor of a Building By: Jessica Karns
I was recently asked by a client “If radon comes from the ground why do you have to test for it on every level of the building?” To many, this HUD requirement must seem like a very unnecessary and expensive task added to the radon testing protocol of a multifamily building. As a licensed radon…
Revitalizing Cleveland: A-Z Solutions Raises Standards for Energy Efficient Vapor Mitigation in New Construction
A 16 month new construction project has finally been completed and the results are better than even we expected. As part of the projects’ environmental sustainability program, A-Z Solutions was contracted to design and vapor mitigation systems in 3 newly constructed buildings on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland Ohio. Our project…
Conducting a Communication Test
The first step in installing an SSD system is called a communication, or Radius of Influence (ROI) test. This procedure allows the vapor removal specialist to quantify the airflow and pressure needed to depressurize the area directly beneath the buildings’ concrete floor. Some buildings require high airflow at low pressure and some require the…
Proper Placement Of SDD Fan Motor
Throughout my years of working in the field, I have seen many types of “blunders” in vapor removal systems. I have seen suction points not properly sealed, oversized systems, grossly undersized systems and plenty of energy loss mistakes. The one mistake that always seems to make me stop dead in my tracks is when I…