Dear Kappa Parents,
I am writing to inform/update you on the progress of the house. Rainbow International, the remediation company, has been working many hours these past two weeks to get the house ready for the women. Here is a timeline of the most recent progress:
- On Friday August 27th Rainbow International focused their work on the basement, which included: cleaning all walls and horizontal surfaces with a hepa vacuum, removal of the carpet and furniture, removal and cleaning of ceiling tiles, cleaning of all pipes above the ceiling tiles, the installation of five hepa air scrubbers and one dehumidifier.
- On Monday August 30th, Rainbow International crews moved upstairs and cleaned all walls, horizontal surfaces and carpets with a hepa vacuum on the third floor. In addition to the surface cleaning hepa air scubbers and dehumidifers were placed on the first, second and third floors. Also on Monday the cleaning of the House Mother’s apartment was completed.
- On Tuesday August 31st, John Beltz the Industrial Hygienist returned to the house to take more air samples. He took a total of eighteen different samples throughout the house.
- On Wednesday September 1st, Rainbow International returned to the house and began work on the second floor. Just like the third floor, they surfaced cleaned the walls, horizontal surfaces and carpets with a hepa vacuum. Also on Wednesday work was completed on the cleaning of all 42 individual air conditioning units with a hepa vacuum.
- Test results were received on the evening of the 1st, and under the guidance of the Industrial Hygienist, I chose postpone the move-in date. In the opinion of John, CIH, the levels were still not at the level they needed to be to move girls in.
- On Thursday September 2nd, Rainbow International looked over the test results and altered their remediation plan accordingly. The crew decided to take a look inside the ceiling on the second and third floor and then cleaned all pipes inside. At this point Rainbow also cleaned all of the ceiling tiles on both floors. Crews also moved downstairs and completed the same cleaning process on the first floor. All walls, horizontal surfaces and carpets on the first floor were cleaned with a hepa vacuum while hepa air scrubbers and dehumidifiers kept hard at work. At approximately 10:30pm cleaning was completed. The hepa air scrubbers and dehumidifiers will continue to run throughout the weekend and will be turned off on Monday evening upon the request of the Industrial Hygienist.
- Today, September 3rd, was spent working with the HVAC company, HFI, to find a solution in order to ensure this does not happen again. Here are the steps that will be taken: Baffle’s were installed in the ceiling this morning to keep air circulating and over the next two weeks UV Emitters will be installed in all 42 air conditioning units that will kill and/or reduce surface and airborne microorganisms that contribute to the spread of mold/mold spores and bacteria.
- An Industrial Hygienist is scheduled to come to the house on Tuesday, September 7th, to retest. We should have results 24 hours after the samples are turned into the lab and will share those with you as soon as we have them.
That is a timeline of the most recent events; I will be sure to keep you updated next week as we receive more answers. I also wanted to let you know that a solid backup plan has been created, with the help of the University, in case we do not pass the test next week.
Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Please keep in mind that Kappa has the best interest of your daughter in mind and I am trying as hard as I can to get all of the women back in their home.
Warm Regards,
Karen R. Jackson
678-427-4665
Iota House Board
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