How Quickly Can Mold Remediation Begin in My Atlantic City Hotel?

7/25/2020 (Permalink)

The discovery of mold growth in your hotel can be threatening for both your guests and staff.

Between humid conditions and the constant potential for water damages, the likelihood of mold growth is never far off for area accommodations in Atlantic City

The identification of mold growth in your Atlantic City hotels should always be a constant consideration, especially with many of these conditions developing without your knowledge. Often mold colonies originate from the low traffic areas of the building, including subterranean levels. Moisture and dampness within these areas can allow colonization to occur, which can spread quickly throughout connected air ducts and other pathways to affect the broader area of your structure. When you discover mold threats, it is advisable to seek professional microbial remediation technicians as quickly as possible.

The objective of mold remediation for Atlantic City hotels is to remove the present colonies that could impact the health and well-being of those exposed, and also seek to address the conditions that led to this microbial threat in the first place. Through a combination of our in-house contractors and our accredited Applied Microbial Remediation Technicians (AMRT), we can offer efficient solutions for active colonization in your hotel to prevent the situation from getting worse. The unabated movement and worsening of microbial threats in your hotel can lead to several specific risks you open the facility and its occupants to, including:

    •    Health hazards
    •    Structural deterioration
    •    Damage to your reputation

How Bad is the Mold Damage?

A quick visual inspection of mold damaged areas of your facility can often be misleading to the actual damage that exists. While you can use this evaluation to determine the presence of mold colonization and a need for microbial remediation, understanding the full measure of the threat is not always as simple as it might seem. Spores can travel through air ducts and other pathways to reach seemingly unaffected areas of your hotel to continue the organism's spread.

In addition to these spreading conditions, moisture and dampness can exist in areas like structural cavities, allowing microbial colonization to be a widespread threat beyond the surface layers of affected materials. Much of the understanding of current damage conditions occur during the job scoping phase conducted by our project manager and crew chief after we first get notified of a loss incident. We carefully evaluate the circumstances to identify:

    •    Current Damages
    •    Pre-Existing Conditions
    •    The Migration Pattern
    •    What Tools/Personnel Are Necessary

What Can Get Done Immediately for Mold Colonization?

Containment is a vital effort when mold gets discovered in your hotel because it can keep guests away from the work area without having to close your doors. The upside to an enclosed work area is that it allows mold remediation strategies to continue throughout the day when guests are more active. We have multiple approaches to removing active colonization from hosting materials, and these choices are made based on several factors. The type of material affected, the severity of the mold growth and the damage's location can all be contributing factors to determining the best solution for controlling growth and structural restoration. Some of the standard solutions for mold remediation by our technicians include:

    •    Sanding – This abrasive technique works on removing then surface layers of exposed materials. This is especially effective with wood framework and other wood surfaces because the colony can often get removed from the most exterior portion of the material before the organism spreads deeper.
    •    Soda Blasting – An objective of remediation is to protect the hosting material and remove the active colonization. Soda blasting can dislodge and remove the entire hyphae of the mold organism, often without damaging the underlying substrate.
    •    Controlled Demolition – Backup plan for our remediators utilizes our in-house contractors to remove compromised portions of construction materials when necessary. With the work area enclosed and free from cross-contamination, we can remove damaged materials and reinstall them without your guests recognizing all of what is happening.

How Can Recurrences Get Prevented?

It is often an essential effort to determine how moisture and dampness concerns became mold growth in your hotel. Usually, this points to structural breaches or malfunctions in the plumbing network or appliances in the building. Identifying where moisture penetrates the property and resolving this concern can help to prevent recurrences in the future.

The discovery of mold growth in your hotel can be threatening for both your guests and staff. The fast response that our SERVPRO of Atlantic City / Hamilton / Hammonton team can provide offers you the opportunity to keep your doors open in some situations with effective containment and remediation strategies. However, we can help give us a call at (609) 965-0885.