Over the past twenty years, indoor air quality has emerged as a major concern for building owners and managers. As the public recognizes the importance of healthy, comfortable and productive indoor environments, its awareness and demand for good indoor air quality (IAQ) increases. People spend about 90 percent of their time indoors and air within homes and other buildings can be more polluted than the outside air, even in the largest and most industrialized cities. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies that compare risks of environmental threats to public health consistently rank indoor air pollution (including secondhand smoke, radon, organic compounds, mold, and biological pollutants) among the top six.

Maintaining a healthy and comfortable indoor environment in any building requires integrating many components of a complex system. Indoor air problems are preventable and solvable and practical guidance on how to manage your building for good indoor air quality is available through Farmer & Associates, Inc.

Farmer & Associates, Inc. offers a complete range of IAQ risk management services, which incorporates effective communications with our client, careful management of project costs & development of comprehensive assessment, remediation and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) control strategies:

· Farmer & Associates, Inc. initiates our IAQ risk management approach by identifying the presence, concentrations, location(s), and type(s) of mold within a building (test area), and comparing these results with sample data collected outside the building (control area).

· Farmer & Associates, Inc. industrial hygienists then utilize test data to determine liability risks and design cost-effective plans to address remediation needs. Computer-aided drafting (CAD) equipment can be utilized to graphically present survey results in a concise manner, thus simplifying remediation planning/bidding procedures and enhancing the client's understanding of the full scope of the project.

· Farmer & Associates, Inc. trained field technicians represent the client through strict quality control monitoring of project specifications, providing air monitoring before, during and at the conclusion of remediation projects. At project completion, Farmer & Associates, Inc. provides a final detailed report of assessment/remediation activities to the client to thoroughly document our findings, conclusions, and recommendations for further action, if needed.

· Following remediation, or in those instances where remediation is not the best or most cost-effective means of mold risk management, Farmer & Associates, Inc. will assist the client by developing a building-specific mold risk management Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program. Such a program provides written guidelines to maintenance, engineering and custodial personnel regarding proper procedures for maintaining HVAC equipment, moisture control/disinfections, etc. to reduce the possibility of new/repeat mold-related problems.

· Farmer & Associates, Inc. can also provide mold awareness training specifically designed to meet the client's needs.

F&A employs Certified IAQ specialist whom has performed IAQ inspections and risk assessments for a number of city departments, insurance companies, schools, and public buildings.