MOULD GUIDELINES

This one-day course has been structured to enhance owners’, managers’, supervisors’, engineers’, consultants’, contractors’, suppliers’, and workers’ knowledge on how to effectively manage mould-related issues throughout the Canadian construction industry.

Course Objectives:

  • Review and understand CCA’s Standard 82 titled “Mould Guidelines for the Canadian Construction Industry”

  • Review the potential risks and liabilities associated with mould

  • Provide training and resources to assist stakeholders in developing a mould minimization and prevention strategy plan

  • To understand issues associated with mould assessment, sampling, testing, remediation and demolition activities

  • To enhance attendees’ knowledge by participating in a construction-related case study

Course Content:

  • Introduction

  • Legal overview

  • Insurance overview

  • Defining Mould

  • Health risks

  • Construction practices to minimize moisture intrusion

  • Building operation and maintenance

  • Mould assessment

  • Mould remediation guidelines

  • Communication

  • Decommissioning/Demolition considerations

  • Disposal of mouldy materials

  • Guidelines for selecting mould remediation contractors