[PADG:1672] Dust during construction

[Patricia Turpening <Pat.Turpening@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone else has experienced this situation: One of our floors 
has been under construction for several months and yesterday, without 
warning, plaster dust somehow escaped the construction floor and entered a 
floor with bookstacks. It all happened in less than an hour but there is 
now a very visible layer of dust on all the books and shelving. The floor 
holds about 15,000 volumes.

For anyone who has experienced this minor disaster, how was it rectified - 
did you hire workers to dust every surface - and, if so, who paid for them? 
We may have a contract which spells out responsibility for problems like 
this, but I'm not aware of it.

A search on CoOL did not yield much. The most applicable posting concerned 
black lead paint dust.

Thanks very much.



Patricia Turpening
Head, Preservation and Archives
University of Cincinnati Law Library
PO Box 210142
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0142
Phone: 513-556-0157
Fax: 513-556-6265