Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a topic that is not taken lightly by school administrators. Thus, when the director of the Stepping Stones Center in Cincinnati (an educational and therapeutic facility for children and adults with disabilities) was advised of a mold problem in one of the buildings, she took rapid steps to remedy the situation.
"At first we thought that a new carpet was responsible for IAQ problems in our therapy building," explained Susan I. Radabaugh, executive director at Stepping Stones. When the situation failed to improve after treating the carpet, Radabaugh called in the H.C. Nutting Company (HCN), a local engineering firm specializing in environmental testing services.