Updated October 25, 2024 The latest ASHE-led changes aimed at improving infection control during healthcare construction—commonly referred to as ICRA 2.0—offer much to consider for those tasked with installing temporary construction walls. During STARC’s recent webinar, ICRA 2.0: Recommendations for Improving Prevention ...
Temporary Walls: 3 Takeaways About ICRA 2.0 Compliance
Updated October 2, 2024 When it comes to healthcare construction, ensuring that temporary wall systems meet the latest ICRA 2.0 standards is critical. In this post, we’ll dive into three key points that you need to know to ensure your temporary construction walls comply with the latest guidelines.
3 Tough Jobsite Challenges Solved With Temporary Construction Walls
Updated October 17, 2024 Installing temporary construction walls may not be the most exciting part of your occupied renovation, but they have their place in the overall project. As often as not, it’s the small choices—like how to solve for construction dust, noise, and debris—that shape overall project success, particularly if ...
4 Questions to Answer When Choosing a Fire-Rated Temporary Wall System
Updated October 22, 2024 When selecting a one-hour fire-rated temporary wall system, it's crucial to consider several factors to ensure safety, efficiency, and reusability. Asking the following four questions when evaluating your options will help ensure you choose the best temporary wall for the task at hand. Short on time? ...
4 Ways We Design Safety into Our Temporary Wall Systems
Updated May 6, 2024 Spend a little time talking with our Vice President of Product Development, Bruce Bickford, and you’ll quickly realize just how much safety factors into STARC's design process. Keeping building occupants safe during renovations is at the core of our mission to raise the standard for construction safety. Here ...
Fire-Rated Temporary Construction Walls: Understanding ASTM E119 & E84
Updated October 24, 2024 When conducting an occupied renovation in a hospital, a one-hour fire-rated temporary construction wall is often required by national or regional jurisdictions, especially in the absence of a working sprinkler system. Requirements and testing specifications can vary by state, city, hospital, and even by ...
Smarter Renovations Start With Temporary Construction Walls
Updated October 3, 2024 Drywall is ubiquitous in the construction industry, favored for its practical applications in renovations and remodeling projects within commercial environments. Project Managers account for drywall costs in their project budgets, sometimes using it to temporarily section off areas within job sites to ...
Building a Safer Jobsite with Temporary Wall Systems
Updated July 29, 2024 Maintaining cleanliness on a construction site is crucial, especially during renovations in sensitive environments like hospitals or data centers. The presence of dust and debris not only poses significant health and environmental risks but also fails to comply with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health ...
How ICRA Barriers Keep Healthcare Renovations Safe and Disruption-Free
Updated October 17, 2024 When construction firms undertake renovations, repairs, or expansions within healthcare facilities, maintaining patient safety and minimizing disruption is a top priority. In hospitals, where infection control is mission-critical, outdated construction barriers like plastic sheeting or drywall simply ...