The ground floor computer lab in the Holy Spirit Library was quarantined for three days due to asbestos exposure.
According to Dawn Barnett, director of facilitates, on the morning of Sunday, March 8, a heating pipe was discovered to have cracked on the main floor of the Library. which caused damage to the ceiling of the computer lab in the library’s ground floor.
“We are aware that the ceiling above the popcorn-like material contains small amounts of asbestos and if disturbed it could be dangerous,” Barnett wrote in an email. “We here at facilities take every precaution necessary to make certain all buildings are safe for the campus community.”
Facilities quickly contacted Keating Environmental Services, which is a firm that is familiar with the building and have been used for several years, to clean the asbestos.
“For the past two days the ceiling was abated, the room was cleaned thoroughly by trained technicians and professional air quality testing was conducted,” Barnett said.
As of Tuesday, March 10, Keating Environmental Services contacted facilities informing them that the tests came back clean and the room was cleared for use.