Mold

Re:  Betty Uzman and plans for a new building at the Mississippi
Dept. of Archives and History:  First, congratulations on asking the
questions while you are still in the planning stages.  In many
places, questions are only asked much later in the project.  Second,
the best thing you can do is to get a conservator who has experience
with construction projects as a permanent member of the design team.
No matter what you do about "killing" mold, it would be better not
to have any in the first place, and this means a building which does
not encourage leaks (i.e., no flat roofs, no skylights, etc.) and
environmental systems that do what they are supposed to, have a good
track record elsewhere, and can be maintained properly given the
resources available. The kind of input that is needed to assure
preservation and access is fundamental to building design and cannot
be obtained simply by getting occasional advice from outside.  I
would suggest an article written by Paul Himmelstein and me in the
APT Bulletin 27#3 (1996) "The process of compromise:  a team
approach to conservation environments."

B. Appelbaum

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