CLIENT: Confidential

REGIONAL SALES

MANAGER: Don Fleenor

PROJECT MANAGER:

Don F. Fielder

CONCRETE CUTTING CREATES DUST THAT CALLS FOR CONTAINMENT

CASE STUDY VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3

PROJECT OVERVIEW

PROJECT SIZE:

753 sq. ft. of Suspended Cover

112 lf of C.O.R.E. Frameless

Walls®

DURATION:

2 weeks

SUMMARY:

TuffWrap® Installations, Inc. provided

a tunnel for a large food and beverage

manufacturing facility to completely

contain the construction area,

prohibiting dust and debris

contamination.

Food and beverage manufacturing is the largest industry that TuffWrap® services; in

fact, the first interior protection project it completed was for a food and beverage facility. So when one of the world’s

largest, most well-known snack companies requested help during the replacement of their sanitary lines, TuffWrap

was excited for another opportunity to work with them.

The replacement of sanitary lines in this client’s cookie production room required concrete cutting, which produced a

considerable amount of dust and debris that threatened the quality of the manufactured goods. TuffWrap’s main goal

was to protect the cookies from the debris, but the client also wanted to protect the conduits above from secondary

contamination. To protect both, TuffWrap implemented a solution that completely secluded the work area from the

construction zone.

THE CHALLENGE

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The Ring Design is a trademark of TuffWrap Installations, Inc.

A Total Enclosure was the TuffWrap solution utilized during this project. It contained

the construction area, allowing everything outside of the containment (cookies,

employees, equipment, and conduits) to be dust-free. Performed by the general contractor, the concrete cutting

required a water connection to keep the machine’s blade cool, which caused the construction dust to become wet.

Wet debris can splatter and stick to surfaces, so it was especially important for this area to be contained.

THE SOLUTION

Additional options that were

included in this enclosure were

two doors for employee and equipment access and HEPA filters

to ensure clean air circulation. Total Enclosures and HEPA filters

are often paired together, and this project proves why: no

cookies were contaminated and no dust leaked outside of the

enclosure.

THE SOLUTION continued

(right) Looking in TuffWrap’s signature Total Enclosure.

TuffWrap Installations, Inc. | 2080 Detwiler Rd. Harleysville, PA 19438

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COPYRIGHT 2016-2018 © TuffWrap Installations, Inc. TuffWrap and C.O.R.E. Frameless Walls are registered trademarks of TuffWrap Installations, Inc.

The Ring Design is a trademark of TuffWrap Installations, Inc.

TuffWrap has a long-

standing relationship with

this food and beverage customer, protecting their products

on over 200 occasions. Although TuffWrap has encountered a

variety of challenging projects with this client, they continue

inventing solutions for the most peculiar projects, building

reliability that no other interior protection provider can offer.

In addition to fulfilling the needs of each unique challenge,

TuffWrap® is also this client’s preferred contractor due to its

commitment to safety, FDA and GMP compliance, and

customer satisfaction. The recent formation of TuffWrap’s

Safety Committee and Raise the Awareness theme for its 2014

safety program has demonstrated that TuffWrap continuously

works to improve its safety efforts so that no injuries,

contaminations, or recalls occur.

WHY TUFFWRAP

(above) A Total Enclosure entryway.

TuffWrap is utilized during roof replacement and other major reconstruction

projects, but that does not mean that smaller projects aren’t within TuffWrap’s

scope. Although this was a small enclosure, it was necessary for the snack company because it eliminated having to

choose between shutting down production or contaminating products. It also prevented construction dust from

settling on the conduits above, deterring the client from additional cleaning and secondary contamination.

The Total Enclosure remained in the facility for two weeks and met all the client’s requests, adding to TuffWrap’s

portfolio another successful food and beverage interior protection project. ™

CONCLUSION