GLOSSARY

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CONFINED SPACE

Any area that has: limited openings for entry and exit; where escape would be difficult in an emergency; which lacks ventilation; which contains known or potential hazards, and which is not intended nor designed for continuous human occupation.


CONFLICTS

Limitations, complexities, or complications that result in a disagreement between the parties involved as to how the remediation is to be performed.


CONJUNCTIVITIS

Inflammation of the conjunctiva, the delicate membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the eyeballs.


CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS/ DAMAGE

Loss of value that does not arise as a direct result of an event, but which is incidental to it.


CONTAINMENT

The isolation of an area of contamination within a building in order to prevent the spread of contaminate materials, by erecting a barrier of plastic sheeting or similar material.


CONTAMINANT

Any physical, chemical, biological or radioactive substance that can have an adverse effect on air, water or soil, or on any interior or exterior surface.


CONTAMINATION

The presence of microbial growth and/or spores, which represents a shift in fungal ecology, and whose identity, location and amplification is not reflective of a normal microbial ecology for an indoor environment.


CONTRACTOR

An individual or firm that agrees, usually based on predetermined terms and specifications, to provide labour and materials and to be responsible for work (a specific job, overall construction or reconstruction).


CONVECTION

Air currents induced by the different densities of warm and cool air.


CORBEL

A projection or a series of step-like projections of masonry units constructed to form a decorative or supporting ledge or shelf.