GLOSSARY
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.