WES has over twenty years of experience in proper decontamination techniques. Our staff utilizes only approved materials and processes.  Often these services can be accomplished while the data processing center remains operational. The entire decontamination process is designed with appropriate consideration to environmental factors such as temperature, relative humidity, air distribution, and contaminant levels.

Decontamination Project (Return to Top of Page)
During the Decontamination Project all data center surfaces, which include hardware, access floor, walls, fixtures, supply air plenum surfaces, air conditioners, and other relevant areas are appropriately decontaminated.  The project can be designed to address above floor conditions, subfloor conditions, or both.  Once appropriate conditions are achieved, the subject area should be placed on a program of regularly scheduled decontaminations.


Hardware Decontamination Project (Return to Top of Page)
The Hardware Decontamination Project is designed to remove loose deposits of building materials or construction dust from within hardware.  These deposits may be the result of long-term building material degradation, be associated with specific renovation or construction activities, or be a result of a disaster.  Addressing these contaminants can typically be achieved through appropriate implementation of filtered compressed air, brush, and vacuum techniques employed on the disassembled components.  Direct exposure to fires, floods or reactive chemical gasses typically requires chemical bath treatments or factory refurbishments.

It is essential that only appropriate products, equipment and procedures are utilized so as to avoid any inappropriate impact on the hardware.  All actions must be designed with appropriate consideration to the type of contamination and contaminant levels.  This service is typically designed as a joint program with the hardware supplier or maintainer.

Decontamination & Encapsulation Treatment  (Return to Top of Page)
This service combines the Data Center Decontamination Project with encapsulation of the subfloor supply air surfaces.  The encapsulation process utilizes only appropriate sealants, equipment, and procedures so as to ensure that it does not adversely affect the environmental conditions in the subject areas.  The encapsulant utilized by WES has a high flexibility and low porosity to ensure efficient coverage.  There will be no harmful out-gassing properties from the encapsulate that could have an effect on the on-line facility.  The WES encapsulant is pigmented to ensure complete coverage and will be manually applied to avoid atomization in the supply airflow.  During the encapsulation treatment process all unsealed supply air plenum surfaces should be addressed. This includes those areas beneath cables or other moveable items.