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Munters helps US clean-up operation
Written by Business Weekly   
Tuesday, 11 December 2001
Munters, the Huntingdon company, is playing a key role in an all-out effort to return the Pentagon to full use after the September 11th terrorist attack that killed more than 125 military and government workers while ripping a cavernous hole in the side of the Washington DC building. Munters, the Huntingdon company, is playing a key role in an all-out effort to return the Pentagon to full use after the September 11th terrorist attack that killed more than 125 military and government workers while ripping a cavernous hole in the side of the Washington DC building.

The impact and explosion that occurred when terrorists crashed a hijacked airliner into the side of the building, devastated more than 15,000 square metres of office space on five floors of the world-renowned US military headquarters.

However, water damage resulting from fire hoses, sprinkler systems and shattered water lines, affected over 230, 000 square metres of space adjacent to the crash area.

Specialists in reversing the effects of water damage, Munters has more than 600 pieces of drying equipment distributing 2.5 million cubic metres of dry air per hour through more than a mile of duct work combined in a massive system to dry out the building.

The equipment needed to handle the project has been shipped from many of Munters 30 North American offices.

Munters is the world’s largest water damage recovery company and the Pentagon dry-out effort is one of the largest single-building project in Munters history, valued at over $1 million dollars.

“Millions of gallons of water flowed throughout the building after the attack,” said Joe Kelley, Munters district manager in the Washington DC area. In some places water was over 1/2 metre deep on the floors.

“Munters is drying an area on five levels of the Pentagon, greater than 33 football fields, all of which was damaged by the water alone,” said Kelley. Making a conservative estimate, Kelley believes that Munters will save the Pentagon more than $40 million dollars in reconstruction expense.

“Beyond the money saved, drying will allow this important space to be back in use months earlier.”

Munters offered its services immediately after the disaster. However, Pentagon building managers could not respond because the FBI and then the military services had taken command of the building, giving first priority to national security issues.

Munters Moisture Control Services has also completed a project to clean the air in two New York City office buildings damaged by the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers.

Located at 111 and 115 Broadway, just one block from Ground Zero, the Trinity Buildings were immersed in the giant cloud of smoke, dust and debris which resulted from the destruction of the two towers.

Clouds of dust were forced into the structures requiring extensive cleaning and deodorising.
 
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