Mold spores in barracks lead to tests at Ft. Carson

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Mold spores in barracks lead to tests at Ft. Carson

Denver Post - Denver,CO*

The Associated Press

09/16/2008

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10473085

FORT CARSON — Five barracks under construction at Fort Carson are

being tested for mold after spores were discovered in least one of

them.

Fort Carson spokeswoman Dee McNutt said all the buildings in the

$135 million project will be tested and any required remediation

will be completed before ownership is transferred to the Army.

The contractor for the barracks, Hensel Phelps Construction of

Greeley, said the mold problem has been remedied. The company's

president, Jeff Wenaas, said the mold grew after some of the modules

got wet during transport.

The barracks are part of $2.25 billion in construction projects

underway to accommodate 28,000 soldiers by 2013, nearly double the

number of troops there in 2003.