STARC Systems Blog

FireblockWallTM stops fires, installs 4 times faster than drywall, and has superior noise-blocking—solving some of the biggest temporary containment challenges for contractors and facility managers working in occupied healthcare environments. 

It’s easy to miss the many important changes with modular temporary containment for occupied healthcare renovations. And, the measuring sticks for grading temporary containment have advanced – significantly – and quickly. We talk about this a lot around here – and with our customers. We asked our VP of Business Development (and STARC employee #3),… Read more »

We recently surveyed our customers and email subscribers about safety during hospital renovation and maintenance projects. Our survey asked respondents to describe which safety issues they feel are most commonly overlooked before and directly after a project starts; which safety concerns keep them up at night – and for one pressing question they’d like to… Read more »

By Janet Haas, Principal Consulting Epidemiologist at Innovative Infection Prevention We are honored to welcome our infection prevention advisor, Janet Haas, as a guest author to help us understand these healthcare construction safety developments. Dr. Haas is currently Principal Consulting Epidemiologist at Innovative Infection Prevention and an associate editor of the American Journal of Infection… Read more »

Our healthcare contractor customers have shared reams of notes from the field with us over the years. One thing is clear: healthcare contractors have ‘settled’ for traditional, often inferior, methods for containment challenges for far too long. Methods which can create as many problems as they solve, contributing to unnecessary safety risks, missed deadlines and… Read more »

Healthcare facilities worldwide had to repurpose their infrastructure to create additional capacity during the pandemic, and the modular construction industry responded to this need. The use of modular wall systems helped hospitals cope with the influx of infected patients during outbreaks while creating a safer environment for medical personnel and patients. 

After implementing rigorous safety measures including temporary isolation solutions, this New Mexico hospital has had zero reported COVID-19 cases of patient-to-patient transfer since March 2020.  Artesia General Hospital is the first winner of STARC System’s #MakingitPossible campaign—recognizing the healthcare facility professionals who are working tirelessly behind-the-scenes ensuring their hospitals remain safer during the pandemic. 

PruittHealth joins several other major healthcare networks with system-wide investments in STARC. STARC’s ICRA Class-IV negative air temporary walls can be used to create instant isolation rooms to protect healthcare workers, patients, residents and visitors, while slowing the spread of coronavirus. December 16, 2020 – STARC Systems, a manufacturer of temporary modular wall containment solutions… Read more »

STARC Systems was recently featured in Manufacturing Today magazine for “Leading the Way” to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. The article describes how fast the company has grown, within the temporary containment niche.  The spotlight adds color to STARC’s origins containing dust and debris during construction to evolving and investing for instant negative pressure… Read more »

In September, the Treasury Department issued a clarification for hospital and healthcare recipients of $22 billion in pandemic response funds from the CARES Act.