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Ensuring adherence to infection control precautions and prevention measures during an occupied healthcare renovation project is notoriously challenging – and critical. To help, we collected actionable advice for ICRA compliance and construction containment from industry experts. For more safety during occupied renovation expert advice, check out our recent blog post and watch our recent panel… Read more »

With prices for gypsum building materials rising steadily since October 2020 – and major renovations going out for re-bid as materials costs across the board continue to climb – it’s easy to understand why most contractors are concerned about soaring drywall costs.

There’s good news for project managers tasked with staying on schedule and on budget while remaining flexible: the industry trend toward increased use of modular solutions is forcing a closer look at temporary containment, particularly for occupied renovations. Consider three ways choosing the right temporary containment system can help you do more with less.

We recently gathered an exceptional panel of healthcare construction safety professionals for a discussion about common challenges during occupied healthcare renovations. The panel provided meaningful advice for tackling a variety of safety challenges pulled from both their experience and from our customers’ field notes. ICYM the virtual roundtable, we rounded up advice for three common… Read more »

Updated September 23, 2025 FireblockWall™ is the first reusable one-hour fire-rated temporary wall system. Designed for healthcare renovations, it installs up to four times faster than drywall while meeting ICRA, ASTM, and NFPA requirements. When construction teams work in occupied healthcare environments, safety and compliance are always top of mind. Facilities managers need reliable solutions… Read more »

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 »

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 »

Updated October 3, 2025 Renovating or expanding a healthcare facility comes with unique challenges. Unlike typical construction projects, hospitals and clinics must continue serving patients while protecting them from noise, dust, and airborne contaminants. This is where temporary wall systems play a critical role: they help infection preventionists, facilities managers, and contractors maintain safety and… Read more »

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.