LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVALUATING AND INSTALLING
RADON MITIGATION SYSTEMS
FOR THE NAVY AND AIR FORCE IN THE PACIFIC
Bill Brodhead
WPB Enterprises, Inc., 2844 Slifer Valley Rd., Riegelsville, PA USA

ABSTRACT
The author presents the lessons learned from evaluating existing radon systems
and installing hundreds of new radon mitigation systems for the Navy and Air
Force in Okinawa, Japan and for the Navy in Guam. Military housing in the
Pacific is predominately slab on grade construction. Older residential buildings
often had compacted soil under the slab. The buildings are also built to
withstand typhoons and consequently are very air tight. Being in proximity to the
ocean also caused significant corrosion of system components. This paper
discusses the techniques used to overcome compacted soil, re-enforced
concrete, slab on grade construction, salt air corrosion, typhoons as well as
solutions to the problems of radon testing in these climates.

Full Paper is available at the author’s website as a PDF file.
www.wpb-radon.com