SDM Intelligence · Odor Incident Path
Odor Incident Builder
Use this path for persistent cooking, spice, tobacco, pet, smoke, moisture-related, tenant-turn, decomposition, or other building odors. The system prioritizes source identification over masking.
Incident questions
Select the conditions that best match what you can safely observe.
Choose one answer for each question. SDM Intelligence will generate a browser-based Recovery Record from your selections and identify relevant priorities, uncertainty, and professional boundaries.
What is the best description of the odor source?
Why this matters: Odor remediation is more reliable when the source is identified instead of treating the air alone.
Where is the odor strongest?
Why this matters: A gradient can help identify source materials, pathways, cavities, HVAC involvement, or neighboring-space migration.
Which porous materials may have absorbed the odor?
Why this matters: Drywall paper, wood, cabinets, carpet, insulation, textiles and unfinished concrete can act as reservoirs.
What treatments have already been attempted?
Why this matters: Fragrance, ozone, fogging, encapsulation or indiscriminate chemical application can mask symptoms without resolving the source.
Does the odor change with HVAC operation, humidity, heat, or time of day?
Why this matters: Changes with airflow or environmental conditions can reveal migration pathways and reservoirs.
What would count as successful verification?
Why this matters: A turnover decision should be based on source removal and sustained improvement, not temporary fragrance or a single immediate sniff test.