This filter facilitates the handling of fine dust and can be washed and used over and over again. With a vacuum cleaner we clean our chinchilla cage, which is full of bath dust (very fine sand, similar to wall panel dust). Such material would either pass through a regular filter or clog in minutes, but this filter works great. I am sure that it will also get along well with construction dust. It's worth the extra cost because it lasts so long.