The phrase "avoid the build up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to prevent a situation from escalating or becoming more intense over time.
Example: "To ensure a smooth conversation, it's best to avoid the build up of tension by addressing issues as they arise."
Alternatives: "prevent the escalation" or "stop the accumulation.".
That means it's vital to keep the surface as debris-free as possible to avoid the build up of spot-causing bacteria.
Another issue is the hardness of the water; where it is necessary to use hard water, regular re-potting is recommended to avoid the build up of salts.
Furthermore daily interruptions in infusions avoid the build up of sedative drugs in the changing pharmacological environment of the ICU patient.
To avoid the build up of phage to a given starter culture or mix of starter cultures, many factories rotate between different collections of starter organisms, but the precise utilization of starters is commercial and kept in confidence.
It could be argued that a cautious policy on freezing should be more widely followed by all clinics in second and subsequent cycles, to avoid the build up of the many problems described earlier.
The Production Enterprise Generator (PEG) is a version of ROTAT (Dogliotti and others 2003) that generates crop rotations based on best agronomic practices formalised in crop and rotation suitability criteria, for example the maximum frequency of specific crops in a rotation to avoid the build up of soil born diseases.
Maintaining soil organic matter levels and appropriate leaching is necessary to avoid the build-up of salts over time.
As a result, landfills receiving aluminous material require stringent controls to avoid the build-up of such hazardous gases.
To avoid the build-up of potentially toxic intracellular protein aggregates, the timing and location of the interactions of the different curli proteins are of paramount importance.
In the hour-long phone call, the US president urged Mr Putin to avoid the build-up of forces on the Russian border.
In addition, it is deliberately designed to only send texts to powered-up handsets to avoid the build-up of millions of undelivered messages, which could put networks under strain.
