Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations in Construction Projects

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Environmental, Health and Safety Considerations
in Construction Projects

• Successful Project Planning

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Topics

• Environmental Issues Impacts
• Fire and Life Safety
• Construction Site Safety
• Insurance

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Environmental Issues
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Asbestos Assessment

• Every project is subject to having Risk
  Management verify the presence or absence of
  asbestos-containing materials (ACM) and
  developing a scope of abatement in conjunction
  with the Project Manager (PMs).
• Document all verifications in writing

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Planning Abatement Actions

• An accurate scope of abatement will ensure
  projects are completed within budget and on-time
• RM needs to review the project scope during the
  design phase
• To accurately estimate abatement costs and
  timeframe
• Plans review
• Building inspections to identify or confirm the
  type and extent of ACM
• Abatement actions and demolitions typically
• require 10-day notification to a local regulatory
  agency
• occur prior to the start of construction, but may
  occur in planned phases throughout the project if
  necessary

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Funding Asbestos Actions

• Each project is responsible for funding all
  asbestos-related actions including
• Building inspections/surveys and accompanying
  laboratory analyses
• All environmental consultant and contractor costs
  including waste disposal
• On a funds-available basis Risk Management
  covers abatement costs for
• OM of plant
• small carpet replacement projects

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Scheduling Asbestos Actions

• All asbestos services requests
• Allow sufficient turnaround time for surveys,
  estimates or bids
• General timeframes and guidance (RSK 106)
• Asbestos Abatement Project Management
  Responsibility Matrix
• Request for Asbestos Services form
• Emergency or peak season abatement involves
  paying premium costs

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Building Owner Liability/Worker Protection

• ASU must notify contractors
• location, extent and type of ACM in or adjacent
  to the work area
• Utility tunnel system Restricted Access Provision
  (RSK 109)
• Any other known hazards

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Emerging Issues

• Lead paint
• If known to be present, notify the contractor
• Painted wooden or metal structures highly suspect
  of lead paint and building constructed before
  1978
• Concentrated lead paint waste is hazardous waste
  and must be tested prior to disposal

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Confined Space Entry
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A Confined Space is a Space That

• Is large enough and so configured that an
  employee can bodily enter and perform assigned
  work and
• Has limited or restricted means for entry or
  exit and
• Is not designed for continuous human occupancy.

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Two Types of Confined Spaces

• Permit Required
• Non-Permit Required

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Indoor Air Quality Management

• Undertaking Construction Remodeling Activities
  
• Things to Think About Before You Start

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Common Pollutants Sources

• Particulates (dust fibers)
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
• Combustion Products (exhaust, smoke)
• Biological Materials (mold, bacteria)
• Other (sewer gas, ozone, metal fumes, ammonia,
  chlorine)

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Six Steps to Avoid IAQ Complaints

• Initial Planning Identify contaminants,
  pathways, and controls
• Isolate Major Construction Areas and Use Source
  Control
• Protect the Ventilation System
• Notify Occupants
• On-going Management
• Consult References ASHRAE/ANSI, SMACNA, EPA

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Other Activities That Impact IAQ

• Water Restoration
• Custodial Activities
• HVAC Maintenance
• HVAC Ventilation Design
• Pesticide Applications
• Roofing Projects
• Painting
• Asbestos Abatement

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Other Environmental Impacts
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Other Environmental Issues

• EPA
• Hazardous Materials Waste
• Air Pollution Permit

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Hazardous WasteLamp and Ballast Disposal

• Hazardous Waste
• Universal Waste Compliance Guidelines
• All electronic lamps
• All ballasts
• Risk Management manages shipment from ASU
• Project Manager ensures
• Removal of devices from discarded fixtures
• Lamps and ballasts are packaged in appropriate
  drums.

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Air Pollution Permit

• Fuel Burning Equipment
• Boilers/Generators
• Hazardous Air Pollutants
• Solvents and Paints
• Designed to monitor air pollution generating
  equipment
• Notification prior to installation
• Engineering Description Equipment and Operation
• Estimated Emissions
• May require a permit modification
• Time and money

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Fire and Life Safety
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Plans Review Approval

• State Law
• All plans specifications for construction,
  remodel, etc for any state, county, or public
  school SHALL be submitted to the State Fire
  Marshal prior to construction.
• Two Review Stages
• Preliminary/Estimating/Planning
• Approved to Proceed Funded

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Building Fire Code

• Code Analysis Research/Study
• Plans Review
• Inspection Phases

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Fire Protection System

• Three Fire Protection Categories
• Fire Separation (Automatic Manual)
• Fire Detection (Automatic Manual)
• Fire Suppression (Automatic Manual)

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Fire Protection System

• Most Common Rules for Upgrades
• Existing Nonconforming Conditions
• 50 of Value
• 50 of Square Footage
• Accumulation of Projects
• Type of Occupancy
• Hazardous Conditions/Concerns
• Occupied Construction Concerns

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Certificate of Occupancy

• Certification of all life safety systems are
  inspected, tested, and verified operational per
  code (C of O by State Fire Marshal)
• Green Tag Yellow Tag
  (Red Tag no occupancy allowed)
• Inspector Checklist
• Punch List

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Construction Site Safety and Petroleum Fuel
Storage
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Petroleum fuel storage (PFS) Underground
Storage Tanks (USTs)

• Notify RM when
• A project increases or decrease PFS on campus,
  i.e., storage tanks, generators, exterior wet
  transformers
• USTs
• In-service underground tanks located at
• Central Plant/Motor Pool
• No other known USTs remain on campus

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Construction Site Safety

• Safety measures may exceed regulatory
  requirements
• Contractors responsibility
• comply with OSHA
• RM involvement
• A contractor performing an unsafe act
• Inspect in tandem with PM ? PM notifies
  contractor ? contractors mitigates or is reported
  to OSHA
• An ASU employee performing an unsafe act
• Inspect area ? notifies department/supervisor ?
  supervisor mitigates situation

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Construction Liability and Property Insurance
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Insurance Coverage

• Third Party Liability
• Direct any injured 3rd party to RM
• ASU Property (real or personal)
• Damaged by contractor ? covered by contractor
• Damaged by vandalism, flooding, lightning
  strikes, etc. ? covered by State of Arizona
• Exclusions obsolescence, maintenance, and
  mysterious disappearance

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Insurance Recovery Projects

• RM
• Processes claims/liaison to State Risk Management
• Property claims must be submitted within 90 days
  from date of loss or discovery
• 10,000 real property damage ? SRM notified
  within 24 hours
• PM and Trade Shops
• Restores property
• Manage project per ASU protocol
• SRM approval needed on large projects
• 1 year total restoration time or request
  extension

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