36C24218B0563-0003001.pdf

VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

FACILITIES ENGINEERING

BUFFALO VA MEDICAL CENTER | 3495 BAILEY AVENUE, BUFFALO, NY 14215 | (716) 834-9200

CLARIFICATION

Project Number: 528-16-104

Project Name: Dietary Walk-In Coolers and Freezers

RFI Topic: Abatement

Contract Number: 36C24218B0563

Vendor: TBD

Contracting Specialist: Rachel Beason

Date: 25 Oct 2018

SOURCE

RFI regarding abatement received 24 Oct 2018.

CLARIFICATION

This RFI posed several questions. Answers to each question are identified by number below. For clarity and ease of reference, the original RFI text, verbatim, has been included with each answer:

1. The drawing just has 3 areas identified as asbestos abatement, only the loading dock area actually tells you what materials are in the area, the other 2 don’t give any info about the locations or quantities of asbestos in each location. Please provide quantities and locations.

Construction Specification Section 02 82 11 (Traditional Asbestos Abatement), Section 1.1.2 (Extent of Work), Paragraph B identifies the estimated quantities and types of asbestos containing materials (ACM) that are required to be removed as part of this effort.

• Pipe insulation is in the kitchen abatement area and the loading dock abatement area.

• Cork insulation mastic is in the kitchen abatement area and the warehouse abatement area.

• Spray on insulation is on the columns in the kitchen abatement area and the warehouse abatement area.

2. I don’t know how the coolers are constructed or where the asbestos wall, floor, and ceiling mastic is within the coolers; so I don’t know how they will come apart, how the asbestos will come off of them, and what will need to be disposed of as asbestos waste and what can be clean C&D waste. Please advise as the locations of the asbestos on this.

All insulation (walls, floors, ceiling) for existing walk-n coolers and freezers is cork with ACM containing mastic.

• See drawing AD101 and AI501, View 4 for existing representative wall construction.

• See legacy drawing from 1975 for representative wall construction details. Drawing provided for informational use only; no contract work shown on this drawing.

• One wall was sampled as part of a freezer door replacement in 2016. See attached sampling results.

• See attached pictures of wall sections from 2016 door replacement.

3. I don’t know the locations of asbestos pipe insulation. It looks like some pipes might be drawn on the asbestos plan but I’m not sure if that’s what the dashed lines represent, and they don’t match piping on the plumbing demo or mech demo plans, and some of them extend outside of the construction barriers. I don’t know if the asbestos fireproofing insulation on the columns is exposed, or enclosed and need enclosures

Clarification VAMC Project A/E Firm

Abatement 528-16-104 VA242-16-C-0067 25 Oct 2018 Dietary Walk-In Coolers and Freezers TBD demo’d to access it, or what type of insulation it is, how it’s adhered, or if there is overspray on other surfaces or just the columns. Please provide more information.

a. Pipe insulation will be found in the kitchen abatement area and the loading dock abatement area.

The dashed lines shown are the locations of the piping within the columns, walls, and above the ceiling of the walk-in coolers and freezers based upon Buffalo VAMC 1949 as-built drawing set.

Piping at columns exist within a masonry enclosure. The enclosure shall be removed completely so that the piping can be abated and new column fireproofing can be applied in accordance with drawing AI601, view 1. Pipe insulation is assumed to be friable. Condition of pipe insulation is unknown.

b. Spray on asbestos fire proofing is on the structural columns and exposed. Type, method of adherence, amount of overspray (if any), and condition are unknown.

Any overspray encountered on materials that cannot be fully abated and are not slated for demolition or replacement shall be encapsulated in accordance with Construction Specification Section 02 82 11

(Traditional Asbestos Abatement).

See Requested Actions below.

REQUESTED ACTIONS

VA Contracting Officer:

Request that an amendment to Solicitation 36C24218B0563 be issued to clarify the asbestos abatement requirements.

SUBMITTED BY

Bryan Silverblatt Contracting Officer Representative

EMSL Analytical, Inc.

490 Rowley Road, Depew, NY 14043 Phone/Fax: (716) 651-0030 / (716) 651-0394 http://www.EMSL.com buffalolab@emsl.com

141604643 CustomerID: VAMD30 CustomerPO: Need ProjectID:

EMSL Order:

Attn: Heidi Reisman VA Medical Center 3495 Bailey Ave.

Buffalo, NY 14215

Received: 11/07/16 4:20 PM

Kitchen Freezer

Fax: (716) 862-8810 Phone: (716) 862-8826

Project:

11/8/2016Analysis Date:

11/7/2016Collected:

SAMPLE ID DESCRIPTION APPEARANCE

MATRIX

MATERIAL

% NON-ASBESTOS

FIBERS

ASBESTOS

TYPES

Test Report: Asbestos Analysis of Non-Friable Organically Bound Materials by PLM via the NY State ELAP 198.6 Method

None 141604643-0001

Black/Rust Fibrous Homogeneous

90.0% OtherBUF-1-78-1 - freezer column insulation

None 10% Chrysotile

10.0% Total

Inconclusive: No Asbestos Detected None 141604643-0002

Brown/Black Non-Fibrous Homogeneous

100% OtherBUF-1-78-2 - freezer cork insulation

None

Rhonda McGee, Laboratory Manager or other approved signatory

Test Report PLMNYNOB-7.27.8 Printed: 11/8/2016 9:28:06 AM 1THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT.

Analyst(s)

*Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) is not consistently reliable in detecting asbestos in floor coverings and similar non-friable organically bound materials. Quantitative Transmission Electron Microscopy is currently the only method that can be used to determine if this material can be considered or treated as non-asbestos containing. The test results contained within this report meet the requirements of NELAC unless otherwise noted. EMSL maintains liability limited to cost of analysis. This report relates only to the samples reported above and may not be reproduced, except infull, without written approval by EMSL. The above test report relates only to the items tested. EMSL bears no responsibility for sample collection activities or analytical method limitations. Samples received in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Samples analyzed by EMSL Analytical, Inc. Depew, NY NYS ELAP 11606

Tom Hanes (2)

Initial report from 11/08/2016 09:28:06 http://www.EMSL.com mailto:buffalolab@emsl.com

EMSL Analytical, Inc.

490 Rowley Road, Depew, NY 14043 Phone/Fax: (716) 651-0030 / (716) 651-0394 http://www.EMSL.com buffalolab@emsl.com

Attn: Heidi Reisman VA Medical Center 3495 Bailey Ave.

Buffalo, NY 14215

Received: 11/07/16 4:20 PM

Kitchen Freezer

Fax: (716) 862-8810 Phone: (716) 862-8826

Project:

11/8/2016Analysis Date:

11/7/2016Collected:

141604643 CustomerID: VAMD30 CustomerPO: Need ProjectID:

EMSL Order:

SAMPLE ID DESCRIPTION APPEARANCE

MATRIX

MATERIAL

% NON-ASBESTOS

FIBERS

ASBESTOS

TYPES

% TOTAL

ASBESTOS

Test Report: Asbestos Analysis of Non-Friable Organically Bound materials by Transmission Electron Microscopy via NYS ELAP Method 198.4

None 141604643-0001

Not Analyzed

BUF-1-78-1 - freezer column insulation

No Asbestos DetectedNone 141604643-0002

100% OtherBUF-1-78-2 - freezer cork insulation

NoneBrown/Black Non-Fibrous Homogeneous

Analyst(s)

Rhonda McGee, Laboratory Manager or other approved signatory

Test Report NY/TEMNOB-7.27.8 Printed: 11/8/2016 9:59:49 AM 1THIS IS THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT.

Analytical Sensitivity <1% Asbestos. This laboratory is not responsible for % asbestos in total sample when the residue only is submitted for analysis. The above report relates only to the items tested.

This report may not be reproduced, except in full, without written approval by EMSL Analytical, Inc. Samples received in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Samples analyzed by EMSL Analytical, Inc. Depew, NY NYS ELAP 11606

Mark Tate (1)

Initial report from 11/08/2016 09:59:49 http://www.EMSL.com mailto:buffalolab@emsl.com