024100 Existing Condition.pdf
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This is a Performance Work Statement (Section 02 41 00 – Demolition) for the VA New York Harbor Health Care System, Margaret Cochran Campus, Repair Tunnels Utilities project (VA Project No. 630-26-800). The section specifies demolition work including removal of gypsum board, abandonment of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems, and daily debris disposal.
The contractor must perform demolition work while eliminating hazards to personnel and property, minimizing interference with adjacent areas and utilities, and maintaining free passage to adjacent structures. Key requirements include: providing enclosed dust chutes with control gates and overhead protective bridges at each floor; preventing dust and flying particles through water sprinklers (where conditions permit) and daily vacuuming; maintaining at least one usable stairway in each structure during demolition; keeping fire extinguishers readily available when using cutting torches or fire-risk equipment; maintaining clear access to fire hydrants with a 4,500 mm (15-foot) debris-free radius; and conducting site surveys and examining drawings before beginning work to avoid damage to items remaining in place. The contractor must coordinate work with other sections, construct and maintain necessary shoring and bracing, and ensure structural elements are not overloaded. Additional compliance requirements include adherence to Safety Requirements (Section 01 35 26), General Requirements (Section 01 00 00), Asbestos Abatement (Section 02 82 11), Lead-Based Paint Removal (Section 02 83 33.13), Temporary Environmental Controls (Section 01 57 19), and Construction Waste Management (Section 01 74 19). Upon completion of each work phase, the contractor must perform terminal sanitary cleaning of worked areas including corridors, subject to Contracting Officer Representative (COR) approval.
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VA NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
MARGARET COCHRAN CAMPUS
VA Project Title: REPAUR TUNNELS UTILITIES
VA Project No. 630-26-800
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SECTION 02 41 00
DEMOLITION
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 DESCRIPTION:
This section specifies demolition gypsum board, removal of abandoned
MEP. Debris disposal in daily basis.
1.2 RELATED WORK:
A. Safety Requirements: Section 01 35 26 Safety Requirements Article, ACCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN (APP).
B. Disconnecting utility services prior to demolition: Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
C. Reserved items that are to remain the property of the Government:
Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
D. Asbestos Removal: Section 02 82 11, TRADITIONAL ASBESTOS ABATEMENT.
E. Lead Paint: Section 02 83 33.13, LEAD-BASED PAINT REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL.
F. Environmental Protection: Section 01 57 19, TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROLS.
H. Construction Waste Management: Section 01 74 19 CONSTRUCTION WASTE
MANAGEMENT.
I. Infectious Control: Section 01 35 26, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
1.3 PROTECTION:
A. Perform demolition in such manner as to eliminate hazards to persons and property; to minimize interference with use of adjacent areas, utilities and structures or interruption of use of such utilities; and to provide free passage to and from such adjacent areas of structures.
Comply with requirements of GENERAL CONDITIONS Article, ACCIDENT
PREVENTION.
B. Provide safeguards, including warning signs, barricades, temporary fences, warning lights, and other similar items that are required for protection of all personnel during demolition and removal operations.
Comply with requirements of Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, Article PROTECTION OF EXISTING VEGETATION, STRUCTURES, EQUIPMENT, UTILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
C. Maintain fences, barricades, lights, and other similar items around exposed excavations until such excavations have been completely filled.
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D. Provide enclosed dust chutes with control gates from each floor to carry debris to truck beds and govern flow of material into truck.
Provide overhead bridges of tight board or prefabricated metal construction at dust chutes to protect persons and property from falling debris.
E. Prevent spread of flying particles and dust. Sprinkle rubbish and debris with water to keep dust to a minimum. Do not use water if it results in hazardous or objectionable condition such as, but not limited to; ice, flooding, or pollution. Vacuum and dust the work area daily.
F. In addition to previously listed fire and safety rules to be observed in performance of work, include following:
1. No wall or part of wall shall be permitted to fall outwardly from structures.
2. Maintain at least one stairway in each structure in usable condition to highest remaining floor. Keep stairway free of obstructions and debris until that level of structure has been removed.
3. Wherever a cutting torch or other equipment that might cause a fire is used, provide and maintain fire extinguishers nearby ready for immediate use. Instruct all possible users in use of fire extinguishers.
4. Keep hydrants clear and accessible at all times. Prohibit debris from accumulating within a radius of 4500 mm (15 feet) of fire hydrants.
G. Before beginning any demolition work, the Contractor shall survey the site and examine the drawings and specifications to determine the extent of the work. The contractor shall take necessary precautions to avoid damages to existing items to remain in place, to be reused, or to remain the property of the Medical Center; any damaged items shall be repaired or replaced as approved by the Resident Engineer. The
Contractor shall coordinate the work of this section with all other work and shall construct and maintain shoring, bracing, and supports as required. The Contractor shall ensure that structural elements are not overloaded and shall be responsible for increasing structural supports or adding new supports as may be required as a result of any cutting, removal, or demolition work
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H. The work shall comply with the requirements of Section 01 57 19, TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.
I. The work shall comply with the requirements of Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS and Section 01 35 26, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
1.4 UTILITY SERVICES:
A. Demolish and remove outside utility service lines shown to be removed.
B. Remove abandoned outside utility lines that would interfere with installation of new utility lines and new construction.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS (NOT USED)
PART 3 – EXECUTION
3.1 DEMOLITION:
A. Demolition gypsum board, abandoned MEP. Demolition of damaged wall per
Scope of Work. Debris disposal in daily basis
D. Remove and legally dispose of all materials, other than earth to remain as part of project work, from any trash dumps shown. Materials removed shall become property of contractor and shall be disposed of in compliance with applicable federal, state or local permits, rules and or regulations be hauled to VA specified disposal site. All materials in the indicated trash dump areas, including above surrounding grade and extending to a depth of 1500mm (5feet) below surrounding grade, shall be included as part of the lump sum compensation for the work of this section. Materials that are located beneath the surface of the surrounding ground more than 1500 mm (5 feet), or materials that are discovered to be hazardous, shall be handled as unforeseen. The removal of hazardous material shall be referred to Hazardous Materials specifications.
3.2 CLEAN-UP:
On completion of each phase contractor must perform terminal sanitary cleaning in worked phase including corridor. Clean up shall be approve by COR.
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