S02-Building 20 ACM Report - 36C24921B0014.pdf

E. ROBERTS ALLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC.

101 Fountain Place Building

Suite 3A 207 East Main Street

Johnson City, Tennessee 37604

GS 10F 0165R

FOR

JAMES H. QUILLEN VA MEDICAL CENTER

PROJECT 621-05-115

LBP / Asbestos Risk Assessment/Abatement Plan

ASBESTOS REPORT

27 JANUARY 2006

Contractor is registered with the Central Contractor Registration Database.

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number: 09-982-4278

Contractor's Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN): 58-1387802

VA Medical Center Asbestos Survey Sample Results Page 1 of 2

4.6 Building 20

E. Roberts Alley & Associates, Inc. U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs December 2005 Project No. 2005-0731 VA Contract GS-10F-0165R VA Project No. 621-05-115

Building Description:

Building 20 is a two-story rectangular building with a partial basement. The remainder of the building is on a crawlspace foundation. This building currently houses Human Resources personnel. It has a brick exterior with wood doors, windows, and soffitt. It was originally a jail. The wooden windows are sealed with window glazing material on their exterior. The basement has brick walls and a concrete floor. A small room on the east side of the basement is constructed of concrete block.

The first and second floors are constructed of wood. The interior of the building is predominantly plaster, although there have been some walls added which are finished with gypsum wallboard. Many of the first floor’s walls are finished in a white texture material, both on plaster walls and on gypsum walls. Suspended ceiling tiles have also been installed on both the first and second floor.

The first floor is covered with vinyl tile, with two layers in some rooms and one layer under carpet in other rooms. The second floor has vinyl tile in the hallway and several rooms, while carpeting is present in most of the offices. A layer of pressed cellulose material is present between layers of vinyl tile in portions of the second floor.

Piping insulation in the basement is all insulated with fiberglass except for an elbow on one pipe, which appeared to possibly be asbestos containing material (ACM). Another pipe on the other side of the exterior side of the basement wall from this pipe also appeared to be ACM material. The only other piping which appeared to be suspect for asbestos is a small amount of pipe insulation lying partly buried in soil in the middle portion (north) of the crawlspace, which was inaccessible. All pipe insulation observed above ceiling in the building was fiberglass.

Sampling Strategy:

The building was surveyed for materials suspected of containing asbestos. Samples of suspect surfacing, thermal insulation, and miscellaneous materials were observed.

Roofing materials were excluded from the survey, as per the scope of work.

Twenty-nine (29) samples of building materials were collected for asbestos analysis:

♦ Seven (7) samples of floor tile were collected; three samples from the first floor and four samples from the second floor. Some of the samples contained two layers of vinyl tile. The bottom layer of vinyl tile was homogeneous throughout the building.

♦ Six (6) samples of wall texture were collected, both from plaster walls and also from gypsum wallboard, throughout the first floor and second floor.

♦ Five (5) samples of baseboard mastic were collected throughout both floors.

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4.6 Building 20

E. Roberts Alley & Associates, Inc. U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs December 2005 Project No. 2005-0731 VA Contract GS-10F-0165R VA Project No. 621-05-115

♦ Two (2) samples of carpet mastic were collected from the staircase and a second floor office.

♦ Two (2) samples of ceiling tile were collected, one from each floor of the building.

♦ Two (2) samples of wall plaster were collected, one from each floor.

♦ Two samples of pipe insulation were collected, one in the basement and one in the stairwell outside the basement.

♦ Three samples of window glazing were collected, two from a basement window and one from a first floor window.

Discussion of Results:

Regulated amounts of asbestos were identified in the basement and exterior pipe insulation and in the vinyl floor tile throughout both floors of the building. A trace amount of asbestos was found in the basement window glazing.

The isolated elbow pipe insulation in the basement constitutes approximately 1 linear foot of asbestos containing material (ACM) with a diameter of approximately 8 inches. The ACM pipe located outside the basement is approximately 4 feet long and 8 inches in diameter, covered by a metal jacket. Presumed ACM pipe insulation was observed in a pit area in the center of the crawlspace. It is possible that there is additional ACM pipe insulation buried in soil within the crawlspace and also possibly in hidden wall cavity chases within the building.

The ACM vinyl tile in Building 20 covers the entire first floor and most of the second floor, totaling approximately 5,000 square feet.

The window glazing is not considered regulated ACM since the amount of asbestos is less than one percent. Black mastic-like material present on the glazing was determined by the laboratory to be ACM and most likely is the source of the trace amount of asbestos found in the window glazing. A resample of the basement window glazing did not recover any asbestos content. While this material does not meet the definition of an asbestos containing material and is not regulated under EPA, disturbance of this material could create potential exposure to asbestos fibers. Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers is regulated by OSHA as well as the state of Tennessee’s TOSHA.

TABLE A: ASBESTOS SAMPLING RESULTS VA MEDICAL CENTER

BUILDING 20

SAMPLE

NO. LOCATION MATERIAL DESCRIPTION ASBESTOS CONTENT

20A-01 SW Area Pipe Insulation Tan Chalky Fibrous 12% Chrysotile Page 1 of 2 20A-02 Exterior Stairwell, South Pipe Insulation Tan Fibrous 90% Chrysotile

20A-04a Stairwell Landing Flooring White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-04b Stairwell Landing Flooring Yellow Adhesive No Asbestos Detected 20A-04c Stairwell Landing Flooring Green Vinyl 3% Chrysotile 20A-04d Stairwell Landing Flooring Black Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-05 Mechanical Closet Plaster White Chalky/Tan Granule No Asbestos Detected 20A-06a Mechanical Closet Flooring Off-White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-06b Mechanical Closet Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-06c Mechanical Closet Flooring Green Vinyl 5% Chrysotile 20A-06d Mechanical Closet Flooring Black Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-06e Mechanical Closet Flooring Gray Leveling Like compound No Asbestos Detected 20A-07a Hallway Storage Closet Flooring White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-07b Hallway Storage Closet Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-07c Hallway Storage Closet Flooring Gray Vinyl 3% Chrysotile 20A-07d Hallway Storage Closet Flooring Black Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-08 Hallway Storage Closet Baseboard Mastic Brown Adhesive No Asbestos Detected 20A-09 Hallway Storage Closet, East Baseboard Mastic Brown Adhesive No Asbestos Detected 20A-010 SE Refrigerator Room Baseboard Mastic Brown/Yellow Adhesive No Asbestos Detected 20A-011 SE Refrigerator Room Ceiling Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-012 Copier Room Ceiling Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-013 Middle Main Hall Ceiling Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-014 Main Hall, North Ceiling Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-015 Hallway Ceiling Texture Tan Fibrous No Asbestos Detected 20A-016 Stairs to Second Floor Black/Gold Carpet Mastic Yellow Adhesive No Asbestos Detected

20A-017a Janitorial Closet, South Flooring White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-017b Janitorial Closet, South Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-017c Janitorial Closet, South Flooring Green Vinyl 4% Chrysotile 20A-017d Janitorial Closet, South Flooring Black Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-017e Janitorial Closet, South Flooring Brown Fibrous No Asbestos Detected 20A-018 NE Room 209 Carpet Mastic Yellow Adhesive No Asbestos Detected 20A-019a Room 209 Flooring White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-019b Room 209 Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-019c Room 209 Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-020a Room 205 Baseboard Mastic Black Vinyl No Asbestos Detected 20A-020b Room 205 Baseboard Mastic Yellow/Brown Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-020c Room 205 Baseboard Mastic White Chalky Material No Asbestos Detected 20A-021a Lobby Landing Area Flooring Green Vinyl 5% Chrysotile 20A-021b Lobby Landing Area Flooring Black Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-012c Lobby Landing Area Flooring Black Fibrous No Asbestos Detected 20A-022 Janitorial Closet, East Baseboard Mastic Brown Adhesive No Asbestos Detected

Basement

First Floor

Second Floor

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs VA Contract GS-10F-0165R VA Project No. 621-05-115 December 2005

TABLE A: ASBESTOS SAMPLING RESULTS VA MEDICAL CENTER

SAMPLE

NO. LOCATION MATERIAL DESCRIPTION ASBESTOS CONTENT

20A-023 Janitorial Closet, East Wall Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected Page 2 of 2 20A-024 Hall North Side Wall Texture White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-025 Room 203 Plaster White Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-026 Hall Middle Ceiling Tile Tan Fibrous No Asbestos Detected 20A-028a Janitorial Closet, East Flooring White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile 20A-028b Janitorial Closet, East Flooring Yellow Mastic No Asbestos Detected 20A-028c Janitorial Closet, East Flooring Brown Felt No Asbestos Detected

20A-03 SE Basement Window Glazing Beige Chalky/Black Adhesive < 1% Chrysotile 20A-027 SE First Floor Window Glazing Beige Chalky No Asbestos Detected 20A-029 SE Basement Window Glazing Beige Chalky No Asbestos Detected

Exterior

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

TABLE B: SUMMARY OF ASBESTOS MATERIALS VA MEDICAL CENTER

SAMPLE

NO. LOCATION DESCRIPTION ASBESTOS CONTENT APPROXIMATE QUANTITY

20A-01 SW Area Tan Chalky Fibrous 12% Chrysotile 1 lf

20A-02 Exerior Stairwell, South Tan Fibrous 90% Chrysotile 4 lf

20A-04a White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-04c Green Vinyl 3% Chrysotile

20A-06a Off-White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-06c Green Vinyl 5% Chrysotile

20A-07a White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-07c Gray Vinyl 3% Chrysotile

20A-017a White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-017c Green Vinyl 4% Chrysotile

20A-019a Room 209 White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-021a Lobby / Landing Area Green Vinyl 5% Chrysotile

20A-028a Janitorial Close, East White Vinyl 2% Chrysotile

20A-03 SE Basement Beige Chalky/Black Adhesive < 1% Chrysotile 1 sf*

*Materials containing asbestos in amounts less than 1% are not regulated by EPA.

First Floor Vinyl Tile

Pipe Insulation

Second Floor Vinyl Tile

Window Glazing

Stairwell Landing

Mechanical Closet

Hallway Storage Closet

Janitorial Closet, South

2,000 lf

3,000 sf

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

VA MEDICAL CENTER ASBESTOS SAMPLING LOCATIONS BUILDING 20

Not Sampled

Crawlspace

Pipe Insulation

Presumed ACM

20A-01

Basement

Elbow Pipe Insulation

ACM: Pipe Insulation

20A-02

Outside Basement

South Stairwell

Grey Fibrous Pipe Insulation (under metal jacket)

ACM: Pipe Insulation

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-03

South Exterior

Basement Window

Window Glazing

Trace Asbestos in Window Glazing

20A-04

First Floor

Stairwell Landing

Stairs to Basement

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic over Green 9"x9" Floor Tile and Black Mastic

ACM: Both Tile Layers

20A-05

First Floor

Mechanical Closet

Plaster

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-06

First Floor

Mechanical Closet

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic over Green 9"x9" Tile and Black Mastic over Grey Leveling Compound

ACM: Both Tile Layers

20A-07

First Floor

Storage Closet

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic over Green 9"x9" Floor Tile and Black Mastic

ACM: Both Tile Layers

20A-08

First Floor

Storage Closet

Brown Baseboard Mastic

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-09

First Floor

Hallway

Brown Baseboard Mastic

20A-010

First Floor

Storage Room, SE

Gold Baseboard Mastic

20A-011

First Floor

Storage Room, SE

Wall Texture

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-012

First Floor

Copier Room

White Wall Texture

20A-013

First Floor

Main Hall

White Wall Texture with Joint Compound

20A-014

First Floor

Main Hall

White Wall Texture on Plaster

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-015

First Floor

Hallway

Ceiling Tile

20A-016

Staircase to Second Floor

Black / Gold Carpet Mastic

20A-17

Second Floor

South Hallway

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic over Cellulose Layer over Green 9"x9" Floor Tile and Black Mastic

ACM: Both Layers Tile

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-018

Second Floor

Room 209

Gold / Black Carpet Mastic

20A-019

Second Floor

Room 206

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic

ACM: Floor Tile

20A-020

Second Floor

Room 205

Baseboard Mastic and Joint Compound

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-021

Second Floor

Landing / Lobby Area

Green 9"x9" Floor Tile and Black Mastic (under layer only)

ACM: Both Tile Layers

20A-022

Second Floor

Janitorial Closet

East End

Baseboard Mastic

20A-023

Second Floor

Janitorial Closet

East End

White Wall Texture

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-024

Second Floor

Hallway

White Wall Texture on Plaster

20A-025

Second Floor

Room 203

Plaster

20A_026

Second Floor

Hallway

Ceiling Tile

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

20A-027

Exterior, SE

Window Glazing

20A-028

Second Floor

Janitorial Closet

Beige Floor Tile and Gold Mastic

20A-029

Exterior, SE

Window Glazing

NO PHOTO AVAILABLE

E. Roberts Alley Associates, Inc.

Project No. 2005-0731

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs