Amendment_47PF0019R0055_0001.pdf

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or electronic communication which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by letter or electronic communication, provided each letter or electronic communication makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not is required to sign this document and return copies to the issuing office.

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The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers is extended. is not extended.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

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IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NUMBER AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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Terra Cotta Repair & Restoration

47PF0019R0055

G.W.Heaney Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse

The purpose of Amendment 0001 is to provide the following clarifications and changes to the

Request for Proposal.

A. The following Section is clarified and replaced in its entirety as follows:

I.C. Period of Performance

(1) Substantial Completion.

The Contractor shall achieve Substantial Completion of the Work, as that term is defined in this

Agreement, no later than 120 calendar days from issuance of

Notice to Proceed (NTP).

There are two phases one anticipated during spring through early fall of calendar year 2020 and the second during spring through early fall of 2021. Each phase will be given its own NTP which will abide by the substantial completion as referenced in this section.

(2) Construction Completion

The Contractor shall achieve Construction Completion of the Work, within 30 days of

Substantial Completion. This applies to each individual phase for which NTP is provided.

(3) Contract Completion. The Contractor shall achieve Contract Completion, as the term is defined in this Agreement, within 30 calendar days of Substantial Completion.

A. The 1442 Supplemental Pricing Page is updated and included in its entirety. See the attached page 5.

B. Specification Section 02100 Allowances is hereby incorporated in accordance associated with the unit pricing sections and is attached in its entirety. See the attached pages 6-8.

C. Specification Section 028200 Asbestos Abatement is hereby incorporated into and attached in its entirety. See the attached pages 9-39.

D. A pre-alteration assessment has been completed and is hereby attached, for reference.

E. The following remaining questions are addressed and answered below:

1. Who is responsible for handling and paying for movement/alteration of surveillance cameras, or installation of temporary cameras, in the event scaffold for the project prohibits views of existing cameras that are needed for building security?

a. GSA must be able to maintain security monitoring of the facility. If contractor equipment/property obstruct existing surveillance cameras, contractor is responsible for moving existing cameras or installing temporary cameras. There are a total of 9 operational cameras on the building’s exterior.

2. Will there be an interim NTP for Div 1 submittals, security clearances and related upfront matters prior to construction NTP for onsite work in 2020 and 2021?

a. The “interim” notice to proceed (NTP) is issued by the Contracting Officer at the time of award. Full NTP will be issued for each individual phase.

3. Asbestos Abatement

a. Contractor shall provide provision of all labor, operational equipment and incidental materials required to remove and dispose asbestos-containing residual tar (black/gray cementitious, fibrous) material located at the upper edge of the copper panels and specified herein. The material is no more than 4 inches wide at any location and is found sporadically on the upper edge of the copper panels adjacent to the terra cotta cornice.

4. Allowances

a. Specification 012100 has been added. See the attached pages.

5. Section 040326, paragraph 2.3 refers to GSA list of manufacturers. Stated list cannot be located in the specification. Please provide approved list of terra cotta manufacturers.

a. 040326, 2.3 has been revised.

b. See GSA list of manufacturers.

i. Gladding McBean, 601 7th Street, Lincoln, CA

ii. Boston Valley, 6860 South Abbott Road, Orchard Park, NY

iii. Approved equal

6. Warranty referenced in Section 076100 is designated to be a 5-year manufacturer's warranty. For the type of flashing installed this would need to be an installer's warranty.

Please clarify that all installer warranty requirements of the specification are either: 1) a maximum of 2 years, or 2) not subject to the performance bond covered by the

GC/prime contractor on the contract. It is our experience that surety companies will typically NOT issue bonds for projects with warranties covered by the performance bond for periods greater than 2 years after substantial completion.

a. 1.9 has been revised

b. Special Installation Warranty: Provide written warranty that installed system and components shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for 2 years.

7. Please review and advise if warranty provisions in Section 076100 will be revised as those paragraphs seems to apply to a different project?

a. 1.9 has been revised.

b. Special Installation Warranty: Provide written warranty that installed system and components shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for 2 years.

8. Section 040326 paragraph 1.9.A.3 states that existing terra cotta is required to be tested according to ASTM C67. Paragraph refers to section 024296, paragraph 1.5.C for further instructions. No further instructions are present in section 024296. Please clarify and provide information?

a. 1.5.C.2 has been revised.

b. Typical Dismantling Work: Dismantle a representative sampling of terra cotta units from the top (3) courses, approximately (8-10) terra cotta units, from an adjacent bay (Bay 9), including acroteria W8. Salvage units for a reinstallation as shown on the drawings. Not all salvaged units will be reinstalled, reserve 10 units for testing per Section 040326 paragraph

1.9.A.3.

9. The specifications call for a final wash of the building following each phase of construction. Are we to assume the removal of the window screens in order to perform that final washing? If so, does GSA currently have a contract with window washer that you prefer to use?

a. Specification section 017700, 3.2 has been revised. Final cleaning will be completed at the end of Phase 2. Window screens shall be removed and windows washed as part of final cleaning. GSA does not have a preferred window washing contractor.

F. Unit Pricing Questions

1. How many molds / models should be included in the unit pricing?

a. Drawings/specifications should be reviewed in order to glean this information.

See Specification Section 012200, part 2 for a list of unit prices required and refer to the drawings for further description of cornice assembly.

2. Section 076100, paragraph 3.9 references Unit Prices is hereby updated to include the additions as listed below (these additions are incorporated on the supplemental 1442 pricing page):

Unit Price No. 4 Soldering Quality Control Test

a. Destructively inspect a sample of soldering for work done on the site. Soldering tests shall include two separate 12” long vertically oriented flat lock seam test samples and repair of the removed sample

This amendment shall be acknowledged and the first page of the SF30 returned along with any proposal package submitted in response to this RFP (this applies to any amendment issued for this solicitation).

All other terms and conditions not addressed herein remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

SF1442 Supplementary Pricing Page Section 012200 2.1 List of Unit Prices

Unit Price # Item Unit of Measure Price 1 Acroterium (mold) EA 1 Acroterium (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Acroterium (installation) EA 1 Rectangular coping block (mold) EA 1 Rectangular coping block (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Rectangular coping block (installation) EA 1 Coping block w/ rolled edge (mold) EA 1 Coping block w/ rolled edge (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Coping block w/ rolled edge (installation) EA 1 Fascia block w/ decorative pattern (mold) EA 1 Fascia block w/ decorative pattern (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Fascia block w/ decorative pattern (installation) EA 1 Vertical spacer between fascia blocks (mold) EA 1 Vertical spacer between fascia blocks (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Vertical spacer between fascia blocks (installation) EA 1 Wash ledge (mold) EA 1 Wash ledge (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Wash ledge (installation) EA 1 Modillion block (mold) EA 1 Modillion block (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Modillion block (installation) EA 1 Spacer between modillion blocks (mold) EA 1 Spacer between modillion blocks (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Spacer between modillion blocks (installation) EA 1 Ogee band (mold) EA 1 Ogee band (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Ogee band (installation) EA 1 Dentil band (mold) EA 1 Dentil band (terra cotta unit) EA 1 Dentil band (installation) EA

2 Brick Masonry Repair and Reconstruction – Back up wall LF

3 Brick Masonry Repair and Reconstruction – Masonry Substrate SQFT

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SECTION 012100 - ALLOWANCES

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. The Government is providing the references included in this sub-section for information purposes only and is not intended to provide a comprehensive, all-inclusive list of any and all potentially relevant portions of the Contract Documents. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and General Services Administration Acquisition Regulations (GSAR) contract clauses, and other Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section includes administrative and procedural requirements governing allowances.

1. Certain items are described in the Contract Documents as allowance items. The purpose of allowance items is to defer selection of actual products and systems to a later date when direction will be provided to the Contractor. The Contracting Officer will issue Modifications to incorporate allowance items in the Work after actual products and systems have been determined.

B. Types of allowance items may include the following :

1. Unit price allowance items. Refer to specification Section 012200.

1.3 SELECTION AND PURCHASE

A. At the earliest practical date after award of the Contract, advise the contracting officer of the date when final selection and purchase of each product or system described by an allowance item must be completed to avoid delaying the Work. Allowances must be included in all schedule submissions

1.4 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Submit proposals for products or systems described by allowance items in the form specified for Change Orders.

1.5 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Submit copies of invoices or delivery slips to show actual quantities of materials delivered to the site for use in fulfillment of each unit-price and quantity allowance item.

B. Coordinate and process submittals for allowance items in same manner as for other portions of the Work.

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1.6 COORDINATION

A. Coordinate allowance items with other portions of the Work. Furnish templates as required to coordinate installation.

B. Modifications based on an allowance item shall include cost to Contractor of specific products and systems selected by the contracting officer under allowance and shall include taxes, freight, delivery to Project site, Contractor's costs for receiving and handling at Project site, labor, installation, overhead, and profit.

1. If requested by the contracting officer, purchase additional quantities under unit-price or quantity allowances and prepare unused material for storage by Contracting officer.

Deliver unused material to Contracting officer's storage space as directed.

1.7 ADJUSTMENT OF ALLOWANCE ITEMS

A. Modifications to an allowance item shall comply with the changes clauses and any other contract modifications procedures found in the Contract Documents.

B. Contracting officer reserves the right to establish the quantity of work-in-place by independent quantity survey, measure, or count.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (Not Used)

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine products covered by an allowance item promptly on delivery for damage or defects.

Return damaged or defective products to manufacturer for replacement.

3.2 PREPARATION

A. Coordinate materials and their installation for each allowance item with related materials and installations to ensure that each allowance item is completely integrated and interfaced with related work.

3.3 SCHEDULE OF ALLOWANCE ITEMS

A. Allowance Item No. 1: Terra Cotta Elements Unit-Price Allowance: $270,000

B. Allowance Item No. 2: Brick Masonry Repair and Reconstruction, Back up wall Unit-Price Allowance: $53,200

C. Allowance Item No. 3: Brick Masonry Repair and Reconstruction, Masonry Substrate Unit-Price Allowance: $23,250

D. Allowance Item No. 4: Soldering Quality Control Test Unit-Price Allowance: $7,500

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END OF SECTION 012100

Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse Terra Cotta Restoration Asbestos Abatement

2111-081-00 - 100% CD 02 8200

October 17, 2018

SECTION 02-8200

ASBESTOS ABATEMENT

PART 1 – GENERAL

1.01 SUMMARY

1.02 SCOPE OF WORK

A. Summary: Work in this Section includes the provision of all labor, operational equipment and incidental materials required to remove and dispose asbestos-containing residual tar (black/gray cementitious, fibrous) material located at the upper edge of the copper panels and specified herein.

B. Schedule: Contractor to submit a project schedule to meet the needs of the construction schedule (detailing locations and dates of environmental abatement). Contractor to update the schedule weekly.

C. References. In addition to the publications referenced in the Construction Contract

Clauses, the following publications are referenced and are applicable to this project:

1. 29 CFR Part 1910.

2. 29 CFR Part 1926.

3. 40 CFR Part 61.

4. 40 CFR Part 763.

D. Definitions. The following list of definitions is applicable to this project unless a Variance has been issued from the Office of the Regional Environmental Engineer.

1. “Abatement” means removal, encapsulation, enclosure and/or repair of asbestos containing materials.

2. “Adequately Wet” means sufficiently mix or penetrate with liquid to prevent the release of particulates.

3. “Aggressive Air Sampling Methods” means a method of sampling in which the person collecting the air sample creates activity during the sampling period to stir up settled dust during the collection of the air samples.

4. “AHERA” means the Federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 40CFR Part 763, Subpart E.

5. “Air Sampling Professional” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed, who is employed either directly or indirectly by GSA to conduct air sampling and sample analysis.

6. “Airlock” means a system for permitting entrance and exit with minimum air movement between an asbestos regulated work area where airborne asbestos fibers are expected to be encountered (the “dirty” side) and any other area (the “clean” side), consisting of two curtained doorways separated by a distance of at least three feet such that a person passes through one doorway into the airlock, allowing the doorway sheeting to overlap and close off the opening before proceeding through the second doorway, thereby preventing flow-through of air from the “dirty” side to the “clean” side.

7. “Amended water” means water to which a surfactant has been added to improve water penetration.

8. “Area Air Sampling” means any form of air sampling or monitoring where the sampling device is placed at some stationary location.

9. “Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), amosite, riebeckite (crocidolite), tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite as identified using polarized light microscopy.

10. “Asbestos Containing Material or ACM” means any material or product that contains more than 1% asbestos.

11. “Asbestos Containing Building Materials or ACBM” means Surfacing ACM, Thermal Systems Insulation ACM, Miscellaneous ACM, in or on the interior surfaces of a building.

12. “Asbestos Containing Waste Material” means any waste that contains commercial asbestos. This term also includes filters from control devices, bags or packages with commercial asbestos materials, waste from regulated asbestos work area projects, and objects contaminated with asbestos including disposable equipment, rags, and clothing.

13. ”Asbestos Inspector” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed, to conduct asbestos building inspections.

14. “Asbestos Supervisor” means a licensed asbestos abatement contractor holding a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed.

15. “Asbestos Worker” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed who cleans, removes, encapsulates, prepares, encloses, erects, hauls, or disposes of asbestos materials or wastes.

16. “Authorized Visitor” means the GSA Property Manager or Project Manager, or any person designated by the GSA Property Manager or the Project Manager, the Regional Environmental Engineer, and any representative of a regulatory or other agency having jurisdiction over the project.

17. “Background Levels” means the concentrations of airborne fibers as determined by phase contrast or transmission electron microscopy, in and adjacent to, the work areas, prior to the start of the work.

18. “Category I Non-Friable Asbestos Containing Material” means asbestos containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor coverings, and asphalt roofing products containing more than 1 % asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.

19. “Category II Non-Friable ACM” means any material, excluding Category I Non- Friable ACM, containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

20. “Class I Asbestos Work” means activities involving the removal of Thermal Systems Insulation (TSI) and Surfacing ACM and PACM.

21. “Class II Asbestos Work” means activities involving but not limited to the removal of asbestos containing wall board, floor tiles and sheeting, roofing and side shingles, and construction mastics. Class II work does not include Class I work.

22. “Class III Asbestos Work” means repair and maintenance operations where ACM is likely to be disturbed.

23. “Class IV Work” means maintenance and custodial activities during which employees contact but do no disturb ACM or PACM and activities to clean up dust, waste, and debris from Class I, Class II, and Class III work.

24. ”Clean Room” means a “clean side” area or room which is a structural part of the Worker Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) with provisions for storage of workers’ street clothes and protective equipment.

25. “Clearance Air Monitoring” means the employment of aggressive sampling methods with a volume of air collected to determine the airborne concentration of fibers upon conclusion of an asbestos abatement project.

26. “Commercial Asbestos” means any material containing asbestos that is extracted from ore and either has or has had value because of its asbestos content.

27. “Competent Person” means a person who is capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and in selecting the appropriate control strategy for asbestos exposure, who has the authority to take prompt corrective actions to eliminate them. It also means a person who holds a valid asbestos license as a contractor’s supervisor in the State where the work is taking place.

28. “Contained Area” means an enclosed work area in a building where negative air pressure and High Efficiency Particulate Absolute (HEPA) filtration are use to contain airborne fibers during removal, enclosure, or encapsulation of ACBM during an asbestos abatement project.

29. “Critical Barrier” means one or more layers of plastic sealed over openings into a work area or any similarly placed physical barrier, sufficient to prevent airborne fibers in a work area from migrating to adjacent areas.

30. “Curtained Doorway or ‘Z’-Flap” means a devise that consists of at least three overlapping sheets of plastic over an existing or temporary framed doorway.

One sheet shall be secured at the top and left side, the second sheet at the top and the right side, and the third sheet at the top and the left side. The sheets shall have weights attached to the bottom to ensure that the sheets hang straight and maintain a seal over the doorway when not in use. Curtained doorways shall be installed at each end of each airlock and each end of each room of the Decontamination Enclosure Systems.

31. “Decontamination Enclosure System (DES)” means a series of connected rooms, separated from each other by air locks, used for the decontamination and exit from the work area. A Worker’s Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) shall be constructed for use by personnel entering and exiting the work area. An Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) shall be constructed for cleaning and removing of containerized waste material from the work area. Both enclosure systeme shall be erected and used on this project.

32. “Demolition” means the wrecking or taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations or the intentional burning of any facility as described by OSHA. Demolition and renovation are not the same activities.

33. “Disturbance” means activities that disrupt the matrix of asbestos containing material and PACM.

34. “Encapsulant” means a liquid material which can be applied to ACBM and which temporarily controls the possible release of asbestos fibers from the material, either by creating a membrane over the surface (Bridging Encapsulant) or by penetrating into the material and binding its components (Penetrating Encapsulant).

35. “Encapsulation” means the treatment of ACBM with a material that surrounds or embeds asbestos fibers and asbestos fiber bundles in an adhesive matrix that prevents the release of fibers.

36. “Enclosure” means the construction of an airtight, impervious, and permanent wall and ceiling between the ACBM and the occupied space of the building.

37. “Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System or EDES” means a decontamination enclosure system designed for the controlled transfer of materials, equipment, and containerized waste into and out from the work area.

The EDES shall consist of the following (from “dirty” side to “clean” side):

a. Curtained Doorway

b. Wash Room

c. Curtained Doorway

d. Airlock

e. Curtained Doorway

f. Holding Area

g. Curtained doorway

38. “Equipment Room” means a room or area on the “dirty side” which is part of the WDES with provisions for the storage or contaminated clothing and equipment that is intended for reuse. The equipment room shall be separated from the work area and from additional rooms in the WDES by air locks with curtained doorways.

39. “Facility” means any institutional, commercial, public, industrial, or residential structure, installation, or building, any ship, and any active or inactive waste disposal site.

40. “Facility Component” means any part of a facility including equipment.

41. “Fiber Release Episode” means any uncontrolled or unintentional disturbance of

ACM resulting in visible emissions.

42. “Fixed Object” means a unit of equipment or building system component which can not be removed from the work area.

43. “Friable” means a material, when dry, that may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. The term friable also applies to non-friable material that will intentionally become friable as a result of sanding, drilling, chipping, striking with an object (such as a wrecking ball), or demolition.

44. “Glovebag” means a manufactured device consisting of a plastic bag (constructed of a minimum of 6-mil thickness transparent plastic) with two attached inward projecting long-sleeved rubber gloves, one attached inward projecting water wand sleeve, an attached internal tool pouch, and an attached labeled receptacle for asbestos waste. The glovebag is constructed and installed in such a manner that it surrounds the object or area to be decontaminated and that it contains the fibers that are released during the removal process.

45. “Glovebag Technique” means a method for removing friable ACBM from heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) ducts, piping runs, valves, joints, elbows, and other non-planer surfaces.

46. “Governments Environmental Consultant or GEC” is an individual who is employed either directly or indirectly by GSA to provide third party observations, project coordination, and oversight on behalf of GSA on every aspect of an asbestos abatement project.

47. “HEPA” means High Efficiency Particulate Absolute.

48. “HEPA Filter” means a high efficiency particulate absolute filter capable of retaining 99.97 percent of particles (including fibers) that are greater than 0.3 micrometers in mass median aerodynamic equivalent diameter, with an efficiency designation of 100 in accordance with NIOSH 42 CFR 84, Respiratory Protection Devices.

49. “HEPA vacuum equipment” means vacuuming equipment with a high efficiency particulate absolute filter system.

50. “Holding Area” means a room or area on the “clean side” which is part of the EDES with provisions for the storage of containerized waste that has been decontaminated in the wash room of the EDES. The Holding Area shall be separated from the work area and from additional rooms in the EDES by air locks with curtained doorways.

51. “Intact” means that the ACM has not crumbled, been pulverized, or otherwise deteriorated so that the asbestos is no longer bound with its matrix.

52. “Leak-tight” means that solids or liquids cannot escape or spill out. Leak-tight also means dust-tight.

53. “Miscellaneous Material” means interior building material on structural components, structural members, or fixtures, such as floor and ceiling tiles, and does not include Surfacing Materials or Thermal Systems Insulation.

54. “Mini-Containment Area” means a contained and regulated area in which Glovebag Techniques are being employed.

55. “Negative Air Pressure Equipment” means a portable local exhaust system equipped with HEPA filtration. The system shall be capable of maintaining a constant, low velocity airflow from asbestos abatement work areas to the outdoors, thereby creating a negative pressure differential between the work area and the remaining areas of the building.

56. “Negative Initial Exposure Assessment” means a demonstration by the contractor that by using the specific work procedures to by employed on the project, employee exposure during the project is expected to be consistently below the

PEL.

57. “NESHAP” means the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(40 CFR 61).

58. “Nonfriable Asbestos-Containing Material“ means any material containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, that, when dry, may not be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

59. Office of the Regional Environmental Engineer” means the GSA Environmental Engineer for Region 5, assigned to the Fire Protection and Safety Branch or an individual or company designated by the Environmental Engineer.

60. “Operations and Maintenance” means a program of work practices to maintain friable and nonfriable ACBM in good condition, to provide for the clean-up of asbestos previously disturbed or damaged, and to prevent further releases by minimizing and controlling disturbances and damage to ACBM.

61. “OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

62. “Outside Air” means air from outside of the work area.

63. “Personal Air Monitoring or Exposure Monitoring” means a method used to determine employees’ exposure to airborne fibers through the collection of air samples from the breathing zone of an individual in the work area. Personal Air Monitoring must be conducted in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1001 and 1926.1101.

64. “PACM” means Presumed Asbestos Containing Material.

65. “Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for asbestos fibers, as expressed as an eight-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA)” means the concentration at which no employee shall be exposed to. The PEL is 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter as determined by Phase Contrast Microscopy.

66. “Presumed Asbestos Containing Material” means thermal systems insulation and surfacing material found in buildings constructed no later than 1980 unless that material has been determined to NOT contain asbestos based on an adequate number of samples having been analyzed using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.

67. “Project “means removal, encapsulation, enclosure, or repair of more than three linear feet, three square feet, or one cubic foot of ACM.

68. “Regulated Asbestos Containing Material (RACM)” means:

a. Friable Asbestos Containing Material; or,

b. Category I Non-friable ACM that has become friable; or,

c. Category I Non-friable ACM that will be subject to sanding, grinding, cutting, abrading; or,

d. Category II Non-friable ACM that has a high probability of becoming damaged or friable in the course of renovation or demolition operations.

69. “Regulated Area” means an area established by the contractor to demarcate areas where Class I, Class II, and Class III asbestos work is being conducted. It also means any areas where debris and waste from such asbestos work accumulate; and a work area within which airborne fiber concentrations either exceed or there is a reasonable possibility that they may exceed the permissible exposure limit.

70. “Remote Decontamination Enclosure System” means a decontamination enclosure system which is not connected to the contained work area.

71. “Removal” means the intentional detachment of any asbestos-containing materials from surfaces or components of a building or taking out building components.

72. “Renovation” means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of Regulated Asbestos Containing Material from a facility component. Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions.

73. “Repair” means rewrapping or taping damaged pipe or boiler (or similar vessel) insulation and patching of surfacing material.

74. “Resilient Floor covering” means asphaltic and vinyl floor tiles, sheet flooring materials, and their associated adhesive mastics.

75. “Response Action” means a method with procedures including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, operations and maintenance, and clean-up after an accidental release, that protects human health and the environment from friable ACBM.

76. “Secure Separation Barriers” means a rigid barrier constructed of ½ inch minimum thickness plywood, gypsum board, or similar sheathing material with sufficient framing to support the barrier designed to prevent the possible access by building occupants into areas where project activities will occur. A Secured Separation Barrier shall not be used as a containment area barrier.

77. “Separation Barrier” means a rigid barrier that is erected in a building space to reduce the volume of a work area, such as erecting a barrier along the perimeter of a series of rooms in order to remove materials from windows without making the entire room a work area. This type of Barrier SHALL NOT be used to separate occupied areas of the building from the work area. This type of Separation Barrier shall be of ½ inch minimum thickness plywood gypsum board or similar sheathing material with suitable framing to support the Separation Barrier. The seams and edges of the Separation Barrier shall be caulked and the work area side of the Separation Barrier shall be covered with two layers of six-mil plastic sheeting equivalent.

78. “Shall” means the stated provision is mandatory.

79. “Shower Room” means a “clean side” area or room separated from the Clean

Room and from the Equipment Room by airlocks with curtained doorways, which is a structural part of the Worker Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) with hot and cold running water controllable at the tap and arranged for complete showering during decontamination.

80. “Shut Down and Lock Out Power” means to switch off every electrical circuit breaker serving power or lighting circuits which run to, or through, the work area.

Lock the electrical panel or door with separate locks.

81. “Staging Area” means a “dirty side” area separated from the Wash Room by an airlock with curtained doorways, which is adjacent to Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) designated for the temporary storage of containerized waste prior to removal from the work area.

82. “Structural Member” means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load supporting walls, or any non-load supporting member such as ceilings and non-load supporting walls.

83. “Surfactant” means a chemical wetting agent that, when added to water, will improve the penetration characteristic of the water in order to reduce fiber release.

84. “Surfacing Material” means material that is sprayed, troweled-on, or otherwise applied to surfaces (such as acoustical plaster on ceilings and fireproofing on structural members).

85. “Thermal System Insulation (TSI)” means insulation material applied to pipes, fittings, boilers, breechings, vessels, tanks, ducts, or other structural or mechanical components, to prevent heat gain or loss, reduce noise, control condensation, or any other purpose including decorative.

86. “Visible Emissions” mean any emissions containing particulate, airborne or as tracked dust, that are visually detectable with out the aide of instrumentation.

87. “Wash Room” means a “dirty side” area separated from the Staging area of the work area by a curtained doorway, which is a structural component of the Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) designated for cleaning of waste containers, equipment, and any other items, except for personnel, from the work area.

88. “Wet Cleaning” means the process of eliminating residual asbestos fibers from surfaces and objects by using cloths, mops, and other cleaning tools which have been dampened with water. After cleaning, the cloths, mops, and other cleaning tools must be disposed as Asbestos Containing Waste Material.

89. “Work Area” means the designated rooms, spaces, or areas where an aspect of an asbestos abatement project is being conducted.

90. “Worker Decontamination Enclosure System or WDES” means a decontamination enclosure system designed for the decontamination of personnel exiting the work area. The WDES shall consist of the following (from “dirty” side to “clean” side):

a. Curtained Doorway

b. Equipment Room

c. Curtained Doorway

d. Airlock

e. Curtained Doorway

f. Shower Room

g. Curtained doorway

h. Airlock

i. Curtained Doorway

j. Clean Room

k. Curtained Doorway

PART 2 - ASBESTOS ABATEMENT SUBMITTALS

2.01 SUBMITTALS

A. Qualifications.

1. Contractor shall submit evidence of satisfactory completion of five projects similar to scope and size to this project that were completed in the last 24 months.

2. Contractor shall submit professional references for projects completed in federal buildings in the last 24 months.

3. Contractor shall submit the names and a list of relevant experience for the proposed Site Supervisor, Competent Person, and workers that are proposed for this project.

4. Contractor shall submit a copy of the recent asbestos license for each of the individuals listed in item 3, above.

B. Asbestos Abatement Action Plan. Contractor shall prepare and submit an Asbestos Abatement Action Plan (Plan). The Plan shall be submitted to the GSA Property Manager, the GSA Project Manager and to the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer and the Government’s Environmental Consultant for review and approval at least 30 calendar days prior to the start of the work. No work shall be allowed until the Plan has been approved. The Plan shall include drawings and narratives, sufficient in detail to demonstrate and indicate the following:

1. The specific areas of work in the building.

2. Areas of the building which will be occupied during the work.

3. Locations of critical barriers.

4. Delineation of each regulated area.

5. Location of Decontamination Enclosure Systems.

6. Location of waste accumulation.

7. Route of workers from outside the building, into the work area, from decontamination to break areas and to out of doors.

8. Location of waste dumpster.

9. Route of containerized waste containers from the work area to out door.

10. Location of mini-enclosures (if applicable).

11. Location of remote decontamination enclosure system (if applicable).

12. Location of negative air machine exhaust points and path of exhaust ducts.

13. Completion of a GSA Notification Form.

14. A narrative sequencing plan with a detailed schedule clearly indicating the various aspects of the work.

C. Sample Submittals. Contractor shall submit for review and approval at least 30 calendar days prior to the scheduled start of the work, samples of encapsulants, solvents, adhesives, and any other chemical product that is proposed to be used on this project.

No products may be brought into the building until approved by either the GSA Project Manager, the GSA Property Manager, the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer, and Government’s Environmental Consultant or as specified elsewhere in this document.

The samples shall be in their original containers and shall be accompanied by their Material Safety Data Sheets.

D. Additional Submittals. At least 10 calendar days prior to the commencement of any work, the contractor shall submit the following information to the GSA Property Manager, the GSA Project Manager, the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer, and the Government’s Environmental Consultant for review and approval prior to starting the work:

1. Documentation that arrangements have been made for the transport and disposal of waste generated at this project and the name and location of the disposal sites.

2. Documentation that each worker and supervisor is licensed in the State where the work is being performed.

3. Drawings for layout and construction details for Decontamination Enclosure Systems and barriers for isolation of the work area.

E. Contractor shall provide the following information during the asbestos work:

1. Results of air monitoring from the previous 24-hour period.

2. Differential air pressure readings for each containment area.

3. Asbestos containing waste shipment records.

4. Job progress reports detailing the abatement/mitigation activities, including a review of progress with respect to previously established schedules, problems, and actions taken, injury reports, and equipment breakdowns, if applicable.

5. Copies of worksite entry logs showing the name, date and time for worker and visitor access to the work area.

6. Logs documenting filter changes on respirators, HEPA vacuums, negative pressure ventilation units, and other engineering controls.

F. At the completion of the project. The contractor shall submit the following:

1. Contractor’s report detailing the work that was completed and the procedures that were used.

2. Contractor’s air sampler’s report summarizing the results of all exposure monitoring that occurred.

3. A complete set of the contractor’s daily logs and waste shipment records.

2.02 ALTERNATE PROCEDURES AND VARIANCES

A Variance to the Work Practices may be requested by submitting a written proposal to the GSA Environmental Engineer a minimum of 20 calendar days before the commencement of work. The written proposal shall include a detailed description of the procedure(s) to be used in lieu of the requirements described herein. The Environmental Engineer will notify the applicant in writing of it decision to either grant or deny the variance within 20 calendar days of receipt of the request.

2.03 NOTIFICATION FORM

Contractor shall complete and submit the following Notification Form at least 10 working (14 calendar days to the Project Manager, the Property Manager, and to the Regional Environmental Engineer.

Notification of Asbestos Demolition and/or Renovation

General Services Administration Region 5

Chicago, IL 60604

1. TYPE OF NOTIFICATION: (circle one) Original Revision Cancellation

2. FACILITY INFORMATION (provide names and phone numbers):

GSA Project Manager: _____________________________________________ GSA Property Manager: ____________________________________________ GSA Regional Environmental Engineer: ________________________________ GSA’s A/E Project Manager: _________________________________________ GSA’s Government Environmental Consultant: __________________________ GSA Emergency Contact: ___________________________________________

3. REMOVAL CONTRACTOR INFORMATION:

Company name and Address: ________________________________________ City, State, and zip code: ___________________________________________ Name of contact and phone number: __________________________________

4. FACILITY DESCRIPTION:

Building Name and GSA Building Number: ______________________________ Street Address: ___________________________________________________ City, State, and zip code: ___________________________________________ Building size: __________ Number of Floors: _______ Age of Building: _______ Current Use of Building: _________________ Tenants that may be impacted: _______________________________________

5. DESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES THAT WERE USED TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE

OF ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL: ___________________

6. WASTE INFORMATION, Provide Company, contact name, and phone no:

Waste Transporter: ________________________________________________ Waste Disposal Site: _______________________________________________ Estimated Quantity of Asbestos Containing Waste: _______________________

7. LIST THE APPROXIMATE QUANTITIES OF ASBESTOS TO BE REMOVED:

Friable ACM:

Component Quantity

Category I Non-Friable ACM (packings, gaskets, resilient floor coverings and adhesive mastics, and asphalt roofing products):

Category II, Non-Friable ACM (all other Non-Friable ACM)

8. SCHEDULED REMOVAL DATES:

Start Date_________________ Completion Date: _____________ Scheduled Working Hours: ________________________________

9. PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNED ASBESTOS METHODS TO BE

USED:

10. PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEERING CONTROLS THAT WILL BE

USED TO PREVENT THE EMMISSIONS OF ASBESTOS DURING THE PROJECT:

11. CONTRACTOR’S CERTIFICATION:

“I certify that a trained individual, licensed as a Contractor Supervisor, in the State where the work is being performed, and who satisfies the requirements of a Competent Person will be on site at all times when any asbestos related work is occurring.

Name, title, and Signature of Contractor Date

PART 3 - PROCEDURES

3.01 WORK PLACE ENTRY AND EXIT PROCEDURES

A. Personnel Entry and Exit Procedures. All of the following procedures shall be printed and posted in the Clean Room of the Worker’s Decontamination Enclosure System by the contractor. These procedures shall be enforced by the contractor and shall be followed throughout the abatement project until clearance air monitoring has been performed and the area has passed final clearance.

1. All personnel and authorized visitors shall enter the work area through the

Worker’s Decontamination Enclosure System.

2. All personnel who enter the work area shall sign the entry log, located in the clean room, upon entry and exit.

3. All personnel, before entering the work area, shall read and be familiar with all posted regulations, personal protection requirements, and emergency procedures.

4. For entry into the work area, all personnel shall proceed first to the Clean Room, remove all clothing and don respiratory protection, disposable coveralls, head covering and foot covering. Clean respirators and protective clothing shall be provided by the contractor and utilized by each person for each separate entry into the work area.

5. Personnel wearing designated personal protective equipment shall proceed from the Clean Room, through the Shower Room and the Equipment Room, into the work area.

6. Before leaving the work area, all personnel shall remove gross debris from the outside of respirators and protective clothing by brushing and/or wet cleaning procedures. Each person shall clean the bottoms of protective footwear immediately prior to entering the Equipment Room.

7. Personnel shall proceed to the Equipment Room where all protective equipment, except for the respirator, shall be removed. Disposable clothing shall be placed in labeled containers for disposal.

8. Reusable contaminated footwear (i.e. steel-shanked rubber boots) and hand tools shall be stored in the equipment room when not in use.

9. Still wearing respirators, personnel shall proceed to the Shower Room, clean the outside of the respirator and the exposed face area under the shower’s running water prior to removal of the respirator, and then shower and shampoo to remove residual debris.

10. After showering and drying, personnel shall proceed to the Clean Room and don street clothes, if leaving the work site, or a clean set of disposable clothing for re-entry to the work area.

B. Contractor shall clearly mark exits from the work area.

3.02 BUILDING PROTECTION

A. The areas outside of the work area shall be protected at all times. The use of negative pressure in the work area is one measure of protection that the contractor shall maintain.

1. A negative air pressure differential of at least 0.02 inches of water column, relative to ambient outside ambient air pressure, shall be maintained at all times through out the contained area during the work to ensure that air inside of the work area does not filter back and enter the building’s spaces outside of the work area. Instrumentation, such as a manometer (with a readable tape) for measuring the pressure differential shall be provided and maintained by the contractor for each work area.

2. Once the contained area is established, the negative air pressure system shall operate continuously, 24 hours a day, until final air clearance criteria has been met.

3. Airborne fiber concentrations in building spaces adjacent to the contained work area shall not exceed 0.01 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) or background levels, which ever is greater, as determined by phase contrast microscopy. Work shall immediately cease in the work area if the airborne fiber concentrations in building spaces adjacent to the work area exceed this amount. Remedial action, such as wet cleaning, shall be taken to reduce the airborne fiber concentrations.

4. The contractor shall be responsible for cleaning spaces outside and adjacent to the work area where airborne fiber concentrations exceeded 0.01 f/cc or back ground levels, which ever is greater.

B. The contractor shall install and operate a sufficient number of filtration machines to completely…