Project Management Training

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Project Management Training

• A Key to Successful Project Planning

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Environmental, Health and Safety Regulatory
Considerations

• Construction Projects Including
• demolition,
• remodel,
• renovation, and
• new construction

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Environmental Issues
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Asbestos Assessment/Abatement

• 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

• RM needs to review the project scope during the
  design phase to determine a scope of abatement
• An accurate scope will ensure projects are
  completed within budget and on-time
• To accurately estimate abatement costs and
  timeframe the following are needed
• 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 phases throughout the project if
  necessary

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Funding Asbestos Assessment/Abatement

• 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
• operation and maintenance of the campus/plant
• smaller carpet replacement projects

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Scheduling Asbestos Assessment/Abatement

• Allow sufficient turnaround time for all asbestos
  service requests, i.e., surveys, not-to-exceed
  estimates or bidding process.
• The Asbestos Abatement Project Management
  Responsibility Matrix provides general timeframes
  and guidance (RSK 106a)
• The Request for Asbestos Services is useful for
  small projects
• Requesting abatement for peak season or on an
  emergency basis involves paying premium costs

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Building Owner Liability/Worker Protection

• Per OSHA, ASU must notify contractors of the
  location, extent and type of ACM in or adjacent
  to the work area
• ASU must ensure that contractors are notified of
  the restricted access provision on the utility
  tunnel system
• If lead paint is known to be present, ASU must
  notify the contractor.

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Confined Space Entry

• Definition Requirements

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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.
• E.g. storage tanks, process vessels, bins,
  silos, boilers, ventilation or exhaust ducts,
  sewers, pipe chassis, electrical vaults, steam
  tunnels, underground utility vaults, tunnels,
  pipelines, manure pits or other similar types of
  enclosures.

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Permit Required Confined Space

• A confined space that has one or more of the
  following characteristics therefore requiring a
  permit
• Contains or has the potential to contain a
  hazardous atmosphere
• Contains a material that has the potential for
  engulfing an entrant
• Has an internal configuration such that an
  entrant could be trapped or asphyxiated by
  inwardly converging walls or by a floor which
  slopes downward and tapers to a smaller
  cross-section or
• Contains any other recognized serious safety or
  health hazard.

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Non-Permit Confined Space

• A non-permit confined space is a confined space
  that does not contain, nor has the potential to
  contain, any uncontrolled hazard capable of
  causing death or serious physical harm.

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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 (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

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Air Pollution Permit
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Air Pollution Permit

• Designed to monitor air pollution generating
  equipment
• Fuel Burning Equipment
• Notification 7 days prior to installation

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Lamp and Ballast Disposal

• All electronic lamps
• All ballasts
• Risk Management manages shipment from ASU,
  project manager ensures removal of devices from
  discarded fixtures and packages lamps and
  ballasts in appropriate drums.
• Universal Waste Compliance Guidelines
  
• www.asu.edu/provost/riskmgmt/guidance.htm

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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 (CofO by State Fire Marshal)
• Green Tag Yellow Tag
  (Red Tag no occupancy allowed)
• Inspector Checklist
• Punch List

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Construction Site Safety
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Construction Site Safety

• Safety measures may exceed regulatory
  requirements to ensure the campus community is
  adequately protected.
• Contractors are responsible for complying with
  all OSHA regulations including worksite safety
• RM will get involved when
• A contractor performs an unsafe act that is
  observed by RM staff or reported to the RM
  office. The PM will be notified the contractor
  must mitigate the situation.
• An ASU employee performs an unsafe act that is
  observed or reported to the RM office. The
  department/supervisor is notified and responsible
  for mitigating the situation.

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Construction Liability and Property Insurance
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Property Insurance Coverage

• Damage to ASU property by a contractors error is
  covered by the contractors insurance
• State of Arizona provides real and personal
  property insurance coverage
• covered are damages caused by vandalism, acts of
  God such as flooding, lightning strikes
• exclusions include obsolescence, maintenance, and
  mysterious disappearance
• Any real or personal property claim must be
  submitted within 90 days from date of loss or
  discovery

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