Design and Specification Guidelines - Gaston County Schools

Design and Specification Guidelines Gaston County Schools
Updated: March 6, 2012 Gastonia, NC 28054
VI. Environmental Regulations
A. Asbestos
1. Prior to construction, review AHERA plans with Asbestos Coordinator
2. Determine if areas contain asbestos containing material and if construction will
impact
3. Determine whether Asbestos Abatement will require the use of Facility
Services to abate or whether Abatement (Plan and Removal) will be
contracted.
4. Inform Contractors and their subcontractors of asbestos locations and have
each sign the Asbestos Awareness Form, provided by Asbestos Coordinator.
B. Lead Based Paint
1. Contractors – Certified by the North Carolina Health and Human Services/
Division of Public Health
2. New EPA Regulations have been issued to protect children by addressing lead
-based paint hazards caused during renovation, repair and painting activities.
Under the rule, beginning in 2010 firms and their contractors performing
renovation, repair and painting activities that disturb lead-based paint and
coatings in child-occupied facilities built before 1978, must be certified, use
trained workers and must follow specific work practices to prevent the lead
hazards. Painted areas in building built before 1978 can be tested for lead
paint or assumed that there is lead-based paint in the area. A child-occupied
facility means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978,
visited regularly by the same child, under 6 years of age on at least two
different days within any week, provided that each day's visit lasts at least 3
hours and the combined weekly visits last at least 6 hours. Child-occupied
facilities may include, but are not limited to, day care centers, preschools and
kindergarten classrooms.
3. When contracted activities will be taking place in a facility that requires
certification, a notification to the parents of children under six, a brief
description of the work that will be accomplished, and a copy of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development's handbook entitled "Renovate Right, Important Lead Hazard
Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools will be provided. A
copy of this pamphlet can be found at
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/renovateright.pdf. The last page of this
pamphlet is a Pre-Renovation Disclosure Form that must be signed by the
parent or guardian of children under the age of six who occupy the facility
where the renovation is to be performed.
4. When renovation activities at any building constructed prior to 1978 Facility
Services and all contractors will comply with the EPA Regulations governing
renovation in building with lead paint. Renovation activities are defined as any
activity which disturbs an area six feet square inside or twenty feet square
outside of the building. Some examples of activities could be window
replacement, painting, electrical work, plumbing or demolition of any part of a
building.
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