Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN January 9, 2009
Emeryville Center of Community Life
Waste Management
1. Waste Management Goals for the Project: This Project shall minimize the creation of
construction and demolition waste on the job site. Factors that contribute to waste
such as over packaging, improper storage, ordering error, poor planning, breakage,
mishandling, and contamination, shall be minimized. Of the inevitable waste that is
generated, as many of the waste materials as economically feasible shall be reused,
salvaged, or recycled. Waste disposal in landfills shall be minimized.
2. Diversion Goals: Total project waste diverted from landfill shall be determined at the
next project phase. The LEED standard gives one point for 50%, and an additional
point for the next 25%. A third point is attainable as an innovation credit for 95%
diversion, and that is the goal for this project.
3. Instruction: The Contractor shall provide on-site instruction of appropriate separation,
handling, and recycling, salvage, reuse, and return methods to be used by all parties
at the appropriate stages of the Project.
4. Hazardous wastes: Hazardous wastes shall be separated, stored, and disposed of
according to local regulations. .
CIVIL ENGINEERING NARRATIVE
The civil engineering aspects for the construction and operation of the Emeryville Center for
Community Life comprise grading and utility improvements to support the sustainable concepts
presented under other disciplines.
1. TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE PROJECT SITE
There are topographic and boundary surveys of the site available, which were prepared in
2008. However, this needs to be updated to provide complete information for the contractor. As
part of this work effort, information would be gathered on all subsurface utilities to the extent
available from the public record and from a physical field inspection. This work specifically
relates to the depths of these utilities so that during the design phase decisions can be made
based on accurate information thereby minimizing or negating construction related conflicts.
2. LOCATION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED
The location and elevation of the various fixed works that are to be constructed is extremely
important in order to make sure that all elements of the project fit together at the time of
construction. To this end, the civil engineering plans are logically the ultimate repository of
project definition since it is from these plans that the construction layout parameters will be
taken and physically staked in the field.
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