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This project will construct an approximately 20,000-square-foot structure employing a pre-engineeredbuilding with interior design to specifically support DOE/NNSA and LANL requirements for occupationalmedicine certification, monitoring, intervention, and quality control. The building will house 60 medical staffpersonnel and support approximately 2,500 patients per month. The project replaces existing non-permanentfacilities that have exceeded their life expectancy and are rapidly deteriorating to the point that theircondition is currently impacting delivery of medical programs.Status: The project received NEPA coverage through Categorical Exclusion #8398, approved May 30,2001 (DOE 2001h). The design/build subcontract was awarded in September 2002. Construction start was inOctober 2002. Work in 2002 was limited to preparation of the temporary parking lot that involved excavationfor site preparation and leveling, removal of asphalt from the building site, and placement of the millingsin the temporary lot. Most of the effort in CY 2002 was focused on developing the design. Constructionactivities for site demolition and preparation, foundation, and underground utilities are continuing. Thebaseline schedule projects that construction will be complete in September 2003 with operational status byJanuary 2004.j) Chemistry Division Office Building (Chemistry Technical Support Building)Description: As a result of the Cerro Grande Fire, over 200 employees were displaced due to the fact thattheir office trailers were destroyed or severely damaged by fire. As such, the housing of LANL employeesin fire-susceptible trailers is a demonstrated vulnerability. Damage to permanent structures in the same areasduring the Cerro Grande Fire was much less severe and limited mostly to smoke damage and damage due toelectrical fluctuations. The new Chemistry Technical Support Building was built to house displaced scientistsand technicians from burned buildings within TA-46. To provide permanent office space for displacedemployees and to further decrease the present number of office trailers at LANL, this permanent officebuilding has been constructed at TA-46, one of the sites to suffer the greatest loss of building space. The newtwo-story, 18,000-square-foot office building is located outside the fence at TA-46. This General Plant Projectwill provide vital support for surrounding LANL Buildings 30, 31, and 154. The new building is office spaceonly. No hazardous or radiological materials will be involved in the project.Status: The project received its own NEPA coverage by Categorical Exclusion # 8044 issued February 28,2001 (DOE 2001i). Construction began in August 2002 and was completed in November 2002. Occupancywas granted in November 2002.Chemistry Technical Support BuildingSWEIS Yearbook—2002 2-173