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Home My WebLink About6.C.(1) Proposal for Industrial Hygiene Services-- r 1 -~"~ s~ ,~. ~o+'~A ~ ~~ ~~ i •'' ; ~, ~w, ~~' ~ ~ k - ~~f February 1 , ~~0~ pity of South Bend Board of Public worl~s 27 west Jefferson Boulevard Suite IOOI~ South Ber~cl,1N 4~1 Attention: llr'Ir. Donald h~ks ,Subject: Agreement for Industrial hygiene Services ~,A1A1~ Survey - ll~arycrest Building !~. c. C%) ' ' } ~j w ~ 4 Dear Dan: Fallowing up on my conversation with Jahn Strauss from the South Bend arnmunity School arparation on February 11 and the infc~rn~a~ion that he provided, a copy oaf which was seat to you as well, I am pleased to present this Agreement for conducting an indoor air quality evaluation and AHA asbestos inspection ft~r the arycrest facility. ~ understand that the impetus for this evaluation ~ the conversion of the larycrest Building far use as a technical high school anal them arc concerns frarn the School ward about these two issues. Since this building is envisioned for use as a school the asbestos inspection roust comply with the Asbestos ~Iazard Ernergency Response ,Act ~AHE~A} regulations, 'his protocol is routine by this tine and used for other classes of building because it is logical and thorough. John has indicated that initially the high school. would occupy the third and fouh floors, but that it could expand to the enure bu~ldxng ~n the future 1f the program 1s successful. y base proposal is for to these two floors because ~ anticipate that the HVA system is isolated by floor and also because the most significant potential asbesta~containing materials present -pipe insulation ar acoustical Master - are probably the same an all fla~ars. phis will reduce e present survey cost while providing useful information far the future expansion. when the expansion a~ccurs the present survey can be amended, l have also included an alternate additional fee far doing X114 flioors at this tine if you desire. ,~nd~~r A~r~ ~~i~y For this evaluation.., I propose to conduct. air sampling far the following potential contaminants to evaluate the indoor air quality. ^ bYOaeroso~s: sampling for airborne viable fungi and non-viable fungi spores as indicators cif biological activity in the area ^ carpet debris: representative n~icra~vacuun~ samples from. impacted carpets will indicate whether unusual fungal growth is occurring ^ ~urf~ce or bru~~ a~rtt+~rial splcs: when needed far species identification ar canfirmatian of maid growth in water darna,ged materials ^ n~~isture: relative humidity readings are a good indicator of the lil~elihaod for present ar future microbial growth carbon d~o~id~e: this is a measure of the fresh air supply, which controls odors and the sensation of {`stale" air, and is usually inversely related to the transrnision of disease 1T~64 ~'al~ reed Drive ~ roger, I~dlana 4653 ~ Piaone "~4.Z7T.~TT ~ +~ Fa~c 74.~77.~~1 ~~.IAC Evaluatian Agreement. l~axycr~est Bu~ld~ng -south Bend TN ZIl 1a~" Page ~, This battery of tests ~.~ been very effective on past projects in determining if a building~related indoor air duality problem exists ar~d v~hen carnbined with the visual. inspection should provide er~~ugh information to decide if there i a "rnald problem" associated with the building. The fund saxnp~es are analysed for both total count and the rank order cif the species present.. These tests identify reer~air of bialagical fungi contamination and bioaerosols associated Frith the interior of the building. irnultaneous autdaor sampling far each suspected indoor cantarninant ~ perform.ed and the existing outdoor air quality is used as the baseline fir evaluating the indaar results. The key to a useful. indoor air quality evaluation is in the preparation of the report, that is, in the interpretation of the results. A report that consists only of the laboratory data and a carnparison chart that requires self-diagnosis, so to speak, ~ not useful.. I have .accumulated and evaluated nun~cricl criteria far each of the tests eve perform. I have a set of current criteria that falXo the recommendations of the nerican Industrial ~Cygiene .Association ~AI~I~~, the American Conference of governmental Industrial Hygienists ~CGIH} and other experts in the field far distinguishing acceptable from.. unacceptable indoor air quality. Their accuracy has been proven innumerous past projects. I believe that our experience in interpreting our test results in the light of these criteria sets our v~or apart. I propose to caXlect one .indaar air sample on sash flag. At each lacation I i11 also collect a carpet. vacuums sample and. make the carbon dioxide and rrloisture rneasuren~ents. In addition I have included ~ samples far surface vvip+es or water-dammed material. one outdoor set of samples will be collected for the baseline used to interpret the indaar results. ~4sb~s~os-'o,~~a~~~~ ateri~cc~s suspect asbestos~containing material sampling will follovr~ the protc~ccol established by the SPA in the ~HHRA regulations ~~a CSR 7~}far schools. They have become the standard of the industry because they present a logical, comprehensive pr~otocal far identification of AC1VIa which gives accurate and reproducible results. Cur pratacal v~ill incorporate the following definitions; • ALA. ~V'e will identify and classify nlr accessible materials, ~ A''E~.~L~: only materials that are acce~sib~~e without penetration behind existing fixed walls, floors and ceilings will b-e sampled; multiple layers an these surfaces will. be sampled. • ASS~I~D: suspect A,CII~ enclosed behind existing walls, floors and ceilings v~i11 be ass~me~ to be the carne material as these on portions of the surface or similar surfaces that are accessible. The survey will include all suspect friable and patentiall~r fr%able materials as defined by the AHE.A~ regulations. e will. not sample any of the asphaltic roofing materials since they are on the exterior of the building and not covered by AI~~RA, but ~vil1 include them as presumed nun-friable AC1VI. e will sample the vari.au suspect flooring materials to provide the mast canaprehensve rnf~orrrration and analyse them by the mare expansive transmission electron microscope ~TEI~I} method, the only method that provides definitive results far these resinous materials. The w~ark will include the docunlentatran necessary to complete the IDE1V1 Notification of I)en~allttan and Renovation operations far any asbestos abatement work that mill be needed far renovating this space iota the high school. ,.~ r .~~, tA1A~VI ~va~uat~o.~ Agx~~e~ent '{r '~`~' c, e, tit ll~arycr~~t ~uiZdin~ - outs Bind IN ~11310~ P`a~ ~ ~ , ~" r~: ~_.~ ~~ ~~~~ rauvogel Associates will pra~~ride the services of certified Industrial Hygienist, technicians and support staff to perform the follc~~cring; ~~o~r fir r~I~~y ^ conduct an inspection ~f the interior of the study area to locate possible biological reser~airs ^ conduct. general area air sampling at the indoor locations as outlined above and at one c~utdaar location typical of fresh make-up air to the building far the failo~ring parameters: airborne fund ~~riable} airbr~rne fungi spores, poilen and particulates ~tatal viable + non~viable~ surface fungi viable} fungi in orator damaged materials ~ relative humidity carbon d.~o~ide collect all samples using American conference of Governmental ~.dustrial Hygienists {A~I~~ and American fndustrial flygiene Associadan (A.I~A~ recognised protocols and sampling methods ^ pra~ide sample analysis by an AII~A accredited microbiology laboratory provide a I"~nal report, certified by a Certified Industrial ~Iygenist (+~IH~, summarising and interpreting the results, with recon~endatians far farther remedial action, as needed Asbestos-~'~o~t~a~i~ a~e~s rauvogel Associates gill provide the services of El' accredited asbestos inspectors, a Certified Industrial. flygienist and. support staff to perform the follc~~ring: ^ Conduct an inspectian~ of each structure to identify the types of suspect asbestos-containing rrxaterials ~AcI~I~ present. ^ Collect sufficient samples of the suspect AIVI and provide labt~ratory .analysis by an ~A recognized laboratory to identify the ACID, ^ Analyse friable materials by ~olad.zed Light icrascapy ~PLN~~. ^ Analyse non-friable materials that nay became friable during dernolitianlrenovatian by "~ransnlision Electron ll~icrascapy` ~'p}; non-friable suspect materials that will remain non- friable, such as roofing, will be assumed as asbestas~containing. ^ p'repare a repast of findings far the facility that includes documentation of the types, locations and quantities of the confirmed ALCM sufficient. to file the E l~otification of Asbestos Renov~.tianll~e~nalition~ Complete the inspector pardons of the II~E Notification of Asbestos ~enovadanll)en~olition and provide it far completion by the G~vner for submittal to II~M. +O11ATYN For providing this cape of er~rices, C~rauvogel Associates gill be paid on an hourly rate basis plus reimbursable expenses, in accordance with the folla~ving schedule up to the stated not-to~e~ceed amount; 1AN~ ~r~~~uat~c~n Ar~ement ary~resk Building - South fiend IN ~l1~109 Page 4 Reimbursable expenses ~vi11 consist. of laboratory analyses and sample shipping and handling. n the basis of e above Scope of Services, ~~ esti~tc the fatal ~ for thfs project including Labor and reimbursable expenses mill be as follows: Base Price ~~[~R ~`ield Survey Data ~.evie~v and epo ~L~IB~RABL~ ~~N Laboratory analyses ~ fA Airborne fungi: ~$1 ~o;off carpet Debris: ~ ~0.~0 Surface [~ hulk ~un1. ~~~.~~ Carbon D1oxlde* ~.~ Laboratory Analyses - ~ ~~ ASbeStoS: ~. ~ ~ ~.~ #~}~ TENI A~sbesto (bulk}: ~ ~R~~ TOTAL NAT-~{~-,~ A~~T u~bvl ~~to~a~ A~~~io~a~ services - expand 'urve,~ to ~~ie ~$~ ~~~,oors LAB Meld Survey Data I~evi~e~v and Report ubtot~r~ I~X1i~BU1~SBLL DNS Laboratory Analyses - lA A~xborne fungi; ~ 14o.o+D carpet Debris: (~.~~ Carbon Dio~~de; ~ ~ S.So Laboratory Analyses - A11~ PLI Asbesta; 15.00 TTA~L ,~~~ITI+ONL A~~JI"~T Sub~o~al 440.0 1, ~ ~~.~~ ~~ i ~~ ~oo.+OD 12~.Oo ~ ~~.~~ ~J.~o $ 2I0.00 334.00 1 105.50 ~G4.U ~~~ ~~~.~~' ~~ Y k Y V 44~.0~ ~~~.~~ ,i+~l k.! s if ~'~.~~ ~s.oo 412.40 $ 852,40 The quoted fee for Labor will not be exceeded rithout prior justification and approval. The actual numbers of samples and analyses needed to complete the evaluation ~i11 be determined in the f~~e1d, and samples will be invoked at the above uu.it costs. The numbers of samples are not expected to vary from those quoted. Thl F` (~~'L~TI~I - from receipt of the formal .Notice-to-Proceed to completion of field sampling --1 creek 1 from completion. of the field sam.plin until submission of final report -- 4 weeps IA(~IA+~~I valuatlar~ Are~m~nt ll~arycr~st ~uildin~ - 5~uth fiend ~ III ~10~ F`~e S This tine includes the narml i~baratary turnaxaun~; which ~ f~xe~ by the i~cubatian ~eria~ to .low the rr~ald calanies to grave an e ealiectxon e~ia. I expect to have X11 of the lahor~tary results in hind i~ enaugh tlme to submit the final repart within 4 ees. I ~~ narn~~liy able to schedule the field work withi~a ore ar twa days of the afficil ~atice-ta-Proceed. I~,~IN and PAY'N~~ An invaice will be issued with the final repart. ~I~NISTRTI~I~ e trust that this A~reement accurately ~esc~ibes the canditians between u. ~f say please issue purchase arcler referencing this A~reemer~t in your paperwark, ~'hanl~ you far year cant dente in rauvael c associates. we loaf forwar+~ to serving you on this project. 'lease direct any questions you have concerning this matter to the undersigned ~t your convenience. far mare xnfarmatian about ra~rv~el i Assac~~tes~ please visit cur website at www.grauvagel- ~ssoc~ates,ca~:, Sincerely, ~.u~vo~l A~~socites awrence ~V'+ r eel ~~, C7 SP, HNC