| The Environmental Health
and Safety Department (EHS) is responsible for asbestos
surveying, monitoring and abatement in IUPUI campus
buildings. An “Asbestos Project Report”
shall be completed by EHS prior to any work involving
alteration, renovation or demolition in campus buildings
constructed before January 1, 1981. The Asbestos Project
Report will identify asbestos containing materials
(ACM) and indicate if it is to be abated by IUPUI
or remain undisturbed during the course of the project.
Building materials not identified on the report shall
be presumed to contain asbestos and shall not be disturbed.
Under no circumstances will construction work be
permitted to commence until an Asbestos Project
Report has been completed by EHS and a copy of the
same give to the contractor scheduled to perform
the work.
The Asbestos Project Report
can be obtained from the IUPUI Project Manager.
Asbestos may be found in lab tops, doors, floor
tile/sheeting, ceiling tile, plaster, chase covers,
cooling towers, air handlers, electrical wiring
insulation, spray-on fire proofing, and pipe and
tank insulation. If an (unforseen) suspect material
is discovered during the course of the project,
the contractor is to stop work immediately and notify
EHS at 274-8152. |
