NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Asbestos Abatement Technical Specifications
For 130 Cedar Street, New York, NY
c. The total amount of ACM that may be abated at any one time
in several modified tents shall NOT EXCEED 1,000 combined
square feet plus linear feet.
d. The remote worker and waste decontamination unit shall be
constructed outside the work area, and attached to common
spaces leading to individual work areas.
e. All asbestos handlers shall wear two disposable suits, including
gloves, hood and footwear, and appropriate respiratory
equipment, after removing street clothes in the clean room.
f. Each worker, before leaving the tent work area, shall clean the
outside of the respirators and outer protecting clothing by wet
cleaning and/or HEPA vacuuming. The outer disposable suit
shall be removed in the work area and the workers shall then
proceed to the shower room. The inner disposable suit and
respirator shall be washed thoroughly before removing and
prior to aggressive shower.
g. The decontamination system shall be in place for the entire
duration of the abatement activities.
h. Work Area Precleaning Procedures: After establishing
decontamination enclosure systems, prepare and preclean the
work area as specified below:
1. Movable and loose items not removed by the Owner
from work areas shall be cleaned using HEPA vacuum
equipment and/or wet cleaning methods as appropriate
and shall be removed by the Contractor.
2. Movable and loose items contaminated with asbestos
shall be wrapped or placed In labeled ACM bags.
Sealed ACM bags shall be removed from the work
areas and properly discarded as asbestos
contaminated waste.
3. Fixed objects within the work area shall be precleaned
using HEPA vacuum equipment and/or wet cleaning
methods as appropriate. Joints of covers or casings
shall be sealed with tape and fixed objects enclosed
with a minimum of two layers of 6-mil plastic sheeting
sealed airtight with tape. Disassembly of these fixed
objects is not required unless otherwise noted.
4. Prior to being plasticized, the work areas shall be
cleaned using HEPA vacuum equipment and/or wet
cleaning methods as appropriate. Methods that raise
dust, such as dry sweeping or vacuuming with
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