What's Important and When
Program Development Study
Evaluates the fire protection engineering and life safety assessment, based on
the project's direction established in the Feasibility Study.
Ensures that the proposed construction costs are sufficient to support the
fire protection engineering and life safety goals for the project.
Ensures that required fire protection and life safety mitigating measures
that affect the construction budget or schedule are incorporated into the
construction request.
Hazardous Materials
Asbestos, lead, and PCBs are the remnants of now-discarded building technologies
with known potential for harm. An assessment of these materials and any other
hazardous conditions is needed for all R&A projects of facilities constructed in the era
when these materials were used. An accurate inventory that includes the locations of
these materials in existing facilities can help the project team plan for encapsulation,
mitigation, or removal and is important for preparing the project budget and schedule.
Pre-Planning
Conducts an assessment of hazardous materials, prepares abatement strategies,
and acquires abatement materials as appropriate.
Feasibility Study
Defines the extent of any contamination due to hazardous materials.
Identifies strategies for the treatment of hazardous materials.
Highlights special needs, alternative choices, and costs.
Program Development Study
Develops detailed costs and programs to address requirements regarding the
treatment of hazardous materials.
Life-Cycle Costing
Project development always requires finding a balance among product performance,
initial investment, operations and maintenance, environmental impact, and long-term
replacement. This is especially true in selecting building systems, fixtures, and finishes.
Life-cycle costing evaluates all ownership costs by comparing a product's initial
investment costs to its future costs for operations, maintenance, repair, and replacement
(refer to the P-100).
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