1. ASBESTOS ABATEMENT: a. The Contractor shall remove all asbestos-containing material according to the asbestos survey report and/or design specifications prepared for this project and in compliance with all EPA, OSHA, and DOLI regulations, and any other applicable law, using best practices. Recommendations are located in the survey report and/or design specifications prepared for this project. b. The Contractor shall contact the environmental contractor that prepared the asbestos survey report to schedule a final clearance inspection. Contact information for the asbestos contractor is located on the survey reports. Asbestos must be removed on all buildings prior to contacting the testing agency. c. The Contractor shall submit the required notifications to the Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI), and any other agency required to be notified, upon notice to proceed and is responsible for all associated costs. d. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, and incidentals necessary to provide complete asbestos abatement for each authorized property. e. The Contractor shall follow all state, federal, local codes and ordinances for all asbestos abatement projects. The Contractor is responsible for all permits related to the project being addressed. f. The Contractor shall transport all friable asbestos containing material (RACM) and non-friable asbestos-containing material (ACM) to a disposal site approved by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). (The landfill that services the Danville area is First Piedmont Industrial Landfill, 1224 Clarks Mill Road, Ringgold, VA 24586.) g. If it is determined that a Contractor has disposed of asbestos containing material in a disposal location not permitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia, DEQ will be contacted to investigate the disposal site that was used. h. If a project monitor is used, The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs associated with the use of the project monitor. i. Any additional cleaning required after the final cleaning will be performed at the expense of the Contractor. Additional hours and sample costs required by the project monitor will be at the expense of the Contractor if the initial or subsequent final air samples fail. j. The Contractor shall be responsible for any costs for additional clearance inspections if the initial clearance inspection fails. The Contractor is not responsible for the initial clearance inspection performed by the environmental contractor. k. If a contract to perform work on multiple structures is awarded in accordance with this Invitation to Bid, to help save costs, the Contractor agrees that all asbestos work will be completed on each structure before requesting for a testing agency to make final inspection and before demolition work begins on any structure.
