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Newsletter 124

• Smart Schools Bond Act Funding
• Carbon Monoxide Requirements

• Potential Gap in Pocket (Stacking) Area Coverage for Certain Electrically Operated Partition Safety Systems
• New Cooling Tower Registration Requirements
• New York State Labor Law: Mold Assessment and Remediation Requirements
• Building Permits Required for Demolition
• Mandated School District Health and Safety Committee
• Radon and Schools
• AHERA Inspections and Recordkeeping Reminders
• Launching the On-Line Fire Safety Reporting System - Tips and Reminders
• Facilities Planning Staff Telephone and Email
• Public Libraries in New York State

• Building Code of NYS: Carbon Monoxide Detection and Alarms in Commercial Buildings
• Launching the On-Line Fire Inspection Reporting System - UPDATE
• Green Ribbon Schools Award Program
• AHERA Inspections and Housekeeping

Special Green Ribbon Edition

• Application Cycle Open
• 2012-2014 Green Ribbon Honoree Articles

• Smart Schools Bond Act - Update
• New On-Line Fire Inspection Reporting System
• OSHA Hazard Communication Standard: Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
• NYS Mold Inspector Licensing, Assessment, & Remediation Law
• NYS OPRHP Project Review-Based on Letter of Resolution
• Discarded Computer Equipment & Fire Hazard
• NYS Schools Recognized With AIA Excelsior Award
• AHERA: Are Your Records Up-to-Date
• Winter Weather, Concrete Heaves & Egress Issues
• Fire Alarm Pull Station Protective Covers
• Wicks Reform Clarification
• Selling School Buildings and EXCEL Funding
• Carbon Monoxide Alarms and Commercial Buildings

• New On-Line Fire Inspection Report System
• NYSDEC Regulatory Revision for Storage Tanks and Tank Operators
• Protecting Vital Records from Spring Floods
• Public Water System (Disruptions) in New York State
• Updated Letter of Intent Forms

• A Difficult Lesson - Not to be Repeated
• Indoor Temperature Requirement Reminder
• Electronics Recycling: Follow-up Reminder
• Marking an Anniversary at the EPA
• Sports Fields and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• New On-Line Fire Safety Report System Update

• When is a Building Permit Required?
• Annual Visual Inspection (AVI) and Building Condition Survey (BCS) Requirements
• Facilities Planning Staff Change
• Seasonal Reminder: Snow Loads
• Electronic Project Reviews
• Level 1 Alteration Project Submissions
• Green Ribbon Schools Update
• AHERA Short-Term Worker Notification Reminder
• NYSED, NYPA, NYSERDA, and Solar Energy
• The Broken Thermometer: Lessons Learned

• Remembering East Coldenham Elementary School
• Facilities Planning Staff Change
• Ebola and School Facility Issues
• 2015 NYS Green Ribbon School Application Open
• U.S. Chemical Safety Board Warning Against Use of Methanol During Clrm Demonstrations
• Smart School Bond Act of 2014 Update
• New On-Line Fire Safety System Preview
• US EPA Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building Upgrades
• NYSED Email Addresses
• Spontaneous Combustion: A Critical Reminder and Lessons Learned
• EPA School Flag Program
• Door Chocks

• NYSED Updates
• Annual Visual Inspection (AVI) and Building Condition Survey (BCS) Update
• ADA and Evacuation Planning
• Revised NYSED Manual of Planning Standards
• Preparing for Changes to the NYSED Fire Safety System
• Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014 Update
• National Preparedness Month

• Certificate of Occupancy Process Changes
• Updated Manual of Planning Standards Draft - Comment Reminder
• Final Cost Report Due Date Issues
• NYS Law Chapter 85, Laws of 2010 Pesticide Use
• Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014
• Clean Air Standards for Area Source Boilers
• Public Schools Leased to Private Entities: Certificates of Occupancy
• School Laboratory Safety Reminder
• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: Building a Better Light Bulb
• National Weather Service Lightning Safety Awareness

• Updated Manual of Planning Standards Draft
• Carbon Monoxide Detector Study Law Enacted
• U.S. Ed Green Ribbon Schools Nominee
• Project Review Backlog and Updated Review Procedure
• 60th Anniversary Remembrance: Cleveland Hill
• EPA: Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act
• Changes at NY Assoc. for Supt. of School Buildings & Grounds
• Application for Apportionment of Building Aid

• EPA Guidance on PCB-containing Light Fixtures
• NYSAFE and School Security
• Americans with Disabilities Act Guidance Materials
• Integrated Pest Management
• AHERA Short-Term Worker Notification Reminder
• NYS OGS On-Line Green Cleaning Courses
• Hazard Communication Safety Data Sheets
• Fire Protection Systems Out of Service

• Preparing for Severe Weather
• 2013 Annual Visual Inspection
• Flag Display Policies
• Renovating Roofs
• Integrated Pest Management
• Green Ribbon Schools Program Reminder
• Security Guards in Schools
• AHERA Triennial Reporting Reminder
• Annual Notifications

• Multi-Year Cost Allowance
• Backlog
• Excelsior Awards
• Green Ribbon Schools Program
• Fire Drills
• Vermiculite: Asbestos Bulk Samples
• Revised Asbestos Abatement Project Clearance Air Samples
• Navigating FEMA Public Assistance
• Change Orders - Site Review Projects
• Fire Safety Report Submission Reminders

• Welcome New Staff - Mary Sansaricq
• Retirement - Tom Robert
• Early Aid Request Form
• AHERA 2013 Re-inspection
• LOI Reminders and Tips for Project Submissions
• NYSAFE Act and Facilities Planning Guidance

• Welcome New Staff - Jean Beaudet
• Project Submissions
• Vermiculite - Asbestos Containing
• Accessible Pools - Means of Entry and Exit
• New Final Cost Report Process
• Late Final Cost Report Forgiveness

• New Forms Workbooks
• New Fire Safety Reports
• Discovered Buildings - Code Compliance
• Contract Allowance for Special Inspections

• FP-F form revised
• Qualified School Construction Bond Awards
• Asbestos Material Testing

• Building Condition Survey submission extension
• Project submissions notes
• Resolutions 101
• Rebates
• Potential PCB contamination in schools
• Wage rates
• Electrically operated partitions reminder
• Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act

• Housekeeping items
• Post-bid addenda
• Reorganization Incentive Building Aid
• Significant change to the Historic Preservation Project Review Process
• Electronic review addenda
• Change or certification form revised
• Evaluating ventilation air
• Preliminary project review
• Project review reminder
• Stadium light pole recall

• Housekeeping items
• Backlog
• Face-to-Face reviews
• Building Condition Survey and Structural Stability
• Compliance and permits: need to submit required survey documents
• Steel shipping containers used for storage buildings
• Temporary greenhouses
• Complete, Coordinated, Code Compliant submissions
• AHERA air sampling requirements in dirt crawlspaces

• Housekeeping items
• Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
• Construction by school staff
• SHPO responses
• EXCEL projects
• Electronic review issues
• Measurement and verification of energy performance contracts
• Third-party certification for energy performance contracts
• Expedited reviews
• Maintenance equipment purchased as part of a capital project
• Persons/firms eligible to perform the building condition survey

• Change order backlog
• Roll your plans, please!
• Districtwide vs. district-wide projects
• Electronic reviews
• EPA lead certification rule
• Acrylic skylights
• AHERA
• AVI reminder
• Occupancy sensors and lighting controls in the means of egress
• ARRA funds
• Building Condition Survey 2010: Q&A
• Displaying the flag

• Electronic Reviews
• Issues regarding Folding partitions/doors
• Submission Paperwork
• Environmentally Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products
• Concession Stands
• Locking Gang Toilets II
• Photovoltaic Panel Systems
• 2009 AVI
• 2010 BCS
• 2009-2010 Regents State Aid proposals

• Change orders
• Resolutions
• Submission documents
• Proof of licensure
• Air sampling in dirt crawl spaces (AHERA)
• Soap and water (hand washing)
• Discussions with Regents on facilities

• Change orders
• Changes in scope
• Canceling projects
• Foam roofs
• Press boxes
• Pool drains

• Substantial completion
• Bus garages
• Asbestos licenses
• Additions and firewalls
• Building area vs. fire area
• Electronic review reminders
• Face-to-face reviews
• Emergency boiler shutdown
• Emergency lights

• SPECIAL EDITION:
• Facilities Planning Electronic Plan and Specification Review and Approval System, statewide training tour

• New team member: Rosanne Groff
• Backlog update
• Foam roofs and building aid
• NY Alert Website

• Project backlog
• Final submission update: financial item
• AHERA - Surveillance Requirement Reminder
• Fire Protection Rated Glazing

• Project backlog and EXCEL
• Acoustical Environment - Change to Manual of Planning Standards
• Flag protocols
• Building aid on paving reconstruction projects

• Get to Know us Better
• Allowances
• Agency Inspection Requirements
• 2007 Annual Visual Inspection Report
• Counterfeit "Square D" Circuit Breaker Recall

• Adoption of the 2007 Codes of New York State
• Hardware Specifications
• Annual Visual Inspections

• Heating Season Already
• Cleaning Kitchen Exhaust Hoods
• Vaults for Regents Examination Storage

• Get to Know us Better
• Survey Results - Environmentally Sensitive Products for Schools
• Revisions to Asbestos Final Air Clearance Requirements
• September - Uniform Safety Standards

• High-Performance School Guidelines
• Daisy-chaining Power Strips and Surge Suppressors
• Public School Health and Safety Committees

• Protocol for Addressing PCBs in Caulk
• Tying Down Shipping Containers
• Magnetic Door Hold Open Devices and Smoke Detectors

• Manual of Planning Standards Update
• Fire Separations at Science Labs, Vocational Technology Shops, and Art Rooms
• Fire Extinguisher Maintenance

• Final Building Project Reports (AKA Final Cost Reports)
• Capital Construction Projects Final Cost Report Status
• Final Building Project Report Info
• Helpful Hints for Completing Final Building Project Reports (FCR)
• 2006 Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code

• Standardization
• Maintenance Contracts AKA Maintenance Warranties
• Pre-renovation Asbestos Reports

• Summer Projects
• Training Course for School Fire Safety Inspectors
• Fire Rated Glass

• Happy Returns
• Vehicle Lift Safety Tips
• Submissions Forms Workbook and Code Compliance Checklist Both Updated
• Energy Savings
• Classroom Design

• AHERA 2007 Re-inspection Reminder Update
• Elevator and Platform Lift Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
• Elevator Specific Requirements
• Platform Lift-Specific Requirements

• Get to Know us Better
• Rescue Windows
• Classroom Windows and Visual Environment

• Annual Visual Inspections
• New Law Regarding School Inspection
• EPA Environmental Workshops for Schools

• Get to Know us Better
• Fire Safety of Press Boxes
• Heating Season Already

• Definition of "Primary Purpose" for EXCEL Funding
• Training Course for School Fire Safety Inspectors
• Which Projects DO NOT Require Building Permits
• Environmentally Sensitive Products for Schools

• EXCEL (Expanding our Children's Education and Learning)
• Kitchen Fire Ratings in School Buildings
• Which Projects Require Building Permits
• Summer Construction Schedule and Continuing in September

• Building Condition Survey Announcement
• Electrically Operated Partition Maintenance
• Energy Performance Contract (EPC) Request for Proposal (RFP) Requirements

• Get to Know us Better
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• Fire Alarm System Visual Notification Appliance Requirements
• Addendum Reminders

• Fire Alarm System Visual Notification Appliance Requirements
• Final Building Project Reports (AKA Final Cost Reports)
• Capital Construction Projects Final Cost Report Status
• Final Building Project Report Info
• Helpful Hints for Completing Final Building Project Reports

• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• NYSERDA Smart Forum
• Wire Glass
• Environmentally Sensitive Products for Schools

• Get to Know us Better
• Building Condition Survey Reminder
• Vehicle Lifts
• Health Concerns from High-Intensity Metal Halide and Mercury Vapor Lighting

• SED Requirements for Emergency Lighting for Educational (E) Occupancies
• Existing Construction
• Evaluating Existing Emergency Lighting Systems Renovation
• New Construction, Addition, Alteration, Reconstruction, and Change of Occupancy

• Water Closet Compartment Sizes
• Testing Caulk for PCBs
• NYSERDAs Energy Savings Tips
• Lowering Thermostat Temperatures

• Substantial Completion form, FP-CSC 4/2005
• Energy Conservation
• Environmentally Sensitive Products for Schools
• Change Orders

• Special Inspections
• Building Operator Certification
• Size of Boiler Rooms
• SEQR - Environmental Impact Statement

• Get to Know us Better
• SEQR Clarification
• Post-Fire Inspection Meetings
• State Education Law 408-b Reminder

• PCB Contamination
• Asbestos Certification
• Heating Season Already
• Health and Safety Committee Reminder

• Get to Know us Better
• Use of PVC and CPVC Piping
• Code Compliance Checklist
• Summer Construction, September Completion, Continuing in September

• Building Condition Survey
• Hot Weather vs. Temperatures of School Buildings
• Structural Design
• Short-Term Worker Asbestos Notification Reminder
• Security Badges

• New Evaluation of Existing Building form, FP-EEB 5/2005
• Informational Brochures on Mercury in Schools
• MPS Section S109 DOOR HARDWARE
• Cesspools and GroundWater
• Storm Water Management Model

• Fire Safety Certification
• Labeling Emergency Lights
• Competitive Bidding
• Get the Lead Out
• New Certificate of Substantial Completion form, FP-CSC 4/2005

• Awning Rescue Windows
• "Panic" Hardware vs. "Fire Bolt" Hardware
• Window Cleaning Safety Devices
• Truss Identification Regulations

• Quick Approval of Projects - Forms
• Checklist
• Evaluation of Existing Building
• Code Compliance Checklist
• A/E Contact Information
• Energy Conservation Code Checklist

• Get to Know us Better
• Requesting Prevailing Wage Rate Schedules
• Smoke Detectors
• Vehicle Lifts Investigation

• Mold in Schools
• 2006 Building Condition Survey
• Toilet and urinal Deodorizer Ban
• Short-Term Worker Asbestos Notification Reminder
• Facilities Planning Web Site

• Mercury Q&A for Schools
• Compliance with Vehicle Lifts
• Professional Seals
• Pesticide Applications in Public and Nonpublic School Buildings and Grounds

• Catastrophic Structural Failure, Continued
• Air Conditioner/Heat Pump Recall
• From the Harvard School of Public Health
• Prevailing Wage Rates

• Manual of Planning Standards Update
• Catastrophic Structural Failure
• Rescue Compliance
• Reminder - Minimum Temperature in Schools
• SHPO, SEQR, and Bond Authorization

• 155.5 Reminder for September
• Clarification on Five-Year Plan Summary
• Annual Visual Inspections
• Upholstered Furniture

• Get to Know us Better
• Suspected Terrorist Activity
• Mercury Banned in Schools
• SED Anti-Virus Protection
• AHERA 2004 Reinspection Reminder Update

• Great News
• Executive Summary Reminder
• Project With Multiple Buildings
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments

• School Facility Report Card
• Change to the Five-Year Capital Facilities Plan
• Non-Conformances Form
• Decoration Reminder
• Addendum Reminder
• Accessible lockers in Schools
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments

• Engineer Position Available
• Public School Fire Safety Report
• Certificates of Substantial Completion & Public School Fire Safety Report
• Use of Shipping Containers As Storage Facilities
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments

• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• Executive Summary of Five-Year Capital Facilities Plan
• Inclined Wheelchair Lifts and Evacuation Devices
• Clarification for Boiler Room Vestibules

• Get to Know us Better
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• Post-Bid Addenda
• Project Descriptions
• Workers in Construction Areas vs. SAVE

• Get to Know us Better
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• Factory Manufactured Buildings
• AHERA 2004

• Get to Know us Better
• Face-to-Face Review Appointments
• Utility outages and Emergency Management Plans
• Asbestos Abatement Issues New Staff

• New Project Submission Requirements
• 1. Dual Review Process
• 2. Face-to-face Review Process
• 3. Infrastructure Review Process
• Overview of Changes
• New Staff

• Utility Outage
• Athletic Competition and Sports Facility Design
• Reminder - Minimum Temperature in Schools

• Changes in Facilities Planning
• Four New Positions
• Five-Year Capital Facilities Plan
• Use of indoor pyrotechnics (Fireworks)
• Fill for Athletic Fields
• Asbestos Designers Qualifications

• Certificates of Substantial Completion
• Electric Folding Partitions
• Speeding Up the Review Process/Reduce the Backlog
• Site Design - the Fire Code of New York State

• Special Inspections
• Alternative to an Elevator Vestibule
• Commissioner's 155.5 Regulations and the Exiting Plan During Construction

• Fire Alarm Pull Stations
• The NAME - Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code
• Structural Requirements
• Code Compliance Checklist vs. the Backlog

• Changes in Facilities Planning
• Roof R-Value
• Reminder to Architectural/Engineering firms regarding complete design packages
• Update on Mold Information
• Revised Code Compliance Checklist

• Door Wedges Continued
• Pool Locker Room Exits
• Health Department Inspection
• Using the International Building Code

• Minimum Temperature in Schools
• Mold in School Facilities
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Fire Inspections, Annual and Initial Certificates of Occupancy
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Change Order Certification Information
• Electric Latch Retraction
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Up-to-date Forms
• Building in Floodplains
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Your Building Permit (and how to apply for an extension)
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Building Access Control Devices, 9/24/02 (Electromagnetic Locking Devices)
• Ban on the use of CCA Pressure-Treated Lumber
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Electrically Operated Partitions
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• New Forms
• Energy Performance Contracts
• BOCES Form As
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Change Order Certification
• 2002 Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State
• Opening Protectives - Fire-Rated Doors and Windows
• Using the International Building Code
• One Copy of Submitted Documents

• Get to Know Us Better
• Change Orders - Again!
• Final Building Project Reports
• Using the International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Certificates of Substantial Completion (FP-CSC 97)
• Buildings 50 Years or Older - SHPO and SEQRA
• Retirement Party Invitation

• Get to Know Us Better
• Electrically Operated Partitions
• Change Order Submissions
• Ventilation Air Intakes

• Get to Know Us Better
• Accessibility of Existing Facilities
• International Building Code is Adopted

• Get to Know Us Better
• Change Order Submissions
• Regarding SHPO correspondence in the SEQRA process AND OUR NEW FORMS
• Revised Code Compliance Checklist
• Wood Playground Alert
• New Engineer Position

• Get to Know Us Better
• 2002-2003 Building Aid Data
• Final Building Project Reports (AKA Final Cost Reports)
• Asbestos Inspection Reminder
• Fingerprinting

• Get to Know Us Better
• Pre-K or Day Care
• Energy Design
• Lead Investigation
• Lead Leachate

• Get to Know Us Better
• SED's Changing Role in the SEQRA and Building Permit Process
• Annual Visual Inspections
• Buckman Heights Elementary School
• International Building Code

• Get to Know Us Better
• Backlog for Final Review of Plans
• Final Cost Reports
• Areas of Buildings

• Get to Know Us Better
• Vaults for storing Examination Materials
• State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Changes

• Get to Know Us Better
• Accessibility for the Physically Impaired
• Change Orders

• Get to Know Us Better
• Five New Positions
• Boiler Room Doors
• State Education Law 408-b Guidance

• Get to Know Us Better
• Air Intake Bulletin
• 155.5 Regulation section must be paper-clipped
• Building Condition Survey Report Electronic Submission Update 6/4/1
• Asbestos in Gypsum

• Get to Know Us Better
• Removing Asbestos Tile Mastic with Chemicals
• Hand-delivered documents (such as Final Submissions or Addendae)
• Addressing Your Addenda
• Facilities Planning's New Address

• Get to Know Us Better
• New Revised Code Compliance Checklist 2/14/2001
• Energy Performance Contract Guidelines
• Revised Public School Fire Prevention and Inspection Manual
• International Building Code

• Electrically Operated Folding Partition Advisory
• Get to Know Us Better
• Final Submissions--Specifications

• Get to Know Us Better
• Energy Performance Contracts and 10% Building Aid Incentive
• Ask One of Our Project Managers
• Telephone Calls
• New Procedures for Letter of Intent (LOI) Requests
• Free Egress - Elevators and Chair Lifts

• Regulation Revisions
• Manual of Planning Standards
• Fire Stopping
• Accessibility for the Physically Impaired

• Building Aid Units
• Change Orders
• Health and Safety Committee
• Standardization
• Building Condition Survey

• New Terminology: Building Aid Units (vs. Rated Capacity)
• 155.5 Uniform Safety Standards for School Const. and Maint. Projects
• A plan detailing how exiting will be maintained
• A plan detailing how adequate ventilation will be maintained
• School Responsibilities Under 155.5

• Change Orders
• Addendum Coordination
• Lead Paint - 8NYCRR 155.5 Regulation Requirements

• Common Construction Document Ommissions
• Suggestions to speed up reviews
• Suggestions to improve speed up addendum approvals

• Fire Alarms
• Areas of Public Assembly
• Incomplete Projects
• Asbestos Designer

• Code Review Checklist
• Use Electronic Forms
• Plastics - Acrylic
• Translucent Roof Panels and Skylights
• UL Design numbers

• Fire Walls
• Standardization of Equipment
• Classroom size
• Toilet Fixtures Quantity Determination
• Manufactured Buildings

• International Building Code
• Fire Walls
• Building Aid

• Non-collusive Certification
• Addendum Coordination
• Fire Area Comments

• Equivalency / Or Equal clause
• Addendum Problems
• Accessibility for the physically impaired
• Code Compliance Checklist