ASBESTOS PROJECT NOTIFICATION 

(OCCUPIED BUILDING)

To:                               Building Occupants

Subject:                       Asbestos Abatement

Location:                     Academic Building Core 1 (Between Library & A-Wing)

Date of Notice:           May 14, 2013

Date of Activity:         June 12, 2013 – July 12, 2013

There will be an asbestos abatement project within the academic building, core 1 (between Library & A-Wing), on, or shortly after, the date noted above.  The work will not impact the day to day activities of occupants within their respective work areas.  Work will be confined to the abatement activities within the core 1 (all levels), with all necessary environmental controls implemented.  Throughout the abatement work, air samples will be collected to ensure that the air quality in regard to asbestos is within acceptable levels. Contractor access to the building will be limited to the exterior entrance on the first floor level of core 1 and from the roof access of core 1.  Access for occupants will not be impacted other than the first floor entrance of core 1 (between Library & A-Wing).  Any questions relative to the abatement activity should be directed to Ms. Gina Mayer-Costa, Director of Environmental Health and Safety, Ramapo College of New Jersey, at (201) 684-7531.

All activities will be monitored by USA Environmental Management, Inc., 344 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey, telephone (609) 656-8101. Project plans and specifications are available for review at the office of USA Environmental Management, Inc., and/or at the field office of Cambridge Construction Management.

posted 5/14/13

Five new temporary trailers will be installed over Spring Break.  The trailers will be placed to the north of the current trailers and will not have an impact on parking.

A new permanent walkway with stairs leading from the administration parking spaces to the plaza area in front of E-Wing (Mansion side) will be constructed.  We will start the construction of this walkway soon, in the meantime, we must install a temporary walkway because the main entry staircase will be demolished to make way for new construction.  The temporary walkway will consist of compacted stone so please use caution, flat footwear is recommended.  This should only be for 6 weeks before the permanent walkway is constructed. 

We have commenced with the renovation of G-Wing and construction of Adler Center.  Very soon, we will have a large number of construction workers entering the campus. There is not enough area to allow parking for these workers within the site and they will be parking in the D-1 lot.

The College is underway in renovating G-Wing and building the new Adler Center for Nursing.  The Contractor performing the work will be mobilizing on campus within the next few weeks.  Part of the mobilization will be installing construction fencing around the construction site.  In doing so, half of the visitors circle will be fenced in eliminating the visitor reserved spots and bus pick up / drop off near the set of main stairs into the campus.  Our plan is to relocate the bus stop structure along the roadway in front of the Bradley Sports Center as done for other past projects.  We plan to have this in place no later than February 22.  The relocation will be for approximately 14 months.

Effective November 26, the College will have additional handicapped parking spaces available to anyone with a valid State or Municipal issued handicapped placard or plate. These spaces are located in the following lots: Student Center Lot, Rear Pavilion Lot and G-Wing Lot. The spaces are available to all with handicap placards or plates. 

The contractor for the solar project will be drilling on the berm along route 202 on Friday, September 14^th and drilling in parking lots A, B, and C on Saturday, September 15^th.  The drilling is required to get soil boring data for the structures supporting the solar panels.  The holes will be filled and patched with asphalt the same day.  The drilling rig will only impact a few parking spaces at each drill location.  There are about 10-15 locations in total. 

An electrical shutdown of Bischoff Hall has been scheduled for Friday September 7th from 10 AM to 3 PM. This is required to complete connection of the temporary classroom complex to an electrical service from Orange & Rockland Electric. All lights and fire detection and suppression systems will be operational. Bischoff Hall is the only building that will be affected. 

Beginning this fall semester, the college is undertaking a significant capital project -- the renovation of the academic building known as G-Wing.   A number of classes that would ordinarily be conducted in G-Wing will be held instead in modular classrooms.   Classrooms designated TC001-TC012 on the class schedule will be held in a gray-colored modular complex located in the parking lot adjacent to Bischoff Hall/Trustees Pavilion. 

We have scheduled an electrical shutdown of Bischoff Hall for Friday August 31^st from 7 AM to 3 PM. This will enable us to connect the temporary classroom complex to an electrical service from Rockland Electric. All lights and fire detection and suppression systems will be operational. Bischoff Hall is the only building that will be affected.

The plan is to re-use a good portion of the existing furniture in the temporary trailers that will be on site during the next two years while construction is underway.

The current plan for demolition is to include a requirement in the specifications for the successful bidder to prepare and submit a plan for recycling and reusing materials, including furniture that won't be re-used in the trailers, to the extent practicable.

There might be office set-ups let over after the trailers are outfitted for use in "non- G-Wing" office moves, but timing might be an issue.

Facilities has begun refurbishing the Grove side entrances to Cores 1 to 6.  Each core entrance will take 3-4 days to complete. During this time the entrance to the core will be closed.  All six core entrances will be complete before the start of the Fall semester. Each individual  core entrance will be completed prior to starting the next.