EH&S Construction Project Checklist
Project Name:
Project Sponsor:
EH&S Facilitator:
Project Activity Impacted Area Condition
Planning Construction Has a construction safety risk
Safety assessment been completed?
Has the Harvard University
Construction EH&S Standard
been incorporated by reference
in RFP’s, bid, and contract
documents?
Planning; Food Service Does the project impact a food
Operations Areas service establishment – either a
renovation of an existing
establishment, or the
development of a new food
service venue?
Planning General Will the project involve a building
Facilities that is known to or may contain
asbestos, lead paint or other
hazardous materials (e.g., light
fixtures, light ballasts, radioactive
exit signs, PCBs, asbestos, lead
paint)?
Planning General Will the project involve the
Facilities disturbance or removal of
building materials that may
contain hazardous materials?
This includes but is not limited
to walls, ceilings, flooring
materials, casework,
blackboards, sinks, plumbing,
lighting, wiring, roofing, HVAC
equipment, caulking, etc.)
Construction General Is there a potential for fugitive
Facilities dusts or odors to be created
during construction activities?
Construction General Will the project involve façade
Facilities or masonry washing?
Construction General Will the project generate
Facilities hazardous waste or potentially
hazardous waste (e.g. façade
washing, waste chemicals,
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Project Manager:
Project Customer:
Review Date:
YES NO Requirement if ‘Yes’
  The Construction EH&S Standard applies to all capital
projects and must be incorporated by reference in
RFP’s, bid, and contract documents. A standard
reference is available.
  EH&S Contacts For Risk Assessment/Reference
• Jeffrey Myung – 6-2449 (Primary)
  Food service construction activities are regulated
through the local Boards of Health, and EH&S reviews
proposed plans to ensure regulatory compliance prior
to build-out. Regulatory liaison services are also
available.
EH&S Contacts
• Val Nelson – 5-2102 (Primary)
• Cynthia Parenteau– 6-3441 (Alternate)
  Buildings that contain hazardous materials such as
asbestos, lead paint, or polychlorinated biphenyls
must be assessed by EH&S.
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391(Alternate)
  Certain buildings materials may contain hazardous
materials including asbestos, lead paint,
polychlorinated biphenyls. Special considerations
must be given to those buildings.
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391(Alternate)
  Certain activities that can create fugitive dusts or
odors must be monitored during construction activity.
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391(Alternate)
  Certain washing products can be considered
hazardous, additionally the process may impact
regulated building materials.
EH&S Contacts:
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
  Certain waste disposal activities must be managed by
the contractor for their specific wastes. Other wastes
must be managed by Harvard EH&S. Any waste
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contaminated soil or water,
PCBs, fluorescent light bulbs,
ballasts, oily water, etc.)?
Construction General Will the project require the
Facilities installation or removal of
equipment containing
refrigerants?
Planning General Will electrical transformers or
Facilities other electrical equipment be
impacted?
Construction; General Does the work involve the use of
Operations Facilities oil or chemicals and will the work
be conducted near any active
drain structures that could create
the potential for a spill or
discharge to the environment of
oil or hazardous material? (i.e. to
air, land, surface water or
groundwater?)
Planning General Will soil and/or groundwater be
Facilities removed (e.g., excavated,
moved or groundwater
dewatered)? Note: new
stormwater management
practices may require
reinfiltration of stormwater
requiring soil removal for
infiltration and impact on
underlying groundwater.
Planning; General Does the project involve
Operations Facilities installation of geothermal wells
or storm water reinfiltration?
Planning; General Will stormwater runoff be
Construction Facilities impacted? Is the area of
disturbance greater than 1 acre?
Planning; General Will the project generate waste
Construction; Facilities water (e.g. from washing
Operation equipment or dewatering,
laboratories)?
Will the project require
connection to an existing
sewer?
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YES NO Requirement if ‘Yes’
shipped from Harvard must be sent to a Harvard
approved disposal site.
EH&S Contacts
• Lance Schumacher – 6-9152 (Primary)
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Alternate)
  Refrigerants must be properly managed and recycled
only by licensed technicians.
EH&S Contacts
• Facilities Maintenance (FMO)
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Alternate)
  Transformers and other electrical equipment may
contain PCBs or other hazardous materials that must
be properly managed.
EH&S Contacts
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Primary)
• Lance Schumacher – 6-9152 (Alternate)
  Harvard maintains a Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure plan that must be adhered to for
projects and operations.
EH&S Contacts
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Primary)
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391 (Alternate)
  Soils and groundwater may be contaminated and the
proper management of any contaminated soils and
groundwater are strictly regulated by the
Massachusetts DEP.
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391
  Geothermal wells and stormwater infiltration systems
require permitting under MADEP –
EH&S Contacts
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391 (Primary)
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Alternate)
  Stormwater design considerations must be taken
into account both during and after construction.
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391
  The discharge of wastewater from the project site,
including dewatering and truck or vehicle washing is
regulated by the Massachusetts Water resource
Authority
EH&S Contacts
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Primary)
• Josh Fawson – 8-1109 (Alternate)
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Planning; General Will the project affect an
Construction Facilities underground storage tank?
Planning General Does the project include the
Facilities addition or modification of:
-Fire detection systems
- Fire Pumps, or
- Fire Suppression Systems?
Is the project in a location
where these systems are not
currently in place or where
there are partial systems and
systems should be put into
service?
Planning; General Will the project diminish or
Construction Facilities temporarily alter or compromise
the building’s life safety
systems; exit access, exit, or exit
discharge; involve temporary
sources of ignition; or the
increase the present of
combustibles or flammables?
Planning General Has a fire safety code
Facilities assessment been completed to
ensure that the current project
scope includes necessary fire
and life safety upgrades to bring
into/remain in compliance?
Planning; General Does the facility have a current
Operations Facilities flammable storage permit and if
needed license and will the
project require the
permit/license to be amended?
Will the project create or
require additional control areas
for flammables?
Planning; General Has a building lifecycle safety
Operation Facilities risk assessment been
completed?
Planning; General Will the project create a space
Operation Facilities where more than 49 people
gather at one time?
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  Underground tanks that are taken out of service
must be removed within 6 months. Tanks must not
be removed from the ground without EH&S
involvement.
EH&S Contacts
• Kathryn Kaminski – 6-2445 (Primary)
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391 (Alternate)
  A Code Consultant should be included on the project
team along with EH&S support.
EH&S Contacts
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6-7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5-3055 (Alternate)
  Contact the area’s facilities maintenance organization
to address Interim Life Safety Measures
  A Code Consultant should be included on the project
team along with EH&S support.
EH&S Contacts
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6-7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5-3055 (Alternate)
  A Code Consultant should be included on the project
team along with EH&S support.
EH&S Contacts
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6-7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5-3055 (Alternate)
  The EH&S Design Criteria Manual addresses hazards
associated with the ongoing maintenance of buildings.
EHS Guidelines for Design
EH&S Contacts
• Jeffrey Myung – 6-2449
• Mark Collins – 6-7168
  A Code Consultant should be included on the project
team to obtain Assembly Permit. Flame spread
certifications must be retained in permanent files for
review by Boston Fire Department.
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6-7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5-3055 (Alternate)
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Planning; General Will the project involve a new
Operation Facilities combustion source or the
replacement of a combustion
source, the installation of a
cooling tower, the installation or
replacement of an emergency
generator or fossil fuel fired fire
pump or a new lab with
exhausts?
Planning General Will the project involve opening,
Facilities renovating or abandoning
components of sanitary waste or
stormwater systems?
Planning; General Will the project modify the
Operations Facilities volume or kind of refuse /
recycling / compost generated or
stored?
  Air permitting is triggered in Massachusetts for certain
equipment. In addition, Harvard’s campuses may
have campus-wide permits that require each project
to be considered both individually and as it impacts
the University. Equipment types, and exhaust stacks
are regulated by the State and the US EPA.
Contacts:
• Peter Kelly-Joseph – 8-1594
  The opening or abandonment of sanitary waste or
stormwater systems may risk introducing or fostering
rodent and insect pests. Enhanced pest management
efforts must be considered.
EH&S Contacts:
• Richard Pollack 5-2995
  Changes to the waste stream may require permits for
dumpsters and compactors, and a means to clean
these into a sanitary sewer connection. Equipment
and location permits may be required by city codes.
Contacts:
EHS: Richard Pollack – 5-2995
Waste / Recycling: Rob Gogan 5-3042

Planning; Laboratories Will the project impact an   Laboratory move and decommissioning must be
Construction; existing laboratory? considered and coordinated with EH&S. New
Operation laboratory space must consider the type of activity to
be performed in the lab space (e.g., Radiological
Safety, Biosafety, Chemical Safety, etc.)
EH&S Contacts
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391

Planning; Laboratories Will fume hoods be added,   Fume hoods provide a specific worker/lab safety
Operation altered, or removed? function. When altering a hood, adding new hoods or
changing the design, the potential impact on the
room/area’s ventilation balance should be considered.
The local exhaust ventilation should be considered in
the context of the laboratory’s hazards. For special
hazards (e.g. heat use of perchloric acid) EH&S should
be involved.

If hazard review is needed:

Mary Corrigan – 6-4746, lab_safety@harvard.edu
At the end of changes, the hood must be retested.
Request a hood certification.
lab_safety@harvard.edu
Planning; Laboratories Will fume hood ventilation   Any fume hood ductwork to be impacted should be
Operation ductwork be modified? considered as part of the laboratory decommissioning
process – see above references
• Bree Carlson – 617-631-7299
• Chris McIntyre – 8-5189
• Kelly McQueeney – 5-9391
Planning; Laboratories Will the project require work   Harvard University’s use of ionizing & non-ionizing
Operation near or removal of radioactive radiation sources is regulated by the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health, Radiation Control

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materials, x-ray machines, or
lasers?
Planning; Laboratories Will the project involve a
Operations location that is planning to use
biological agents or toxins or
toxic or inert gases?
Examples of these gases are
nitrogen, ammonia, silane, etc.
Planning Laboratories Will the project create a new lab
space in the City of Boston?
Planning Laboratories Will the project involve a
location that is planned for
animal surgery?
Planning;
Construction
General
Facilities
ALL construction, alteration and
demolition activities requires
the development,
implementation and auditing
and of a written NFPA 241 plan.
The plan provides for measures
for preventing or minimizing fire
damage to
structures, including those in
underground locations.
Planning;
Construction
General
Facilities
Will construction, alteration or
demolition activities create or
require “Hot” work activities”?
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YES NO Requirement if ‘Yes’
Program. Special considerations may be needed to
ensure worker and equipment safety.
EH&S Contacts
• Corinne Mitchell – 5-3110
• Xiaowei Yan – 6-2041
• Tiffany Lee – 6-3994
References
• Radiation Protection Services
  The use of biological agents, toxic or inert gases may
present unique hazardous conditions in the area or
space. Special design considerations and alarm
systems must be considered.
EH&S Contacts
• Mary Corrigan – 6-4746
• lab_safety@harvard.edu
  Lab space must be registered with the Boston Fire
Department.
EH&S Contacts
• Mary Corrigan – 6-4746 (alternate)
• lab_safety@harvard.edu
  A Code Consultant should be included on the project
team to address special evacuation procedures
involving large animals under anesthesia.
EHS Contacts:
• Mary Corrigan – 6-4746 (primary)
• lab_safety@harvard.edu
□ □ A Code Consultant should be included on the
project team along with EH&S Support
EH&S Contacts
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6 - 7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5 -3055 (Alternate)
□ □ Hot work activities requires planning to implement
and monitor required safety precautions. Hot work
activities must be reviewed with the Project
Team/Facilities and comply with the AHJ in regards to
permitting and certification of fire watch personnel.
EH&S Contacts
• Mark Collins – 6-7168 (Primary)
• Eli Clifford – 6 - 7011 (Alternate)
• Sean Reagan – 5 -3055 (Alternate)
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