Division 2 Existing Conditions

Prepared by : Jhun A. Capangyarihan

Division 2 Existing Conditions

 Division 2 Existing Conditions captures site

assessments and investigations, demolition of
structures, and the remediation of contaminated soil,
buildings, and groundwater.
 Division 2 discusses methods to identify site features
that may impact follow-up project work.
Assessment
• A project assessment is a legislated
planning and evaluation process. It is
intended to ensure the environmental,
social, cultural and economic well-being
of residents and communities is
protected from any significant adverse
effects that may be caused by a
development project.
Assessment

• Asbestos assessment
• Environmental assessment
• Traffic assessment
• Survey
Asbestos assessment
• Asbestos is natural mineral used in
a variety of building materials from
the late 19th century and in to the
20th century and also know as
miracle material.
• However, asbestos becomes a
hazard when it is damaged,
crumbles, or is in a state of
disrepair. It then poses a health risk
to building occupants, repairmen,
and maintenance workers
because asbestos fibers may be
released into the air.
Environmental assessment
• Environmental
assessment is a process
that evaluates existing
conditions of air, water
and land to understand
these potential impacts.
Traffic assessment
• Traffic assessment is a
process that evaluates
existing conditions to
understand these
potential impacts.
Survey
• There are two major
categories of Surveying:
geodetic and plane surveying.
• Geodetic surveys consider the
surface of the earth as being
accurately curved, whereas
plane surveys assume the
earth is flat, which is
functionally accurate for the
short distances involved in
almost all construction work.
Subsurface Investigation
• Seismic Investigations
• Geotechnical Investigations
Seismic Investigations
• Seismic investigations survey
soil stability to understand soil
composition, solidity and
quality in addition to
determining the depth of soil
layers, bedrock and water
table.
• The results define the
suitability of land for
development, volume of
excavation, and structural
requirements.
Geotechnical Investigations
• The purpose of a Geotechnical
Investigation is to determine the
engineering qualities of
the soils or rocks at a site, and
how their location and depth
affects an envisioned
construction project.
Demolition and Structure Moving
• Demolition Best Practices
• Structure Moving
• Removal and Salvage of Construction
Materials
Demolition practices
• Demolition can be either
selective, partial or complete
removal of a structure and/or
site elements.
• Depending on the size and
scope of a demolition, tearing
down may involve careful
deconstruction by hand,
destruction by fire, mechanical
equipment or explosive
implosion..
Structure Moving
• Relocating a structure is the act
of physically moving a structure
from one location to another.
• Structures can be disassembled
and then reassembled or lifted
and transported.
• Buildings have been moved for
any number of reasons, historic
buildings are commonly moved to
preserve the interest of an
existing building that has outlived
it's current location due to
redevelopment.
Removal and Salvage of Construction Materials
• Salvaging materials/equipment
involves there removal from an
existing structure, repair and
storage.
• Salvaged materials may be
reinstalled by an owner or sold
and reused in a different building.
• The act of salvaging reduces
waste.
Site Remediation
• Remediation Soil Stabilization
• Surface Removal Decontamination
Remediation Soil Stabilization
• Remediation soil stabilization or
solidification is a process that reduces
environmental concerns of contaminated
soils.
• Groundwater carries away (leaching)
contaminates from soils presenting
potential environmental concerns.
• These concerns can be resolved by
chemically stabilizing the soil with a
material like portland cement.
• Portland cement is mixed in to
contaminated soils and reacts to ground
water. The reaction creates physical bonds
and low impermeability
Surface Removal Decontamination
• Surface removal decontamination
is a process of cleaning
contaminated soil. Processes can
be either uncontrolled or
controlled.
• Uncontrolled processes are
natural methods for cleaning soil.
• Controlled processes utilize
technologies to clean soil in place
(in-situ) or excavated, cleaned
and replaced (ex-situ).
Contaminated Site Material Removal
• Underground Storage Tank Removal
• Landfill Construction and Storage
Underground Storage Tank Removal
• Underground storage tanks are
used to store petroleum or
hazardous substances.
• Older underground storage tanks
made from steel can corrode and
leak these substances into the
soils, presenting an
environmental concern.
• Owners are responsible for
maintenance, closure and
removal.
Landfill Construction and Storage
• Landfills store waste materials at an
engineered and self-contained site to
decompose in a controlled setting.
• Leachate is an organic waste liquid, a
by-product of solid waste moisture
and decomposition, mixed with any
precipitation or groundwater
infiltrating through the landfill.
• Modern landfill designs will include a
bottom layer, a leachate recovery
system, a surface cap, and gas release
capability, as methane is generated
within landfills as organic wastes
decompose.
 Others
• Clearing or grubbing
 clearing denotes the
removal of trees, shrubs,
stumps, and rubbish
from a site
 others
• Soil poisoning
 known as subterranean
termite control, is one of
the most crucial factors
to consider
when building a new
structure.