Construction and Renovation
Construction and Renovation
Summary
How to plan, design, and conduct construction and renovation projects.
Who is this for?
- Building, facility, and operations management.
- Harvard construction project managers.
- Service contractors and vendors enrolled in Harvard construction projects.
Harvard project support
Building and construction project management coordinate with EHS during building, renovation, and demolition projects for safety and compliance support.
Review EHS resources for addressing specific environmental issues, including air emission sources, managing soil and groundwater, stormwater, and removing or installing tanks.
Include current EHS design guidelines and environmental construction standard specifications in contract documents during bidding to address project-specific environmental issues.
Environmental permits and issues
Construction project managers and architects can use EHS resources to help identify potential environmental issues, including:
- Oil storage tanks and permits for air, stormwater, wastewater, and underground injection control systems.
- Excavation, groundwater dewatering and tables, soil, and stormwater.
Limit potential cost and schedule impacts by working with EHS to incorporate issues into project planning and design.
Hazardous and regulated materials
Building, operations, and construction project management ensure that all construction-related materials requiring removal are properly managed.
This includes hazardous and regulated materials like asbestos, groundwater, lead paint, PCBs, and soil.
Project contracts include construction-related materials management planning, such as requests for proposal templates, consultant lists, and disposal locations approved by Harvard.
Construction and renovation safety at Harvard
EHS support
Contact EHS for additional construction and renovation safety support at Harvard, including:
- Construction safety, environmental compliance, hazardous materials, groundwater management, and regulatory and environmental permitting.
- Contractor submittals and close-out documents for excavated soil and lead paint.
- Identification of potential environmental issues.
- Input during project planning, design, bidding, construction activities, and project turnover.
- Mosquito-free construction sites posters.