Item 20 - Agreements for On-Call Demolition Services for Abatement

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established. IDI will hold weekly meetings for its employees prior to work commencement. Additionally, IDI will require that subcontractors be required to hold similar meetings covering their respective portion of the work. These meetings are designed to discuss the projected work schedule and prepare each worker for any potential hazards associated with the work activities. A copy of the weekly safety meeting logs will be maintained onsite at all times. All personnel attending the safety meeting will be required to sign the safety -meeting log upon completion of the safety meeting. During the meetings, personnel will be reminded of site conditions and are encouraged to participate with health and safety concerns. At the conclusion of the project copies of all daily activities will be presented in a final report to the HACLA for distribution to relevant parties. 2.0 ASBESTOS AND LEAD ABATEMENT A work plan for the asbestos and lead abatement was issue in another document to General Services. Attached. 3.0 DEMOLITION ACTIVITIES Prior to commencement of building demolition, a thorough walk through and evaluation of the building will be conducted to confirm that all appropriate measures have been completed to ensure that the area is ready for commencement of demolition activities, including receiving asbestos clearance for each structure, ensuring that all utilities have been disconnected and the lines abandoned and making sure that there aren't any homeless persons inside the buildings. In general, the tasks will include a wide variety of procedures. The most important aspect in the development of these procedures will be the safe conduct of the work. IDI's procedures will limit the use of labor to the most controlled and safe conditions and rely upon mechanized means of removal wherever possible. 70,000 lb excavators equipped with concrete breakers, grapples, pulverizers and other modern hydraulic demolition tools and attachments will be utilized. Wherever possible, large structures will be removed to ground level using mechanized means. Subsequent sizing of scrap materials such as steel and rebar and other material processing activities will take place at grade level, hauled off site and recycled accordingly. General building/structure demolition will be conducted in a manner that does not interfere with or encroach upon the existing surrounding pedestrian and vehicular traffic during normal activities. IDI will provide fencing and a pedestrian canopy on Washington and Los Angeles. However, depending upon site and structure conditions, alternative methods of demolition and alternative types of equipment may be used to ensure the safest and most efficient means of operation. This may involve modification of the site fencing from time to time in order to complete the demolition