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brand September 27, 1989 McGraw Construction Company, Inc. 31 S. Canal Street Middletown, Ohio 45044 brand industrial services, inc. 12733 universal drive laylor, michigan 48180 (313) 946-5090 ATT: Mr. I. Michael Neibert Project Manager Ll-._ SUBJECT: Brand Industrial Services Proposal For Asbestos Removal For Armco Steel - Middletown, Brand Quotation No. NC-341 Ohio Dear Mr. Neibert: In response to McGraw Constructions's recent request for quotation, Brand Industrial Services, one of The Brand Companies, is pleased to offer the following proposal for asbestos removal and disposal at Armco Steel's Middletown Works. Brand shall provide all necessary labor, supervision, tools, equipment, consumables, and miscellaneous materials required for the proper execution of the removal and disposal of asbestos containing insulating materials from one blast furnace stove. All work shall be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner and in complete accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and/or local codes, rules and regulations. As a subsidiary of The Brand Companies, Brand Industrial Services offers its clients more than 28 years of experience in the specialty insulation and asbestos abatement industries. The value-added features of our offer include the following: * Experienced Project Management. Our staff of construction managers, project managers, and field engineers are specifically trained in asbestos abatement and are well qualified to manage the requirements of this project. To date The Brand Companies have successfully completed more than $200 million in asbestos abatement projects nationwide, giving our clients assurance that we can manage the safety, schedule, budget and engineering challenges of these particular projects. * Substantial Financial Resources. The Brand Companies has the most significant financial base in the abatement industry with a net worth in excess of $74 million. MoGCon 200849 bone ol the brand companies * Insurance. We maintain a $5 million asbestos liability insurance program through a major domestic carrier. This insurance is written on an occurrence form with no sunset clause. Based on our extensive study of the liability insurance market, we are convinced our insurance program is markedly superior to that available elsewhere. * Safe Work Practices. Brand has the most comprehensive and aggressive safety program in the industry. The responsibilities of the Corporate Safety Director and his staff of regional officers include documentation and implementation of our formal safety policies, as well as routine project inspections. Copies of our program are available for review upon request. * Waste Disposal. Through our affiliation with Chemical Waste Management, Inc. and its parent, Waste Management, Inc., Brand offers, its clients a single source of responsibility from asbestos liability when their asbestos waste is disposed of at a Waste Management, Inc. owned and operated landfill * Project Documentation. Brand's record retention system has been designed to satisfy "proof of performance" requirements. At project close-out, our clients receive complete project records, including air sampling reports, agency notifications, etc. These features and Brand's corporate commitment to the abatement industry provide you with assurance that your project will be undertaken in a manner which is safe, environmentally sound and cost effective with meaningful long-term liability protection. We at Brand are looking forward to providing quality, competitive abatement service to Armco's Middletown Works. To that end we trust you'll find this proposal to be competitive, responsive and in keeping with McGraw Construction's goals and requirements. If you have any questions regarding this proposal please feel free to contact me at (216) 497-6464. Sincerely, Brand Industrial Services Daniel W. Bryndlsen Senior Sales Manager DWB/wf ends. McGCon 200850 MM1' one ol the brand Jycompenies TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. ASBESTOS REMOVAL PROCEDURES 3. TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL 4. PROJECT ORGANIZATION 5. PROJECT SCHEDULING 6. CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATION INFORMATION 7. COST PROPOSAL 200851 tv/lcGC on m one oI the brend t> companies INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY O Brand Industrial Services, one of The Brand Companies, is pleased to offer the following proposal for the removal, transportation and disposal of asbestos containing insulating materials from Armco Steel's Middletown Mill. This proposal has been prepared in response to McGraw Construction's request for quotation, discussions with Mr. Michael Neibert of McGraw, and discussions held during our visit to McGraw's Middletown office and the jobsite on September"20, 1989. o(/^ H.LrfL. Our proposal has been developed with two key elements in mind; cost effective abatement and fast-track scheduling. As Brand's project costing and schedule reflect, a working balance has been struck between project pricing and accelerated asbestos removal. Brand's aim is to closely coordinate with Mr. Elmer Helton of McGraw in order to produce a project that mirrors McGraw Constructions's safety. goals and provides the maximum amount of worker Brand has significant experience in asbestos removal in Production Plants, Power Houses, Steel Mills, Chemical and Oil Refineries, and Commercial facilities and is currently performing many projects throughout Ohio and Michigan. The experience that Brand has gained over the years performing asbestos removal in production facility settings will be fully brought to bear on this project in order to produce a project that is safe, environmentally sound and cost effective. McGCon 200352 bon* of the brand companies Scc?c Cf uJrfc_K ASBESTOS INSULATION REMOVAL PROCEDURES - STOVES The following work procedures outline Brand's methodology for the removal of the asbestos containing materials from the subject blast furnace stove. Also included in this section is a copy of the Brand Companies Guideline Specifications for Asbestos Abatement Projects. These guidelines shall apply as minimum standards in connection with the following specific procedures. -- During the shut down and initial venting of the stove, Brand shall have 2 to 3 fully equipped abatement technicians standing by to assist McGraw with spot removal and encapsulation as necessary. --Any asbestos material disturbed by penetrations in the stove shall be picked up and bagged by the Brand technicians. This asbestos w^aste shall be placed in properly labeled disposal bags and placed in the covered, locked asbestos dumpster that will be located at grade level near the burner connection. --The areas around these penetrations shall be thoroughly HEPA vacuumed after the visible asbestos containing material (ACM) has been picked up. --Next the exposed edges of the remaining ACM shall be sprayed with an encapsulant and, where applicable, shall be further sealed with spray applied expanding foam. --These technicians shall also assist McGraw with any sample gathering that may be required. This will most likely occur in the dome. McGCon 200853 m one of the brand companies --Brand shall have any samples laboratory for immediate analysis. taken sent jiw G"* to --In the event the dome insulation tests positive a qualified 0 t-k x- !- c1 f (ACM), Brand , shall coordinate with McGraw Construction on its removal. --In the event the dome is rnon-acm, McGraw shall proceed with , r rjnr^ C -'*'<!<-j y removing the dome lana tearing out d< the checkers and refractory brick from the stove. --It is assumed that McGraw shall leave the last course of refractory brick in place in order to contain the asbestos insulation. --Once McGraw has completed this phase of the project, Brand shall prepare the stove for abatement. --All electrical equipment, lighting fixtures, feeds, lines, etc., within the stove work zone shall be shut down and locked out, as necessary. Verification of electrical lock-out shall be coordinated and confirmed with the McGraw project management team. --Next a three-stage waste decontamination unit shall be constructed at the base of the stove thru the now open burner connection. --This decon unit shall be constructed of wooden studding, scaffold members and plywood and shall be covered with poly sheeting. --The roof of the decon within the stove shall shall be covered with plywood decking. 200354 ^,-GCon bone ot the brand companies --The remaining opening between the decon and the stove shell in the burner connection shall be sealed with poly sheeting. --Inside the stove shell a lugger box landing platform constructed at the mouth of the waste decon unit. shall be --Concurrent with this work, a plywood "penthouse" shall be constructed on top of the stove on the bulkheads that McGraw has installed there. / , . r - (</r f A,, C J , ,, t w si*? 7 w 5* --The. penthouse shall be/approximately 10 feet square and shall have an approximately^ ft. x 8 ft. opening in its base, thru the bulkhead and into the'stove below. K ' !\ --This opening shall be covered with heavy gauge steel grating, thus forming a vent-way into the stove. 7 A/`> t L? 1J ' .,, Vj C- r ^ \^ '-iO r- --High volume, HEPA filtered air filtration machines (negative // air fans) shall be stationed in this penthouse so as to draw air up from the stove. The exhaust vents from these machines shall be ducted out through the side of the penthouse. --Entrance and exit to this penthouse shall be via an air lock constructed on one end. Access to the penthouse shall be restricted to workers wearing proper protective clothing and respiratory protection equipment. --After McGraw has constructed/positioned the work platform within the stove, all openings in the stove top shall be covered and sealed with poly, tape, plywood, etc. in order to form the "roof" of the containment. McGCon 200855 --Worker entrance and exit shall be via the ladder and catwalk system on the side of the stove and thru the manways that McGraw has cut into the stove shell at various levels. --All other entrances, openings, etc. shall be sealed as necessary. Open manways, other than the one being used at the time for worker entrance/exit shall be sealed. --A construction debris chute shall be erected inside the stove extending from the work platform down thru the stove and angling out thru an opening in the shell below the main deck level. --This chute shall empty into the non-asbestos dumpster stationed at grade level. s A v/ --The chute shall be equipped with a steel deflector plate at the point of angle in order to preclude debris from exiting the chute within the stove. --The chute shall also be equipped with plastic flap curtains at the exit point in order to minimize air movement. --A lugger box shall be positioned under the work platform and shall be accessed via an opening in the work platform's floor. --This lugger box shall be used to tranport bagged ACM waste to the floor of the stove and shall be operated by a tugger ,, or powered winch. --A safety '^rail shall be opening, on the platform. constructed around the lugger box McGCon 200856 bone of the brand companies #9 --Temporary lighting shall be installed on the work platform in order to illuminate the_work area. /`'I r /, r l'-'-' ID i" ~/'iC 1' S- ^ ^ So ->' r.r --All electrical equipment used in the work area/containment shall be equipped with ground fault_circuijt interrupters. r U t- ss7 S H --Worker decontamination shall be provided via a personnel decon unit constructed on the main deck level at the base of the ladder catwalk system. --At the manway/worker entrance, a small air lock shall be constructed. This air lock shall serve as the entrance and exit point to the work area and shall be repeated at subsequent manways and levels as the work progresses down the stove. --Once the decon units, air lock, penthouse and construction chute are complete and all other openings have been sealed, the negative air fans shall be started and the containment established. 0 shall be --Next, abatement techniciansPwearing protective clothing, respiratory protection gear, hard hats and safety shoes shall enter the work areft thru the catwalk air lock and commence the work. --The remaining course of refractory brick shall be removed from the stove walls and decontaminated via wash tanks set-up on the work platform. --These bricks shall then be sprayed with a mist of lock-down encapsulant and then immediately dropped down into the non-acm debris chute. ,oo'5? GCr bone of tile brand companies --Once all refractory brick has been removed, decontaminated, coated and disposed of, the workers will start on removing the asbestos material. --The exposed asbestos insulation shall be thoroughly saturated via sprayed applied amended water. Low pressure spray equipment shall be used in order to preclude fiber release during the wetting process. --The saturated asbestos material shall be carefully removed in small sections and packed in sealable, 6 mil plastic disposal bags. . Asbestos materials shall not be allowed to dry out prior to insertion into the disposal bags. --Disposal bags containing the asbestos waste shall be placed in the lugger box and carefully lowered to the stove floor where they will then be double bagged in clean, properly labeled 6 mil plastic burial bags. The bags shall then be passed through the bag-out decontamination unit, cleaned and wet wiped and placed in the covered ACM dumpster. --After the work area and the stove walls have been thoroughly wet wiped and cleaned, the work area shall be given a complete visual inspection to confirm that all asbestos-containing materials have been removed. --After the work area passes this visual inspection the abatement workers shall exit the work area and the work platform shall be lowered approximately 10 to 12 feet, then locked and braced, thus establishing the next work area. The catwalk airlock from the above (previous) work area be taken down and the manway entrance shall be sealed. shall McGCon 200858 bone ol the brand companies --The catwalk airlock shall be re-assembled at the next lowest manway that opens into the new work area. --The above outlined refractory and asbestos removal procedures shall be repeated in this work area and, upon completion, the work platform shall be again lowered 10 to 12 feet, thus forming the next work area. --This process shall be repeated down thru the stove until all refractory/asbestos material has been removed. --Workers exiting the work area shall use the "double suit" decontamination technique. This procedure consists of coming out of the "dirty" work area into the "clean" catwalk air lock, HEPA vacuuming all residual ACM from their protective suits, donning a clean, new suit over the dirty suit, then exitng the catwalk air lock and proceeding directly to the main personnel decon located at the main deck level. --At the main personnel decon, both suits shall be removed and discarded as contaminated waste. The workers shall then go thru the normal showering-out process. --Once all refractory/asbestos material has been removed from the stove, the final shell wash-down procedure shall commence. --Heavy gauge, reinforced poly shall be arranged at the bottom of the stove so as to form a leak-proof catch basin for the wash-down water. --High volume pump pickups shall be arranged in the catch basin to suck up the used wash-down water. 20'0859 GCO bone of the brand companies --All wash water shall be treated as asbestos contaminated and shall be pumped out of the stove base and into a water decontamination/filtration system located outside the base of the stove. These decon units shall filter the water of all suspended particulates down to the 5 micron range. --Cleaned, filtered water shall be local sewer system or storm drain. introduced into the mill's --Once the catch basin has been established, high pressure water blasters shall be set-up inside the base of the stove in the waste decon unit. Feeder hoses shall be passed up thru the work platform lugger box opening and connected to the blaster wand manifold located on the work platform. --The work platform shall be raised to the top of the stove and the wash-down process shall begin. --Working from the platform, abatement technicians in full protective gear shall wash down all residual ACM from the stove shell, working on down the stove, lowering the platform periodically as necessary. --During the wash-down process, all containment seals shall remain in place and the containment shall be under continued negative air pressure. --Once the bottom of the shell has been reached, the platform itself shall be washed down and thoroughly decontaminated. (v/lcGCon 200660 bone ol the brand companies --Next, all remaining wash-water shall be pumped out to the filtration system and the water blasting equipment shall be dismantled and taken out thru the waste decon unit. --The work area shall then be given a complete visual inspection to insure that all ACM has been removed. After successful visual inspection, final air samples shall be taken to verify "clean-air" and signify project completion. --Next, project demobilization shall commence and all abatement equipment, air-locks, decons, etc. shall be dismantled and removed from the work area. McGCon 200861