Due to the nature of the material, the governing regulations, and the potential for dangerous situations to arise, hazardous material (hazmat) projects are often complex, expensive, and require detailed management.
The Clean Building application offers two major features for managing an abatement project from start to finish:
Assessment items form the backbone of the Clean Building application and hold the details of how you handle each room or area in the hazmat project. Using assessment items only, you can completely and thoroughly work through all phases of an assessment project. An assessment item-only approach is documented in the High-Level Workflow of a Hazmat Project topic.
A more advanced workflow that takes advantage of project activity items is outlined in the Detailed Workflow of a Hazmat Project topic.
The Clean Building application is not intended to enforce any specific workflow; it provides a flexible set of tools that your organization can implement in a way that best fits your organization's existing procedures, workflows, and needs.
As you can see from the below outline, the Process Navigator for the Clean Building application organizes its tasks by role: abatement worker, manager, field assessor, project manager. The primary intent of these roles is to restrict some obvious functionality by role and provide an interface in which users can access only the records assigned to them.
The default roles and tasks reflect a flexible configuration that can be used by many sites. However, since hazmat management is a large and complex process, the exact tasks for each role will vary based on the hazardous substance, regional regulations, the severity of the hazmat, and so forth.
Enter Background Data about your Facility
Enter Background Data about your Hazmat Practices
Enter Additional Background Data
Define Hazardous Material Projects
Using Hazmat Communication Logs
Working with Hazmat Action Items
Creating Hazard Assessment Item Records
Assigning Hazmat Assessment Items to a Field Assessor
Assigning Hazmat Items to Inspectors, Abatement Workers, and other Hazmat Professionals
Surveying Hazmat Assessment Items
Providing Details on the Location of a Hazmat Assessment Item
Collecting Samples to be Tested for Hazardous Substances
Recording Hazardous Substance Test Results
Estimating the Costs of Addressing Hazmat Issues
Updating Hazmat Assessment Items as a Project Progresses
Entering the Cost of Resolving Hazmat Issues
Completing and Verifying Hazmat Assessment Items
Preparing for Follow-Up Inspections and Re-inspections
Tracking Assessment Item History
Location Tools for Hazmat Field Work
Providing Details on the Location of a Hazmat Assessment Item
Surveying a Hazmat Assessment Item
Updating Hazmat Assessment Items as a Project Progresses
Location Tools for Hazmat Field Work
Location Tools for Hazmat Field Work
You optionally may choose to track your hazardous areas in CAD floor plan drawings. Floor plan drawings with hazmat information are handy for outside personnel, such as abatement workers and inspectors, to easily find the areas they must visit. Tracking hazmat on CAD floor plans also helps maximize employee safety since personnel will know exactly where problems exist. If you opt to include hazmat information in CAD, see these topics: