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Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual

August,August 20012

 

 

 

PREAMBLE



Any Fermilab standard, or a part of a standard, which is directly related to safety, will be in the Fermilab ES&H Manual.  Only the technical instructions or reproductions from the National Standards, other codes, or sources of technical information will reside in the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual.

 

The Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual is supplementary to the Fermilab ES&H Manual. Engineers shall consult first with the ES&H manual for safety considerations, thenand then seek the supplementary instructions and technical data in the Engineering Standards manual.

 

A policy for administration of the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual is established in Chapter 1.  This policy includes formalized procedures for writing, updating and deleting chapters as well as for changing the status of a chapter, e.g. from guidance to advisory, or from guidance to mandatory.  The Engineering Policy Committee is advisory.  

 

The status of each chapter is to be interpreted as follows:

 

Mandatory:  Mandatory engineering standards shall be used.  The Fermilab Director or other specified external authority must approve any deviation from the recommendations spelled out in the chapter.

 

Guidance:  Guidance engineering standards should be used.  The authority, as specified in the chapter, must approve any deviation from the recommendations spelled out in the chapter.

 

Advisory:  Advisory engineering standards are suggestions for good practices.  Use is optional and better recommendations may be sought from other sources.

 

Although a chapter may have a mandatory status, it may contain mandatory, guidance, or advisory requirements.  For example, the chapter "Installation of liquid nitrogen dewars" has mandatory provisions, standard practices and suggested practices.


Chapter 1:  Administration

The Associate Director forof Operations Support will be the custodian of the Engineering Standards Manual.  He is responsible for the maintenance of the manual and the issuance of updates as applicable.  All Fermilab Engineering Standards require review and approval of the Fermilab Engineering Policy Committee.  Approved standards shall be incorporated into the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual, made available by the FESS Directorate Section with web site support from the Administrative Associate to the Director for Operations Support. ES&H Section.

 

The manual shall be reviewed annually as scheduled by the Associate Director for Operations Support FESS Section Head­.  The reviewing agency will be the Engineering Policy Committee.  All standards in the manual shall be reviewed for applicability to Fermilab and adopted or modified as necessary.  The Associate Director for Operations Support shall approve any changes and . The FESS Section Head will be responsible for updating and re-issuing the manual after each review if necessary.

 

Requests for new or modified Fermilab Engineering Standards may also be internally initiated by Fermilab staffFermilab staff may also internally initiate requests for new or modified Fermilab Engineering Standards.  In this case the Associate Director for Operations SupportFESS Section Head will forward the request to the Engineering Policy Committee whichCommittee, which will evaluate the request, formulate a response, and return forward it to the Associate Director for Operations Support FESS Section Head for appropriate action as determined by the Engineering Policy Committee.  All changes to the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual shall be approved by the Associate Director for Operations SupportThe Associate Director for Operations Support shall approve all changes to the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual after appropriate additional review.

 

Self-assessments performed, as part of the ongoing Fermilab Self-Assessment Program, shall include assessment of the Fermilab Engineering Standard Manual to assure that actual practices or operations are consistent with the intent of the Fermilab Engineering Standards Manual and any implementing procedures.

 


Chapter 2:  Civil Engineering Standards

2.1   General Requirements

2.1.1  AestheticsArchitectural Approvals - - Mandatory

All proposed modifications that affect the exterior appearance of buildings or modify landscaping, roads or parking areas are to be reviewed and accepted by the Directorate.

2.1.2  Approval for Modifications to Buildings and Systems - - Mandatory

2.1.3  As-Built Documentation - - Reserved

2.1.4  Permits for Modifications to Critical Systems - - Reserved

2.2   Civil

2.2.1  Design Criteria Matrix to N&S Standards - - Mandatory

 

2.2.1 CIVIL DESIGN CRITERIA

 

U.S. CODE OF FEDERAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

 

 

 

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

 

FERMI STANDARDS

 

 

 

 

REGULATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DESIGN ELEMENTS

 

10 CFR 1021 (DOE NEPA rules)

 

29 CFR 1910 (OSHA Gen Ind Stds)

 

29 CFR 1926 (OSHA Constr Ind Stds)

 

71 IAC (Illinois Accessibility Code)

 

77 IAC 920 (Water well constr code)

 

77 IAC 925 (Well pump installation)

 

92 IAC 700 (Constr/water course permit appl)

 

92 IAC 704 (Regulation of public waters)

 

Nat'l. Poll Disch Elim System

 

92 IAC 708 (Floodway constr permit appl)

 

Illinois Standard for Road and Bridge Construction

 

Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 10/87, IEPA 87-102

 

Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards, Ch 4, Accessible Elements and Spaces: Scope and Technical Requirements

 

IDOT Design/Standards Manuals

 

Illinois Standards For Sewer and Water Construction

 

Secondary Containment for oil filled Transformers (Draft)

 

 

 

Civil Construction Projects

 

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Construction Projects involving Waters of the State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Construction Projects > 5 acres in size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Excavation

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erosion Control Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Well Installation

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

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