Facility Management

Planning and Construction

Last Updated October 1, 2009

• Massachusetts School Building Authority
• The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
• Selecting Emergency Power Systems
• ADA Home Page . ADA Home Page provides information and links covering the many facets of the Americans with Disabilities Act including construction requirements.
• Re-engineering Your Operation: How CMMS Contributes
• Implementing CMMS: Managing the Process
• Americans with Disabilities Act

Massachusetts Planning and Construction Resources

1. Inspector Generals Office
   • Public Construction Reform Information
   • Designing and Constructing Public Facilities, (6 th Edition), [In PDF format, 210 pages], September 2005. 
2. Massachusetts School Building Authority
3. Prevailing Wage Program
   • Prevailing Wage Topical Index
   • 2008-04-03 Opinion Letter
   • 2008-05-08 Opinion Letter
4. Office of Massachusetts Attorney General . Attorney General Law Newsletter and Publications.
   • Prevailing Wage
   • Public Bidding
   • Advisory on the OSHA 10 Act
5. Department of Revenue, Division of Local Services
   • Developing a Capital Improvements Program: A Manual for Massachusetts Communities is a guide to assist municipalities in carrying out their responsibilities in planning, financing and implementing capital improvements.
6. Debarment from bidding
   • Chapter 29: Section 29F. Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstances
• Authority to impose or remove suspensions and debarments.
  • Division of Capital Asset Management (“Commissioner of DCAM”), -- check either DCAM’s website or the Central Register for a list of contractors debarred by the Commissioner of DCAM
    • Division of Capital Asset Management Debarred Contractor's List
  • Commissioner of the Department of Industrial Accidents
    • Workers' Compensation Proof of Coverage and Verification Search
    • Businesses Issued Stop Work Orders by the Department of Industrial Accidents
  • Attorney General --call the Attorney General’s Fair Labor and Business Practices Division at (617) 727-3465 or continually check the Central Register
• Central Register subscription fee
• Federal Debarment (Excluded Parties): http://epls.arnet.gov/
  • Federal Government's Excluded Parties List System

Worker Safety Resources

• Division of Occupational Safety : ( www.state.ma.us/dos/ )
• O.S.H.A., U.S. Department of Labor . Occupational Safety and Health Administration provides a wealth of information including agency information, frequently asked questions, statistics, data, standards, Federal Register notices, OSHA software, advisors, publications, safety, and health interest sites.

Environmental Planning and Construction Resources

• Environmental Protection Agency
  1. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit
• Radon Information Page . Provides useful and informative data from the U.S. Geological Survey. It also provides interesting and informative links.
• The New Economics of Gas Cooling
• Solstice . Solstice is a site that provides a wealth of information about energy efficiency, including links to general information, appliances, case studies, solar energy, mailing lists, keyword search, and links to many other sites. It also includes links to sites that provide software titles: School Energy Doctor and Back to School, a lightly audit software program.
  

Fire and Hazardous Waste

Best Practices (MASBO Members Only Section)