1. Develop and implement a Hazardous Materials Management Program
   • • Responsible parties, including the building team’s training requirements
     • Inventory of all building materials known or presumed to contain asbestos, lead, PCBs, silica, and mercury etc.
     • Outline requirements and frequency for hazardous materials surveys and/or inspections
     • Describe how to safely store chemical products in accordance with product Safety Data Sheets and remove asbestos or PCB-containing materials from the building
2. Engage a third-party expert to survey and inspect hazardous materials present, handled and stored at the building
3. Conduct a hazardous materials survey that covers the following:
   • • Type, location, approximate quantity in each area and overall extent of hazardous materials present or stored in the building
     • Description of sampling methodology applied and locations where samples were taken
     • Findings and recommendations that provide site specific handling, abatement and disposal guidelines
     • Appendices that include relevant laboratory testing results of samples taken
4. Inspect hazardous materials to ensure these are managed in accordance with the building’s Hazardous Materials Management Program

Consult with the building’s third-party hazardous materials expert to determine how frequently surveys need to be conducted. If operations or renovation and construction activities are not affecting the location of these materials, then consider whether survey frequency can be adjusted

Inspections of known or presumed asbestos-containing materials, where present, are required every year. The condition or state of the asbestos-containing materials (e.g., poor, fair, good) must be reviewed. Inspection of materials known or presumed to contain lead, mercury, PCBs or other hazardous building materials or equipment, where present, are required every three years.

The laboratory performing the sample testing should be accredited by one of the following organizations:

• National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• The Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA)
• The Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), or equivalent