Infrastructure Branch
The Infrastructure Section provides construction/contract management, and technical support for the maintenance and renovation of Fairfax County Public School buildings and grounds. Typical tasks for the branch include planning, designing, and managing contracts for the repair or replacement of various building and grounds components. Examples of building and grounds components repaired or replaced include carpets, boilers, air conditioning systems, parking lots, gym floors, bleachers, playgrounds, running tracks, and tennis courts.
Environmental Engineering Branch
The Environmental Engineering Section is responsible for implementing the Environmental Protection Agency's Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response ACT (AHERA), and the resulting rule (The 1987 Asbestos in Schools Rule) mandating numerous actions to be undertaken by local education agencies. The AHERA act requires Fairfax County Public Schools to:
- Inspect buildings for non-friable and friable asbestos containing materials.
- Formulate management plans.
- Use response actions or abatement or abatement methods.
- Provide awareness training to school employees.
- Implement operations and maintenance programs, and use accredited personnel and laboratories for most of these activities.
In addition, the branch is responsible for investigating radon gas and mold problems in school buildings, selecting the best strategy, and directing the efforts of a multidisciplinary team to assure overall indoor air quality in school buildings.
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