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NPR 8715.3 Eff. Date: January 24, 2000 Cancellation Date: September 12, 2006	NASA Safety Manual w/Change 2, 03/31/04
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CHAPTER 8. Facility Safety

8.1 Purpose

This chapter establishes safety procedures and guidelines to enhance the safety and mission success aspect of NASA`s facility acquisition, construction, and activation process. Facility operational safety requirements are covered in Chapter 6. Except in case of imminent danger, it is not the intent of this chapter to require upgrades to existing facilities just to meet new codes. Existing facilities undergoing major renovations must meet national consensus code in effect at the time of the renovations (Requirement 25272). Specific safety tasks to be accomplished to ensure safety during construction, operation, maintenance, and final disposition of the facility will be documented in the Facility Safety Management Plan (FSMP) in accordance with NPR 8820.2, "Facility Project Implementation Guide." The FSMP for each facility acquisition should be tailored to include those tasks appropriate considering the size and complexity of the project and associated safety risks. NASA-STD-8719.7, "Facilities System Safety Manual," provides a review of the facility life cycle and the safety tasks that shall be accomplished (as applicable) during acquisition, modification, test activities, facilities operations, maintenance, and disposal (Requirement 32485).

8.2 Applicability and Scope

This chapter is not a direct instruction to NASA contractors who provide planning, architect-engineering (A-E) design, or construction contract services. It is guidance to the responsible NASA Center program/project management, contracting office, safety assurance, and fire protection organization personnel who implement the safety programs essential to meeting each facility acquisition and construction work package effort in accordance with NPR 8820.2, "Facility Project Implementation Guide." This chapter shall be applied to construction of facilities (CoF) projects and facilities maintenance projects (Requirement 25273). This chapter shall also be applied to Center-approved projects according to the degree of impact of safety policy and regulatory considerations on those projects (Requirement 32486). This chapter shall not supersede more stringent requirements imposed by individual NASA organizations and other Government agencies (Requirement 32487).

8.3 Objectives

NASA`s facility acquisition safety and construction safety objectives are as follows:

8.3.1 Identify, track, and resolve hazards at the earliest possible phase to eliminate risk to personnel safety and mission success and to minimize the cost and need for a retrofit program (Requirement 32488).

8.3.2 Perform safety oversight functions to ensure compliance with NASA safety policies (Requirement 32489).

8.3.3 Provide for review of all proposed projects to ensure that all safety requirements are specified and funded (Requirement 32490).

8.3.4 Provide the necessary technical reviews that include safety aspects of all facility acquisition, design, and construction efforts to ensure that they are being conducted in accordance with sound safety engineering principles (Requirement 32491).

8.3.5 Monitor facility construction, modification, repair, and rehabilitation for compliance with appropriate safety, fire protection, and building codes and standards (Requirement 32492). NASA fire protection and safety personnel shall monitor the compliance effort in the various phases of the projects (Requirement 32493). For projects with safety or fire protection implications, this effort will be formal, with the safety office/fire protection office providing a formal sign-off (Requirement 32494).

8.3.6 Ensure that any final inspection effort (operational readiness inspection (ORI), operational readiness review (ORR), test readiness review (TRR), pre-final inspection (PFI), final inspection (FI), etc.) includes a safety and/or health representative as appropriate and that all facility safety and health issues are documented, resolved, or adequately controlled prior to acceptance, activation, and operation (Requirement 32495).

8.3.7 Maintain current building configuration during all phases of the facility acquisition, maintenance, operation, and disposal process (Requirement 32496). Test activities that require building modification, however minor, are of particular interest. Process any change to facility hardware, software, or procedures through the configuration management (CM) program (Requirement 32497).

8.3.8 Inspect all facilities, occupied or unoccupied, at least annually (Requirement 32498).

8.4 Basic Requirements

To achieve facility acquisition, construction, and activation safety assurance objectives, each NASA Center Director shall do the following:

8.4.1 Designate and assign facility safety program management responsibilities to a NASA Center safety and mission assurance organization that is independent from the specific facility (user) management (Requirement 32499).

8.4.2 Assure that the fire protection and safety organizations review all proposed NASA-owned, controlled, or operated facility configuration changes and construction work change orders that have a potential safety impact (Requirement 32500). This does not preclude the use of checklists and other guidelines to assist the project in determining the potential safety or fire impact and necessary protection requirements.

8.4.3 Incorporate safety criteria or requirements into the project design criteria before start of facility project design, in accordance with NPR 8820.2, "Facility Project Implementation Guide" (Requirement 32501).

8.4.4 Mandate compliance with NASA supplementary and alternate NASA technical standards for safety that may apply for all NASA-managed construction work (Requirement 32502). For construction undertaken at NASA by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, compliance with EM 385-1-1, "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Safety and Health Requirements," is mandatory (Requirement 32503). For related NASA-managed projects, EM 385-1-1 will be considered as an advisory document.

8.4.5 Ensure facility operation instructions and changes are developed based on the facility mission and operational requirements (Requirement 32504). All procedures shall include sufficient detail to identify residual hazards and cautions to NASA personnel (Requirement 32505). A written preventative maintenance program must be developed that includes schedules, procedures, and records (Requirement 32506). Deviation or changes to hazardous operating procedures (HOP`s) require the approval of the cognizant NASA/contractor safety or health offices (Requirement 32507). Those procedures and instructions identified as hazardous shall require fire protection and safety office approval as provided in Chapter 6 (Requirement 32508).

8.5 Facility Managers

The Center Director or designee shall appoint a facility operations manager or facility coordinator to oversee proper operation of the facility (Requirement 25195). A safety coordinator may be appointed to assist the manager. The extent of each authority shall be detailed in writing to ensure complete safety coverage of all facility operations (Requirement 32509). The Center safety office will interface with the facility managers or safety coordinators as appropriate to ensure proper safety program implementation.

8.6 Facility Safety Management Plan

8.6.1 The Center Directors shall document and maintain a written facility FSMP for each major facility acquisition, modification, test activities, operations and maintenance, and disposal to monitor timely completion of all required life cycle safety program tasks (Requirement 32510). The FSMP should include a facility hazard analysis (FHA), hazard analysis tracking index (HATI), and hazard resolution verification (HRV). NASA-STD-8719.7, "Facilities System Safety Manual," provides a detailed explanation of these requirements. As part of the FHA, the risk assessment code (RAC) system for facilities is used to indicate the risk associated with each individual hazard that considers the severity and probability of a hazard. The FSMP may be contractually proposed or prepared in-house. This plan shall be used to implement tailored safety requirements, including organizational responsibilities, resources, milestones, methods of accomplishment, depth of effort, and integration with other program engineering and management activities and related systems (Requirement 32511). For minor or normal acquisitions and facility modification projects, the FSMP can be tailored but will include the appropriate local directives, instructions, and guidelines as a minimum (Requirement 32512).

8.6.2 The FSMP shall contain a realistic milestone schedule commencing with the functional requirements and facilities concept development phase to monitor timely completion of all required safety program tasks for the facility project design (Requirement 32513). The milestone schedule shall also include safety management during construction, and the operation and maintenance considerations (instructions, training, provisioning of parts, special tools, and supplies) cited in NPR 8831.2, "Facilities Maintenance Management," for complex facility projects or the use of specialized equipment (Requirement 32514). All FSMP milestones shall support the scheduled facility need date or occupancy date, as appropriate (Requirement 32515).

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