Doing it right the first time will keep costly re-dos away. Remember that, for the health and safety of those doing the renovation work, potentially contaminated areas that will be disturbed during the project must be decontaminated or removed before the work begins. Within Some equipment and materials found in the laboratory may be made of hazardous components or materials. For example, insulation on heating pipes and test tube clamps may contain asbestos. Asbestos may also be found in floor tile mastic or in other construction materials.
Most fluorescent lights contain mercury.
Make sure your lights are changed by a PP-CS building maintenance employee. PP-CS recycles the University's fluorescent lights, as required by law. For comments or questions about this web site, contact the web administrators.