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During the very first week of planning for a new R&D facility, people on the project should go out look for special systems, special equipment and anything that is unusual in the existing building. This includes the isolated cleanroom, the researcher who ...
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See Remedial Action. ...
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An arrangement of corridors and rooms where the corridor runs around the outside of a big block of rooms clustered in the center of the building....
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An enclosed channel designed expressly for
holding wires, cable or bus bars, with additional functions as permitted
by the National Electric Code....
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A large stainless steel washing machine used in the animal care industry to wash large racks that hold animal cages. Usually a pass-through design, outfitted with a washing chemical (acid and alkaline) injection system (as well as a neutralization system...
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Electromagnetic radiation which is emitted by electrical circuits carrying rapidly changing signals, as a by-product of their normal operation, and which causes unwanted signals (interference or noise) to be induced in other circuits.
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An isotope with an unstable (atomic) nucleus that spontaneously emits radiation. The radiation emitted includes alpha particles, nucleons, electrons, and gamma rays.
Copyright © 2001 by Technomic Publishing Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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A compound into which a readily detectable substance such as an isotope is incorporated to allow its metabolism or physical distribution to be traced.
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A colorless radioactive gas formed by radioactive decay of radium atoms in soil or rock....
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A name used to describe the individual
leading an unfriendly takeover of a publicly held corporation. In many
of the takeovers in the early 1980s, assets such as oversubscribed
pension funds were quickly drained, contributing to the concept of a
raider....
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See Remedial Action Plan. ...
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A fire detection device that will indicate any unusual increase in heat, particularly in areas where combustible liquids or gases are employed or stored....
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See Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. ...
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See Remedial Design. ...
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The unintentional introduction of building exhaust air into the building intake air stream....
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An item that is ready to assemble, has all the parts present....
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Over time a building's interior may have been reconfigured, new equipment installed, or population densities changed. Rebalancing usually involves adjustments of air dampers, air handling unit motor speeds, and removing or modifying partitions or obstruct...
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Major renovation or reconstruction activities (including facility replacements) needed to keep existing facilities modern and efficient in an environment of changing standards and missions. It extends the expected service life of facilities or restores lo...
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"Recapitalization is the replacement of building subsystems, which include among other things roofs, electrical distribution equipment, HVAC equipment (air handlers, compressors, chillers, boilers), building control systems, paving, and fire protection ap...
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The new DNA formed by
combining segments of DNA from different organisms. The technique
involves isolating DNA pieces and inserting them into the DNA of a cell
thus "recombining" DNA....
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The official document,
approved and signed by the EPA, of the remedial action selected for
hazardous waste cleanup under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental
Resource, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). See also CERCLA....
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Office furniture that has been refurbished and is being used again. The idea of recycling used furniture is appealing to many cost-conscious companies. Instead of getting rid of old furniture and purchasing new, the company can maintain it if it's reusabl...
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The little piece of cardboard, often red, which the fire marshal attaches to an item that needs to be changed to meet fire-code requirements. Also used as a verb, e.g. "The inspector red-tagged the whole stairwell."...
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The "bounce" or return of an energy (such as sound or light) wave from a surface. The fraction of energy not reflected is absorbed by or transmitted through the surface....
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A Regional Center of Excellence (RCE) is a group of institutions that have drafted joint operating agreements to conduct research in emerging infectious diseases. As of June 2005 there are only eight RCEs in the U.S.: University of Washington; Washington ...
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The layer of loose rock resting on bedrock, constituting the surface of most land. Also called mantle rock.
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A party that accepts all or part of
liability for risk from a professional liability insurance company. For
example, an insurance company that provides $3 million coverage may pass
to a reinsurer all risk above $1.5 million. ...
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The water which carries the contaminants filtered out by a reverse osmosis membrane. It contains a higher concentration of contaminants than the feedwater....
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The probability of an item to perform a required function under specified conditions for a certain period of time....
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An orderly approach to determine the steps to ensure the reliability and availability of facility systems....
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A term from the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) that describes the implementation of the remedial design at the hazardous waste site. Remedial actions include encapsulation, incineration, neutralization a...
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Required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Remedial Action Plan and the methods to be used in implementation of this action for cleaning up hazardous wastes. The RAP is selected from a feasibility st...
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The phase of cleanup under the 1980 Comprehensive Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in which the remedy selected for cleaning up hazardous wastes is developed into engineering plans and specifications for implementation. See also CERCLA....
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An in-depth study to gather data needed to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a site, establish cleanup criteria, identify preliminary alternatives for remediation and analysis of alternatives....
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Office centers providing technology and administrative support, located near customers and staffed by employees dedicated to that site or splitting their time between that location and another one. See also Alternative Officing, Satellite Office, and Virt...
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See Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI)....
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Also called repetitive motion injuries or RMI. In 1990, RMIs were 43 percent of all occupational injuries according to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics....
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Passed in 1976, this act set up a comprehensive federal program for monitoring and controlling the generation, treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials....
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The designated person at an organization handling select agents who is personally accountable for the implementation of all rules pertaining to and the ongoing security of select agents.
The responsibilities associated with this position include filing...
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A portion of the money earned by the contractor, withheld from periodic payments and held by the owner as assurance that the contractor will complete the project....
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A term used to describe a step in the process whereby the design consultant(s), through the principal consultant or project manager, confirms their understanding of the institution's needs—in a sense a developed and therefore more detailed version o...
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A measure of the returns that a company is realizing from its capital. Calculated as profit before interest and tax divided by the difference between total assets and current liabilities. The resulting ratio represents the efficiency with which capital is...
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See Internal Rate Of Return....
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A water-purification method where
water is forced under pressure through a semipermeable membrane under
pressure, leaving behind a percentage of dissolved organic, dissolved
ionic and suspended impurities....
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Adaptable space that can function as either open-plan or cellular, or a mixture of these in any proportion....
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See Remedial Investigation. ...
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See Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study....
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A type of microorganism that lives off lice, fleas, ticks, and mites; it can cause illness in humans and other animals.
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A data communications network composed
of a number of computer systems linked together in series by a data
communications line....
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Quantitative and qualitative
evaluation of the risk posed to health and/or the environment by the
presence and or use of specific pollutants....
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Repetitive Motion Injuries. See Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI)....
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Methods by which a process or an operation can be performed by a remote-controlled device....
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See Record of Decision. ...
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Return On Investment. See Internal Rate of Return....
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A process used in biotechnology in which living cells are put inside "roller bottles" along with the nutrients that support them. The cells grow on the inside surface of the bottle, which are gently turned from time to time so that all the cells...
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An interior area in a
multistory building that connects two or more floors and allows people
to interact with workers on the floor above or below. Examples include
staircases or balconies that jut out into atriums....
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See Repetitive Stress Injuries. ...
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See Ready to Assemble.
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