Location of buildings

Compiling a site map, showing topographic features, prevailing wind direction, drainage, and the location of buildings, containers, impoundments, pits, ponds, and tanks... 

Risk analysis and risk management play an important role in public policy. These debates range from the development of environmental impact statements for the location of buildings to debates on household lead abatement and what chemicals can be allowed in the food supply. Quality of life issues such as asthma and/or loss of mental function are now recognized as important components of risk assessment. 

Plot Plan. The relationship between plant units, equipment, buildings and yard piping is shown on the plot plan. Positions of incoming and outgoing lines can be seen. Major structures, location of buildings and all equipment is shown. Roads crossing the yard or located under the yard steel are indicated. 

The Corps already has a Gun Pit shown as POI43. This would approximate the location of Building 119, the Concrete Storage Pit, but not the Levens [sic] Gun Pit. It is unclear how the Corps arrived at its name but possibly it misread 119 for 19. In any event, the Shell Storage Pit needs to become a POI. 

The 1918 aerial photograph provides important information about the location of buildings and features such as trenches, which also could be burial sites. It also provides important information about test sites, such as the persistency test area. The 1922 aerial photograph also provides some of the most important information because the 1918 aerial photograph was taken several months before the site was closed (the Armistice). The 1922 aerial photograph likely shows impact crater fields, burial sites and other features. Unfortunately, it is of poor quality. 

The site master file describes both practical aspects, such as the address and the location of buildings, and quality aspects. For elaborate contents reference is made to the relevant PIC/S inspection guide [21]. The sequence of aspects is the same as in the GMP and also matches the form that a manufacturer should fill to obtain a manufacturing licence. 

General guidelines regarding the location of buildings are as follows ... 

Air recirculation. Prevailing winds and the locations and elevations of buildings, equipment, fired heaters, etc., require consideration. All air-cooled heat exchangers in a bank are of one type, i.e., all forced-draft or all induced-draft. Banks of air-cooled exchangers must be placed far enough apart to minimize air recirculation. 

Often batch process equipment needs to be located inside buildings. This is usually the case when the process needs to be shielded from extreme heat/cold conditions, the elements, and/or needs to be kept sterile. This leads to the need to provide adequate building ventilation to avoid buildup of hazardous material due to leaks and other process emissions. When the operation of a process involves opening, cleaning, charging etc., point source ventilation may also need to be provided. 

API RP 752, Management of Flazards Associated with Location of Process Plant Buildings. 

Record potential pollutant sources in the building. Note the locations of major sources. Major sources such as large items of equipment can be recorded on the floor plan. Record the names and locations of chemicals or hazardous substances used or stored within the building, such as those that may be contained in cleaning materials, biocides, paints, caulks, and adhesives. Ask your suppliers to provide you with Material Safety Data Sheets. You may be unaware of the potential hazards... 

This section will describe general features of airflow patterns and then present information on the dimensions and locations of recirculating (stagnant) zones around the building envelope, which determine wind pressures and contaminant dilution. This knowledge allows one to select the locations of stacks and air intakes and to calculate infiltration and natural ventilation rates. 

The location of the building relative to other buildings and the topography and roughness of the terrain in the wind direction... 

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