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Engineering

New and Updated Sections of the Facilities Toolbox

The "Facilities Toolbox," an online resource available to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees on their internal computer networks, explains how to manage buildings and other facilities effectively (toolbox).

The changes include:

New Information

• "Hantavirus" (toolbox/haz/hanta.htm), part of the "Hazardous Substances in Buildings" section of the Toolbox, provides information about hantavirus, how it is spread, and precautions for working in potentially contaminated areas.
  
  
• "Hazmat Requirements for Sales and Other Conveyances" (toolbox/haz/hazreq.htm), part of the "Hazardous Substances in Buildings" section of the Toolbox, explains the requirements for mitigating hazardous materials before the Forest Service can dispose of buildings it no longer needs.
  
  
• "Miscellaneous Materials" (toolbox/haz/haz16.htm), part of the "Hazardous Substances in Buildings" section of the Toolbox, explains how to deal effectively with some common hazardous materials in buildings.
  
  
• "Security" (toolbox/sec/) explains how to determine the level of security needed for a building or site and how to achieve that level of security. It also provides information about online security resources and includes a connection to the "Physical Security Toolbox" (phys_sec/).
  
  
• "Sustainability" (toolbox/sus/) provides information about "caring for the land" by practicing sustainability and "serving people" by creating more comfortable and healthful spaces. Sustainable developments are more durable and have lower life-cycle costs, reduced energy use, and lower operations and maintenance costs. "Sustainability" also includes information about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System.

Updated information

• "Excess Facilities" (toolbox/exs/) now matches the draft Forest Service Handbook 5509.11, Chapter 26—Special Act Sales.
  
  
• "Value Management" (toolbox/uva/) now matches direction in Forest Service Manual 1349, the Value Management interim directive.
  
  
• "Recreation Enhancement Act" (toolbox/fda/) now contains information on this new act that replaced the Recreation Fee Demo program.

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