Checklist for the NPMS Procedure - Managing Projects for Heritage Properties
1. NPMS Project Inception Stage
Project Leader: As Project Leader responsible for ensuring that this NPMS procedure is
followed throughout this stage of the project, have the following questions been addressed?
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Is the building 40 years old or approaching 40 years?
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If so, has the building been evaluated by the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office
(FHBRO)?
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If the building has not been evaluated, has the Regional Heritage Coordinator been contacted
to initiate the evaluation procedure and FHBRO been consulted with regard to the potential
that the building will be designated?
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If the building has been evaluated, has it been designated as either “Classified” or
“Recognized”, or is it “Not Designated”?
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Has the designation status been identified in the Statement of Requirements for the project?
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Do you have the Heritage Character Statement for the building from FHBRO?
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Does a Conservation Plan exist?
2. NPMS Project Identification Stage
Project Leader: As Project Leader responsible for ensuring that this NPMS procedure is
followed throughout this stage of the project, have the following questions been addressed?
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Have the designation and requirements for protecting the Heritage Values and Character
Defining Elements been identified in the Preliminary Project Plan (PPP) and Feasibility
Report (FR)?
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Have the economic, environmental, social and cultural costs and benefits of reusing a
heritage building been included in the Investment Analysis Report (IAR) based on a life
cycle costing approach?
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Has the need for qualified heritage conservation advice been established?
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For major projects in Classified heritage buildings, have a Conservation Plan and heritage
recording been completed or planned?
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Have key milestones for FHBRO Reviews of Intervention been identified, e.g. 33% tender
document stage, 66%, etc.?
3. NPMS Project Delivery Stage
Project Manager: As Project Manager responsible for ensuring that the NPMS procedure
is followed throughout this stage of the project, have the following questions been
addressed?
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For Classified heritage buildings, has a Conservation Plan been written and its
recommendations integrated into the Project Plan for implementation throughout this stage?
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For Recognized heritage buildings, has adequate information been gathered as needed to
understand the building condition, history, and evolution in order to protect the Heritage
Values and Character Defining Elements throughout the project? Has this information been
integrated into the Project Plan?
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Have any required special investigations and tests related to the historic building fabric been
scheduled and/or undertaken?
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Has qualified heritage conservation advice been incorporated into the design and
construction documents as well as throughout the construction process?
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Has Heritage Recording been scheduled and conducted before, during, and after the project
to document changes and/or help monitor the condition of the building?
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Have the Reviews of Intervention with FHBRO (in the case of a Classified building) or with
a heritage conservation professional (in the case of a Recognized building) been scheduled
and/or implemented?
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Have records been kept of the Reviews of Intervention and follow-up?
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Has the building’s maintenance manual been updated to include changes to Character
Defining Elements of the building? Has it been incorporated into the Project Turn Over
(PTO) document?