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Asbestos Identification & Abatement Planning

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Live walk through of a House Demo

What happens here

The contractor immediately identifies the house's siding as asbestos-based. He details the required regulatory procedure: a licensed asbestos contractor must collect samples, which are then analyzed to confirm if the material contains more than 1% friable asbestos. A report must be generated and approved before any demolition involving the asbestos can proceed. This report is also necessary to prove to the dump site that the material is safe for disposal, or to inform them of its hazardous nature.

Goal: Understand asbestos identification and the associated regulatory process for safe removal

Tools and materials

  • Asbestos Contractor — Testing and analyzing asbestos materials
  • Asbestos-based Siding — Part of the house requiring special handling and removal

What they say

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to come in he has to test it then he has to have it analyzed he has to make sure that it it's under 1% Frable asbestos before I can take it anywhere and when I do want to take it somewhere well guess what happens then I have to bring the report in so that the dump site knows that the material I have is good to go otherwise they won't allow me to dump it you hear all this traffic in the background I have to disconnect the utilities on this site but not at the property line that would be too easy not inside the foundation that would be like a dream I have to actually go into the street to disconnect those utilities that means I've got to shut down a lane of traffic I've got to dig up the street I've got to disconnect it at the water main and then I have to patch that street back up but the city of St Paul won't let me do that without the right permit how you doing ni you take oh you that's okay that's okay so I'm in St Paul and this is an interesting area uh an interesting neighborhood to be in too because one block down that way my buddy got shot right in the back doesn't mean it's a bad neighborhood but also means something else to think about when you're out here working now another thing to consider when I come into a house like this is I'm not just backfilling this site I'm actually going to be prepping it for a parking lot this

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