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086 - Asbestos in Buildings: What It Looks Like and What to Do
Asbestos in buildings is hiding in more places than you think, and you cannot identify it by looking at it.
This episode walks through what asbestos actually is, what it looks like in a real building, and what a discovery does to your schedule, your drawings, and your design.
We start in the basement with pipe insulation and work through floor tile, black mastic, popcorn ceilings, cement board siding, and a few places you would never expect. Then the part almost nobody explains: why the notification period blows schedules, why removal is only one of four options, and why encapsulation is a…
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