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Finally, a practical guide with over 200 color photos to help anyone who needs to deal with asbestos. Property managers need to know what materials may contain asbestos, how to hire good consultants and how to manage asbestos. Consultants need to know what materials may contain asbestos, how to do asbestos surveys, how to write management plans, how to plan remediation work, how to monitor and document abatement projects and problematic issues and situations to avoid. Abatement and other contractors also need to know what materials may contain asbestos and understand issues involved in asbestos management and removal. Regulators will also find the history and illustrated list of materials, including hidden and layered materials, quite handy. Do you know how much asbestos was put in drywall joint compound, according to the patent? How about annual asbestos usage in the USA? Such useful facts are now in one handy place. This is the book which thousands of asbestos training school students have wished for over the past there decades. Written by a respected senior consultant and consulting company owner with over three decades of experience at all types of properties. Did you know that western civilization knew that asbestos was deadly in 1900? After a brief review of the history of asbestos and asbestos disease, over 100 pages describe and show examples of asbestos containing materials likely to be encountered in or at buildings. What is banned and what is not is an important topic which is next. How to buy and how to do great asbestos surveys (inspections) is next, again illustrated to show tools and techniques. The problems with point counting and how to manage asbestos are followed by an illustrated chapter on abatement (remediation). Finally, regulations and regulators are covered.

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