When it comes to managing a commercial property, it’s important to understand the responsibility you have for the property and those on it, be it your employees for business owners or your tenants – either businesses or individuals – as a property owner and manager. One of these is to make sure your property is free of hazards to those who live, work, or move through it. When it comes to the presence of asbestos in commercial properties, you must be aware of it and take certain measures to deal with it in various circumstances. [Read more…] about Asbestos in Commercial Properties: Rights and Responsibilities
Asbestos Regulation
How Asbestos is Disposed of Safely
Finding and removing asbestos makes your home or business safe for yourself, your family, and your staff. But what happens to the asbestos afterwards? As a hazardous material, asbestos isn’t something you can just toss in a bin (or even into a dumpster) like other building material waste. Instead, just like with asbestos removal, asbestos disposal has to be handled with the proper protection and training by licensed experts in the field, either by the same contractors who removed the asbestos or through a properly certified disposal company. [Read more…] about How Asbestos is Disposed of Safely
Buying a Home Built Before 1990? It May Contain Asbestos
Asbestos has had a long and complicated relationship with construction in the US. Not only in its use in everything from fire-retardant blankets to vinyl flooring, but in how it’s regulated in the United States. These factors, combined with poor record keeping from homeowners, real estate, and home renovation contractors means that it’s always uncertain when buying an older home if there’s asbestos or not. In this blog, we’re going to look at the contributing factors to this problem. [Read more…] about Buying a Home Built Before 1990? It May Contain Asbestos
