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Saturday, November 12, 2005
Enviroment - Costly asbestos removal slowed work at Evansville State Hospital
The Evansville Courier& Press reports today, in a story by Libby Keeling, that:
Removing asbestos from 16 old buildings being demolished on the the Evansville State Hospital grounds cost the state nearly twice as much as anticipated. * * *According to the director of institutional finance for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials from the old buildings cost $5,669,488.
"The unfortunate thing is that when they finished building these buildings, they didn't leave us a road map as to where the asbestos was. That just wasn't a requirement, so when we start in on these buildings, we have to start at one end and we just work through it," director Kent Farr said when the Evansville State Hospital Advisory Committee met earlier this week.
In addition to finding more asbestos than anticipated, the contractor also found it in areas where it is more difficult to remove, such as in the walls and ceilings, and they found asbestos paper, which was used as a vapor barrier, said Mark Dearing, physical plant director for the state hospital. * * *
With the work essentially finished and approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Environmental Protection Agency, the project now can proceed.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 12, 2005 10:36 AM
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