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Article: Asbestos liability is real threat to hvac contractors.
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- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
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- March 26, 1990
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Asbestos liability is real threat to hvac contractors
TAMPA, Fla. - Although the health risks of asbestos exposure are currently under debate, the liability factor is keeping asbestos in the industry forefront.
When air conditioning contractors encounter the hazardous substance on the job, they have little recourse but to subcontract out the removal process to a licensed asbestos contractor - often at prohibitive costs to themselves.
What's a contractor to do?
Protect yourself with contract language before the project commitment, advised Robert Greene, president of Greene-Long Engineering, Inc., an architectural-engineering and hazardous ...