Asbestos Abatement Industry. A Seattle/Tacoma Study

This report focuses on unique aspects of the SeattleTacoma asbestos abatement industry, that have a direct impact on the future of removal operations. Topic Areas include standardized contract documentation, abatement procedures not adequately covered by regulations, analytical testing considerations, liability insurance, special worker concerns and other related topics. The data used for analysis was generated through the use of telephone interviews with nine analytical testing laboratories and thirteen asbestos abatement contractors operating in the SeattleTacoma area. Findings of this report include contractors are becoming more standardized in their approach to abatement the cost of liability insurance has decreased slightly over the past three years and contractors generally share a good working relationship with local regulatory agencies.