This program is based on ASTM E1368 Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects *. This state-of-the-art approach improves the chances of passing the final air sampling clearance at the end of an abatement project. The program tells how to manage the project as the owner's representative from start to finish, including
• Project Design and Bid Solicitation – Drawings, specifications and other contract documents
• Project Monitor Responsibilities – On-site surveillance and air monitoring during the entire project
• Visual Inspection of Preparations, Removal and Clean-Up – procedures and criteria for passing the inspections
• Air Monitoring and Clearance Sampling – before, during and at the end of the project
• Special Abatement Techniques – Glove bags, mini-enclosures, floor tile, crawl spaces, encapsulation
• Documentation – including Certificate of Completion when work is finished
• Unexpected situations – why things go wrong and what to do about it
The program consists of a Powerpoint presentation and a printable Instructor’s Guide in Adobe PDF
format on a CD.
* ASTM E1368 is not included with the program. It is available from ASTM International at www.astm.org.
The perfect complement to this program is Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys, a Powerpoint program that explains the use of ASTM E2356 Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys.* Project Design Surveys that produce the information needed to prepare abatement project plans and specifications are explained in E2356.
Asbestos consultant Andy Oberta is the creator of this program. He is the author of the ASTM Manual on Asbestos Control* and chairs the Task Group responsible for Standards E1368 and E2356.
* ASTM E2356 and the ASTM Manual on Asbestos Control: Surveys, Removal and Management -- Second Edition are available from ASTM International at www.astm.org.