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In reply to the discussion: "This building is full of asbestos": Veteran contractor stunned at Trump's demo of the White House [View all]haele
(14,809 posts)47. MAGA at work say it's no big deal.
And the one whose spouse owns rental properties said that all those permits and environmental tests are pretty much a useless waste of time and money, because there's never a problem when they're done ..
Except for all those times (pretty much yearly) when those big property managers are in the news get sued for the shoddy workmanship, short cuts, and lingering crap that's in their buildings linked to chronic health issues their tenets developed after they spent time on site.
Then "it's the corrupt city leaders at fault for not doing the proper inspections..."
The fault finding hypocrisy and logical pretzel twisting is amazing.
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"This building is full of asbestos": Veteran contractor stunned at Trump's demo of the White House [View all]
Botany
Monday
OP
There was a guy with a hose watering as they ripped it down, wasn't doing much though.
Blues Heron
Monday
#4
Who is 'he'? Are you referring to the contractor who is explaining the problems and danger of the rash destruction...
Attilatheblond
Monday
#28
Trump is using the rubble as land fill (probably for free) for one his golf courses.
Botany
Monday
#9
Not surprised. The man's an idiot with childish impulses. "Wanna, wanna, gimme.gimme."
surfered
Monday
#8
Watch for Trump offering "Trump Asbestos, the best asbestos in the World" soon!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Monday
#11
From my understanding, no standard pre-work was done to the structure. That's not normal. He simply wanted it down as
Jbraybarten
Monday
#13
Things like asbestos abatement, salvaging things like windows, doors, plumbing, and flooring, getting the
Botany
Monday
#25
The EPA and OSHA are the primary federal agencies responsible for enforcing asbestos-related laws.
sop
Monday
#34
Asbestos was the first thing I thought of when I saw the way the East Wing was being demolished.
patphil
Monday
#36