Missed asbestos, dangerous dust: How Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin H.S. project went wrong
Source: https://www.inquirer.com, October 18, 2019
By: Wendy Ruderman and Kristen A. Graham
A few weeks into the school year, Benjamin Franklin High and Science Leadership Academy parents received an urgent note: Damaged asbestos had been discovered inside ducts in the boiler room and first-floor SLA commons. The Philadelphia School District shut the building to students on Oct. 1, and Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said he was surprised the $37 million project had run into asbestos problems. Read more.