Source: Great American Environmental Division, May 2013
A General Contractor (GC) was renovating an older apartment building when their flooring subcontractor noticed that there was old tile underlying a plywood subfloor. During the initial process of ripping up the subfloor, some of the tile underneath was disturbed. The project vas stopped in order to test for possible asbestos in the tile. Subsequently, the analysis revealed the tile did contain asbestos and that the building had been contaminated. The project was immediately halted while an asbestos abatement contractor remediated the building due to the disturbed asbestos floor tile. The GC Avas responsible for the costs incurred in abating the asbestos its subcontractor had released and fortunately had environmental insurance to cover the costs.