Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has completed and released its National Asbestos Inventory and a leading B.C. insulator official is giving it high marks.
hink the inventory that the feds have done is a fabulous inventory and it should have been done long ago,” said Lee Loftus, business manager with the B.C. Insulators Union.
The inventory lists all buildings owned or leased by PSPC, identifies the name and address of the buildings, and indicates whether or not they contain asbestos. There are over 2,180 properties on the list, and of those, 716 are identified as having a known presence of asbestos. This includes parts of the Vancouver International Airport, the post office in Brooks, Alta., the Winnipeg Taxation Centre and many more. Some buildings are a mystery, like the 10-storey Sandwell office building in downtown Vancouver which is listed as having “missing information.” read more >>
