The renovation of a former school building in Princess Anne, Maryland, will cost $29,890 more than expected after the discovery of asbestos inside some of the building's walls, DelmarvaNow.com reports.
The school building, which is being renovated to provide additional space for the Somerset County Health Department's addiction program, contained asbestos inside "pre-engineered wall panels" in an area that was added on in the 1970s, according to the county's director of maintenance Charles Cavanaugh.
The asbestos was discovered when workers tried to install a window by cutting through the panels and samples of the material were tested and found to be approximately 25 percent asbestos, according to the news provider.
While the increased cost of renovation due to the asbestos is significant, it could have been much more dangerous and expensive had the material not been encapsulated inside metal panels, Cavanaugh said.
County commissioners have agreed to pay the extra expenses for the removal of asbestos, the news source said.
According to the American Cancer Society's website, contact with asbestos is the main risk factor in contracting mesothelioma, a cancer in the membrane lining surrounding most of the body's internal organs. There are 2,000 to 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma diagnosed each year, the website said.
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