According to court records from New Jersey, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey attempted to have their insurers pay for the removal of the asbestos in several of their buildings including three of the buildings at the World Trade Center. The court case was initiated in 1991 after the Authority had scrapped extremely expensive asbestos removal in 1989. The case finally ended on 1 May 2001 with a judgment against the Port Authority. The Court decided that the insurance companies were not liable for the very costly removal of asbestos in the buildings in question.[11]
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Die Port Authority wollte die Asbestsanierung von ihren Versicherungen bezahlt haben und klagte.
Das Gericht entschied gegen die Port Authority, so dass die Versicherungen eine Asbestsanierung nicht bezahlen mussten. Das Urteil erging am 1.Mai 2001.
Daraufhin hat die Port Authority das WTC an Silverstein verpachtet.
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In an effort to find coverage under its property insurance policy, Yale asserted that the presence of asbestos and lead paint in its buildings constituted "physical loss of or damage to [its] property."38 Yale's insurer disputed this contention, and the court agreed that the "mere presence of asbestos- and lead-containing materials in [Yale's] buildings" could not constitute the "physical" damage required for first-party property insurance coverage.
In its opposition papers and at oral argument, Yale therefore "clarified that the 'physical loss of or damage to property' for which it seeks coverage is the contamination of its buildings by the presence of friable asbestos and non-intact lead based paint, not the mere presence of intact materials containing lead or asbestos."
In Port Authority of New York & New Jersey v. Affiliated FM Insurance Co.,42 the Third Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether asbestos contamination can constitute "physical loss or damage" for purposes of first-party property insurance coverage. It concluded that the presence of friable asbestos in a building can constitute "physical loss or damage" under a property insurance policy, but only where the building is rendered useless or uninhabitable as a result of such asbestos contamination.
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In Port Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Port Authority"), asserted certain of its buildings had sustained physical damage, including the World Trade Center in New York and Newark International Airport in New Jersey, "as a result of the 'presence of asbestos,' 'threat of release and reintrainment of asbestos fibers,' and the 'actual release and reintrainment of asbestos fibers.'"
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"Coming soon to a school or office near you: a life-saving innovation that could kill you, designed to correct a problem that doesn't exist, by removing materials that aren't dangerous until somebody tries to remove them. And guess who's going to pay for it." ... "For example, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is expecting to pay about $1 billion for the abatement of just the World Trade Center and LaGuardia Airport. (New York City law requires abatement if renovation work is being done, as it is at these buildings.) ..."
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Wenn also Gebäude renoviert werden, was beim World Trade Center der Fall war, dann muss laut Gesetz auch das Asbest mit entfernt werden.
Es gab wohl insgesamt 100 Tonnen (201,183 pounds) reines Asbest im World Trade Center.
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Asbest befand sich im Brandschutz "CAFCO BlazeShield Typ D" und im Monokote.
Finding 2: The passive fire protection for the floor trusses was specified to be 0.5 in. of CAFCO
BLAZE-SHIELD Type D, although the technical basis for the selection of this product and required
thickness value is not known. After applying the Type D sprayed fire resistive materials to the lower
40 floors of WTC 1, the CAFCO insulating material was switched to Type D/CF (reported to meet or
exceed the insulating properties of Type D) which did not contain asbestos. In 1995, the Port Authority
conducted a study to establish the fireproofing requirements for the floor trusses in areas undergoing
major tenant renovation. The thickness required to achieve a 2 h fire rating was determined to be 1.5 in.
using the CAFCO BLAZE-SHIELD II product. At the time of the WTC disaster, fireproofing had been
upgraded on a number of floors in the WTC towers: 18 floors in WTC 1, including all of the floors
affected by the aircraft impact and fires, and 13 floors in WTC 2, although none that were affected by the
aircraft impact and fires.
Equivalent thickness of SFRM
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Bezeichnung und Zusammensetzung des Brandschutzes:
CAFCO BlazeShield Typ D (Zement Asbest)
CAFCO BlazeShield Typ D/CF (Zement Asbest)
CAFCO BlazeShield II (Zement Mineralwolle)
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CAFCO BlazeShield Typ D enthielt also Asbest und war in den unteren 40 Etagen des Nordturmes in 0,5 inch (= 1,25 cm) Dicke aufgesprüht worden.
CAFCO BlazeShield Typ D/CF enthält kein Asbest und wurde in den anderen Stockwerken benutzt.
Ab 1995 wurde dann CAFCO BlazeShield Typ II benutzt, der kein Asbest enthält und die Dicke des Feuerschutzes wurde auf 1,5 inch (=2,8 cm) erhöht.
Diese Dicke sollte eigentlich 2 Stunden lang dem Feuer widerstehen können, aber das war nicht der Fall.
MonoKote:
W.R. Grace and Co., Monokote (sprayed cementitious vermiculite) for the interior surfaces of
the exterior columns and spandrels
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Monokote 3 besteht auch aus Asbest.
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Falsch.