Union Carbide Linde Division Speedway Plant Records on Removing and Encapsulating Asbestos Steam-Pipe Insulation (1985)

Compilation of 1985 Linde Division records for the Speedway, Indiana plant (Plant 924) on removing damaged asbestos insulation from steam piping and encapsulating the remaining insulation. It includes a work order request, work orders ($12,600 and $14,000), a contractor's construction order, invoice and letter, a product data sheet for an asbestos binding compound, and a physical completion notice.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Physical Completion Notice, Speedway Plant, 'Repair Asbestos Insulation', opened May 6, 1985, work completed September 1985, approved by L.R. Booher Jr. 12/27/85
• Page 2: Internal correspondence, J. W. Wilson to T. E. DeBriae, May 6, 1985, work order request for $12,600 to remove damaged asbestos insulation from steam piping
• Page 3: Linde Division Work Order (estimate, request and authorization), $12,600, to replace loose asbestos insulation and encapsulate the rest
• Page 4: Energy Design Concepts, Inc. invoice no. 008, Nov. 19, 1985, $4,043.00, for encapsulation project
• Pages 5-6: Fixed price construction/maintenance order no. 924-300987 to Energy Design Concepts, Inc. for encapsulating about 925 linear feet of steam lines (pages rotated)
• Pages 7-8: Further pages of the construction order, apparently reverse or rotated sides; OCR unreadable
• Page 9: Blank Request for Materials / purchase order form
• Page 10: Handwritten note on a reply-form, apparently dated 1-13-85; largely illegible in OCR
• Page 11: Letter from John M. Farrell, Energy Design Concepts, to Mr. Lockwood, November 11, 1985, confirming the asbestos encapsulation procedure
• Page 12: California Products Corporation data sheet for A-B-C Asbestos Binding Compound (encapsulant)
• Page 13: Linde Division Work Order, $14,000, to replace loose asbestos insulation on steam lines and encapsulate the remainder

People and organizations

From J. W. Wilson (Region Technical Consultant); John M. Farrell (Energy Design Concepts, Inc. (contractor)) to T. E. DeBriae (Linde Div., Danbury); Mr. Lockwood (Union Carbide Corp., Linde Division, Speedway).

• J. W. Wilson, Jr. (author)
• Linde Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• California Products Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos insulation: pipe covering, block, and insulating cement · Indiana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4817 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages. Production numbers A25342 to A25347.