The BoRit Asbestos Superfund site spread across Ambler, Upper Dublin, and Whitpain townships in Montgomery County was placed on the EPA’s National Priorities List in 2009. The contamination came from the Keasbey and Mattison Company, once one of the largest asbestos manufacturers in the world, headquartered right here in Ambler. Montgomery County isn’t just a market where asbestos might exist it’s a county with a direct, documented industrial history with the material.
That context matters when you’re managing a commercial property in this area. Buildings in Norristown, Lansdale, Pottstown, and Horsham were built during the same decades when asbestos was being produced and distributed at scale, often by companies operating just miles away. The odds that an older commercial building in this county contains asbestos-bearing materials are not theoretical. They’re high. And when renovation or demolition is planned, a pre-project assessment isn’t just a good idea in most cases, it’s legally required.