Walter Burhart, Founder (19??-2007)

Education:

1987 EPA AHERA Contractor and Supervisor training at Kansas University National Asbestos Training Center.
EPA AHERA Inspector, Management Planner training TUFTS University, Boston, MA

1974 B.A. Business Administration, Mid America Nazarene College, Olathe, KS

1972 Graduate apprenticeship International Assn. of Heat, Frost and Asbestos Workers

1969 Chief Warranty Officer, United States Army

1972 Primary duties, helicopter pilot. Vietnam Duty

Experience:

Allstate Specialty Construction, Inc., Vice Pres/Sec/Treas.
1996 - 2007
Duties include assisting President in bidding projects and performing abatement on an as needed basis.

Allstate Asbestos Specialty, Inc., President & Project Manager
1988 - Present
Abatement and re-insulation contractor in Kansas and Missouri areas. In 1997, Allstate Asbestos ceased operations as an abatement and re-insulation contractor, and currently leases its equipment to Allstate Specialty Construction.

1987
Kansas Class 2 Supervisor on several abatement projects, the largest two totaled over $1 million. One project for the Kansas Power & Light Co. at the Lawrence generating station, Lawrence, KS. The other was for Olien Corp., U.S. Corps of Engineers at the Lake City Ammunitions Plant, Blue Springs, MO

1986
Asbestos removal and re-insulation for the Kansas City Power and Light Co. working for the Performance Contracting Company.

1978 – Present
In 1978 began farming operations raising soybeans, corn, milo, wheat, hay and cattle. Due to agricultural prices, farming does not provide for capital growth, therefore, outside employment has been maintained in addition to farming operations.

1972-1985
Journeyman member local Union #27 Asbestos Workers, Kansas City, MO. Worked on projects through the Midwest, Western United States, and Alaska.