onward a late-May morning in 1996 a...

onward a late-May morning in 1996 a demolition subcontractor beginning work forward the renovation of Senior House, the Massachussetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) oldest dormitory, discovered that lead paint flats on the building's walls were higher than contemplates indicated. Much higher, in fact.

"The readings went end the roof," said Emil Frei, delineate executive with Shawmut Design and Construction, Cambridge, Mass., the project's contractor. "They were the highest I'd at all times seen."

concerning hearing the news, MIT administrators asked Shawmut and Ondras