Contact the Office of Environmental Health and Safety for a confirmation. We have an inventory for a large part of the campus or can collect a piece of the material and submit it for analysis in a laboratory. Again, it is not a health hazard if intact. Drilling, cutting, sawing, such material would create an airborne hazard and should not occur. If you identify any damaged material contact Environmental Health and Safety to have it repaired.
Asbestos is odorless.
Whenever asbestos containing material is damaged beyond repair or would be disturbed, it must be removed by state certified workers. Much of our removal comes prior to a remodeling project. A containment is constructed which is kept at negative pressure relative to the adjoining areas. The material is kept wet during the removal to minimize any fibers becoming airborne. In addition air sampling is conducted inside and outside of the containment area to ensure the fibers are being controlled.