In the mid 1980’s to comply with the AHERA regulations, a large southern school district with over 100 individual schools had to manage the inspection and control of the asbestos containing materials. They needed to know the type of material, exact location, its condition and whether it was removed.
A database program was used to manages this information. I was the principle author of the database program. I set up the databases and designed the sorts and printouts. Despite the advancements in computer and software technology, the original program and database still provide the same function. While there have been modifications to the user interface, the school district is still using the original database structure and report function today..