Case Study - Florida Governor's Mansion In 1994, LEI was contracted by the Florida Department of Management Services to perform asbestos abatement on the Governor's mansion while the governor and his wife were actually residing in the house. The abatement of this building was complex due to the historic preservation aspect of the project and that all work had to be performed out of sight from the public and the high level government meetings taking place. LEI was able to successfully complete this project with no disruption to the daily activities at the mansion. Here is what Governor Lawton Chiles himself had to say about our performance on this project: