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  "use_case_id": "asbestos-hazmat-removal",
  "use_case": "Asbestos & hazardous material removal",
  "quantity": null,
  "unit": "unit",
  "country": "FR",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "estimate": {
    "low": 500000,
    "high": 1000000,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "based_on": 1
  },
  "method": "published unit price × quantity (exact unit conversions only); filtered to the best region match; older prices only if nothing newer",
  "notes": [
    "Range uses only benchmarks whose region matches FR.",
    "All matching prices are older than 18 months.",
    "No quantity given: costs are per 1 unit.",
    "Arithmetic on published prices, not a quote: scope, access, permits, minimums and travel change real prices. Ask suppliers via submit_rfq."
  ],
  "basis": [
    {
      "kind": "benchmark",
      "provider_id": null,
      "description": "AS Protek remote-controlled asbestos-stripping robot (distributed by a Kärcher subsidiary), used by contractor Cabre on a 117-home social-housing refurbishment in Hénin-Beaumont, France: the machine is worth EUR 500,000 to 1 million (Le Moniteur report via Construction21, 2017-11-24; old and seconda",
      "unit_price": {
        "low": 500000,
        "high": 1000000,
        "currency": "EUR",
        "unit": "per unit"
      },
      "region": "FR",
      "region_match": "country",
      "source_url": "https://www.construction21.org/france/articles/h/decouvrez-as-protek-le-robot-qui-desamiante-henin-beaumont-reportage.html",
      "as_of": "2017-11-24",
      "older_price": true,
      "unit_conversion": null,
      "cost": {
        "low": 500000,
        "high": 1000000,
        "currency": "EUR"
      },
      "used_in_range": true
    }
  ],
  "available_units": [
    "unit"
  ],
  "fx_date": "2026-10-27"
}