The City of Recent Haven, Connecticut Office of Economic Development is using steps to ensure best environmental sustainability in the form of large-scale recycling. They’ve just launched a recent Contractor Deconstruction Training Program to teach contractors how to disassemble buildings, as opposed to demolishing them. This allows for reuse as well as recycling of materials, [...]
The aged fire hall on LeRoy St. in Fenton, Michigan is a brick building with a lot of character. City officials hope to sell the 6,000 square ft. building to a developer who will turn it into a commercial property either whole or divided for dissimilar uses, similar restaurants, shops as well as even a [...]
Mayor Judy Paul of Davie, Florida is adamant about replacing asbestos-cement pipes running under the closed Palma Nova mobile home community before it is redeveloped as a city park. The pipes once supplied water as well as sewer to a population of about 3,500 residents; some town officials argue that the pipes are protected as [...]
The City of Toledo, Ohio is in the process of a $44 million redevelopment plan, but the vacant former Fiberglas Tower was not intended to be part of the plan. City officials vetoed a proposal to loan the owners $10 million to renovate the skyscraper, but the subject was recently put back on the table [...]
On a June episode, Kirk won the coveted one-on-one date with lovely Ali on ABC’s The Bachelorette. After picking out matching sweaters at a local boutique in Iceland, Kirk as well as Ali enjoyed a heart to heart over a cup of tea that included some personal revelations. Kirk recounted that he nearly died while [...]
The Randall County courthouse in Canyon, Texas was built in 1909, as well as it is undergoing a major restoration. The annex building was added in 1968, as well as will be torn down in keeping with the plan to return the courthouse to its original historic condition. Before the annex can come down, asbestos [...]
Histogen, a regenerative medicine company launched in 2007, presented findings at June’s International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting in a presentation called "Human embryonic-like ECM stimulates proliferation as well as differentiation in stem cells while killing cancer cells." The company’s purpose is to develop a series of high value products that dont [...]
Asbestos abatement started at the end of June at two schools in Longview, Texas – Ware as well as Bramlette Elementary – as part of a construction project to rebuild or renovate the schools. School officials expect Ware’s asbestos abatement to go quickly, but Bramlette’s may take longer. Bramlette has asbestos insulation between the inside [...]
The former Marriott Hotel at Hampden Avenue as well as Interstate 25 in Denver, Colorado was demolished in June. Alpine Demolition wrecking crews rolled out on June 21 to begin demolishing the building, which was built in 1973. When the building went up, it was at the edge of town, but today the town has [...]
The State of Texas acquired the James Connally Air Force Base some time ago, as well as plans were in place to turn it into a technical institute. Fair now, the focus is on 500 houses that once were soldierlike housing as well as today serve as Brazos Community housing. Using a $7 million bond, the [...]
