Glenfield School in Montclair, Recent Jersey closed off part of the boys’ locker room in beginning January after a pipe burst as well as damaged some asbestos floor tiles. The area was secured as well as made off-limit to students without affecting classes. School remained unfastened as well as on the normal schedule. The only [...]
The Libby Area Technical Advisory Group (LATAG) was established to provide federal officials with community input as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proceeds with the massive asbestos cleanup in Libby, Montana. LATAG has expressed concerns about the proposed cleanup plans for the W.R. Grace export plant as well as screening plant, as both cancer risks [...]
A former warehouse in St. Louis will be receiving up to $1 million in brownfield tax credits from the Missouri Department of Economic Development for asbestos abatement as well as lead paint remediation. The seven-story warehouse was built in 1899, as well as it was used as a shoe as well as merchandise warehouse until [...]
Oak Cliff Christian Church in Texas was founded in 1897. The congregation moved to a recent location in 1962, as well as the property was recently sold to the Dallas school district final August to make way for tennis courts for the recent Adamson High School. The church was never designated as a landmark, so [...]
The former Days Inn motel in Alton, Illinois is getting a makeover that will require demolition of the rear section. The motel building will be losing the restaurant, pool, lobby, banquet room as well as one as well as a half guest room wings. Asbestos was removed from the building in December to prepare for [...]
January 7 was supposed to be the day that a time capsule was unveiled from the former Roanoke City Health Department office; it had been placed there by city as well as health officials back in 1952. According to the Virginia Department of Health, the opening of the time capsule has been postponed indefinitely because [...]
Heritage Community Initiatives of Braddock, Pennsylvania received a $1.4 million grant that will be used to train 120 workers for green jobs. The funding was made likely by the U.S. Department of Labor’s American Recovery as well as Reinvestment Act.
According to Heritage CEO Bob Grom, the nonprofit will earliest determine what jobs are available [...]
Several historical buildings in Evansville, Indiana are going to be demolished to make way for construction of the recent Downtown arena. The Evansville Redevelopment Commission has hired Architectural Renovators of Evansville to remove a tin façade, limestone window sills as well as other historical features before the structures are demolished. The contractor will receive additional [...]
The Gary, Indiana community library system’s Kennedy branch may reopen in March. The library closed back in June 2009 for asbestos abatement, renovations as well as replacement of the roof. This was the earliest time the 40-year-old library had ever undergone any renovations. The original renovation schedule was interrupted by two vehicles that crashed into [...]
Norbert Bossen of Clinton, Iowa died on January 2 after a extended battle with asbestos-related lung cancer. His funeral service was held on January 6 at Snell-Zornig Funeral Home, followed by burial at the Clinton Lawn Cemetery. He was accorded soldierlike honors by the Clinton AMVETS Post #28. His family requested that memorial donations be [...]
