By Logan Smith Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — A 55-year-old Denver-area contractor was recently sentenced to a decade behind bars after he hired a worker to do demolition work ...

For most of the 20th century, every branch of the U.S. military relied on asbestos to build their bases. Only later did it become known that working or living on military bases with asbestos can cause ...

Modernism emerged in the early 20th century as a revolutionary movement that rejected historical styles, prioritizing functionality, innovation, and rationality. Grounded in the promise of ...

A library has been forced to close temporarily after asbestos was found in roof panels ahead of planned maintenance work. Harrow Council has announced that Pinner Library will open again soon but ...

The county is also getting $500,000 for the Lyons Falls elementary school renovation project, removing asbestos and replacing the decayed roof to redevelop the abandoned property. Additionally ...

In the eight years he owned the house, Brown told Crain’s that month, he had done a lot to bring it back from years of decline, including repairs to decrepit chimneys and the roof and getting ...

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Work being done on a new roof at the Southampton Arts Center, funded by Southampton Village. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE Work being done on a new roof at the Southampton Arts Center, funded by ...

State House Nairobi has adopted a new roofing design, doing away with the red standing seam tiles that have covered it for over a century The house now has a uniform flat design, with only a dormer ...

EPA reports said the asbestos is concentrated among three crumbling buildings in the ATP’s Boiler House complex. “The roofs of all the subject buildings are either partially collapsed or ...

One of London’s largest and oldest thatched roofs, on a 15th-century Tithe Barn, is currently being removed and replaced with fresh thatching as part of a large restoration project. Upminster tithe ...

Five homes lost roofs and walls and a further 11 properties were damaged during a severe thunderstorm in Marble Bar. Asbestos is concerning authorities, with a watch and act alert issued.