A holiday weekend implosion in Wheeling, West Virginia, took down the remains of the former
DiCarlo's Pizza Shop after asbestos removal had slowed the demolition in recent months.
According to The
Intelligencer, the project ended up taking longer than expected - more thanthree
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The Sunshine Coast Regional Council in Queensland, Australia has embarked on an ambitious, decade-long plan to rid all its public buildings of asbestos.
The council has budgeted approximately $2.5 million through the year 2021 to take the hazardous mineral out of its buildings and dispose of it, according tothe
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Mount Hope, West Virginia, is set to receive a $1.5 million Neighborhood Stabilization grant that will allow the town to remove a number of dilapidated buildings located in the community.
The Register-Herald reported that 34 derelict buildings have been identified throughout town and officials there are in the processof
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No asbestos has been found in air samples taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in tornado-damaged Joplin, Missouri, but officials say the potential remains that asbestos within the disaster debris could be released.
According to KSPR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Springfield, Missouri, Joplin city leaders are concernedthat
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School officials in Winsted, Connecticut, are awaiting state funding approval for asbestos removal at a local middle school before they give the green light to the contractor for the project.
The Waterbury Republican-American reported that Wiese Construction of Norwich, Connecticut, was selected for the job. Wiese, with a baseprice
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