A major upgrade of the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to refurbish core functions of the historic structure could cost as much as $100 million and keep the building closed for a prolonged period of time. State ...

A 55-year-old Denver-area contractor was recently sentenced to a decade behind bars after he hired a worker to do demolition ...

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

As Hutchinson Public Schools prepare to move high school students into the new three-floor classroom wing, it must also address a problem found in many older buildings: asbestos. The School Board ...

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 ...

Its windows are boarded up, the roof is damaged, and there’s lead and asbestos in the building. In 2023, it made the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County's list ...

It is urging people not to put themselves in danger by entering the site adding that the roof has collapsed and there is asbestos present. ELHT said it supports the prosecution of anyone who ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE - A badminton court on the rooftop of a multi-storey carpark, a 400m running track that weaves in and out of Housing Board blocks, and more sheltered multi-use courts so that games do ...

There were also times where he would carry out repairs on the building's roof, which he believes may have contained asbestos, the use of which was banned in the UK in 1999. "It's confusing because ...