We recently purchased a condo in an older building in Metro Vancouver. We started to undertake some minor renovations to our unit, carpet and flooring removal, the removal of the popcorn ceiling and a ...

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 ...

A contractor who was found guilty by a Jefferson County jury in November of defrauding an older adult and exposing a ...

State regulators have fined a local U-Haul franchise $231,000 after inspectors discovered the company had not properly dealt ...

The allegations against Springfield Properties have been made in court documents by former sub contractor turned ...

Early detection is key to surviving asbestos-related diseases. For Utah veterans who were exposed to asbestos, an exposure ...

Because many of these areas generated high levels of heat, insulation, gaskets, valves, and pipes were made with asbestos to provide fire resistance and durability. From the 1930s to the 1980s, almost ...

Asbestos was used extensively on hundreds of military bases because it’s durable, affordable, and heat resistant. These qualities made it particularly useful in insulation and construction materials ...

Once diagnosed, most patients die within 18 months. Asbestos was widely used in the UK in public and domestic buildings as a form of insulation and a fire retardant for decades – found in ...

If you’ve had solid wall insulation fitted under the Energy Company Obligation 4 and Great British Insultation Schemes (GBIS) since 2022, it may be ‘substandard’, homeowners have been warned. As a ...

The Government has banned 39 solid wall insulation specialists from installing new insulation in people’s homes because of poor-quality work. Routine checks carried out by quality watchdog ...

The site that was involved in the fire is known to have contained asbestos. Despite this, the council has said the health risk is low to the public, but it has urged caution. Asbestos fibres are ...