RICHMOND, VA—The New York City-mandated exterior building inspection of a 12-story, 100-year-old co-op building in the Chelsea area around Madison Square Garden and Penn Station led to the discovery of a major problem in the ground beneath. During the Local Law 11 inspection of the exterior the building, the owner suggested to DPC General Contractors, […]
FORT LUPTON, CO—An unfortunate inlet line break at one of Anadarko Petroleum’s hydraulic fracturing stations in Weld County, Colorado just north of Denver, allowed injection fluid to wash out the end of the pumping station and get beneath the concrete slab foundation causing erosion. The voids created beneath the slabs were from three inches to […]
Bill and Melinda Gates Pilot School Overhaul Shoots for LEED Silver: Sustainable, Highly Energy Efficient, Advanced Insulation, and Healthy Indoor Air Quality CLEVELAND, OH—A high school built in Cleveland, Ohio the same year cars first used Steinbeck’s “Mother Road,” Route 66, and Greta Garbo made her American silent film debut, is being restored and modernized […]
AgriThane® Insulation Saves Grower on Energy Costs and Loss of Poultry from Heat or Cold MOUNT AIRY, NC—Royce Bates says a recent job insulating reclaimed poultry houses in rural Kentucky taught him three things: There are still places GPS doesn’t know about, if you run out of milk for your cereal and ask some Mennonites […]