Drop me in any city around the world – Amsterdam, Berlin, Quebec, Rome, Zurich – and I’ll end up in the oldest, most historical district that burg has to offer.
On the morning of October 10, 2014, a dust collector fire broke out at the F.C. Dadson, Greenville, WI manufacturing facility, resulting in significant smoke and soot damage throughout the 60,000 square-foot fabrication and finished product shop, as well as the 9,000 square-foot office area.
The Wisconsin Remodeler Awards were judged on problem solving, functionality, aesthetics, craftsmanship, innovation, degree of difficulty and entry presentations.
Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling of Southeast Wisconsin was recently honored by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) with two Wisconsin Remodeler Awards (WRA) for projects completed in the Milwaukee area in 2014.
Classes were immediately canceled and more than 300 students and 40 faculty members had to evacuate Oconto High School (Oconto, WI) on April 16, 2014, when a fire broke out in the school.
The first step to outfitting a restoration professional with the right type of blasting equipment is first determining the demands of the job they’re working.
Five floors of brewery cellars with approximately 16 beer holding tanks on each level were affected by heavy smoke, soot and a massive amount of water that was pumped in by firefighters.
On October 26, 2013, firefighters responded to a fire at Tampa, Florida’s Yuengling Brewery to discover sections of the 100-foot roof and the side of the structure engulfed in flames.
I received a call the other day on a subject that is of increasing concern in the fire restoration workplace. A restoration contractor was concerned about removing particle contaminants on fire losses to prevent their progressive release into respirable air over time, along with a potential for adverse health effects for occupants and workers who may have prolonged exposure.
In the early morning 4 a.m. hour on July 23, 2014, smoke began to billow from downtown Philadelphia’s Sheraton Hotel, located at 16th and Race Street, causing officials to evacuate over 1,000 guests from all of its 26 stories and 757 rooms for precautionary purposes.
We’ve covered “storm chaser contractors” (i.e. predatory contractors who knock on doors immediately after a natural disaster and pressure homeowners in to signing costly repair contracts), but it appears that there’s a new type of scam gaining popularity – “fire chasing.”