Asbestos-containing fireproofing was being removed from a 20 story office building in a major West coast city. One night, fire broke out in the asbestos removal project on the 10th floor of the building. The fire consumed the decontamination unit … Read More
A building materials manufacturer who once produced an asbestos-containing fireproofing product was being sued for the cost to remove this material from a number of buildings. In all instances, the fireproofing material was being removed and replaced as part of a … Read More
We were commissioned to analyze the cost implications for alternative methods for providing fire protection of the steel structure of a high rise New York City building. The building had been constructed with an asbestos-containing spray fireproofing just months before non-asbestos formulations of spray … Read More
We were commissioned to perform a retrospective analysis of the cost differences between various methods for fireproofing a high rise building. The building had been constructed of structural steel with spray applied fireproofing. We studied the cost impact that would result … Read More