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From: Wayne Wood <wayne.wood**At_Symbol_Here**MCGILL.CA>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] world's first zero carbon chemistry lab goes up in flames
Date: Sep 15, 2014 12:44 UTC
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I really appreciate these chemical safety headlines, especially one as ironic as this:
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BLAZE DESTROYS MORGAN SINDALL NOTTINGHAM LAB PROJECT Î? CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, follow-up, response, unknown_chemical
Morgan Sindallâ??s nearly-finished £16m chemistry lab project in Nottingham has been destroyed after fire engulfed the building on Friday night
Sixty fire fighters and 10 engines battled to bring the fierce blaze under under control but they were unable to save the timber building.
The project was part funded by GlaxoSmithKlein and was billed to be the worldâ??s first zero carbon chemistry laboratory.
Instead it has highlighted how vulnerable timber-frame structures are to fire during the construction phase.
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Wayne Wood | Associate Director, University Safety (EHS), University Services â?? Directeur Adjoint, Direction de la prévention (SSE), Services universitaires | McGill University | 3610 rue McTavish Street, 4th floor | Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y2 | Tel: (514) 398-2391