Oh goody, someone else got a chuckle out of this sad thing. How I have to battle with LEED rules at times, too. ------------------------------ BLAZE DESTROYS MORGAN SINDALL NOTTINGHAM LAB PROJECT =CE™ CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, follow-up, response, unknown_chemical Morgan Sindall's nearly-finished =A316m 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 world's first zero carbon chemistry laboratory. Instead it has highlighted how vulnerable timber-frame structures are to fire during the construction phase. --------------------------- W.
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist President: Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc. Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE 181 Thompson St., #23 New York, NY 10012 212-777-0062
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Sent: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 9:10 am
Subject: [DCHAS-L] world's first zero carbon chemistry lab goes up in flames
I really appreciate these chemical safety headlines, especially one as ironic as this: ------------------------------ BLAZE DESTROYS MORGAN SINDALL NOTTINGHAM LAB PROJECT =CE™ CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, follow-up, response, unknown_chemical Morgan Sindall's nearly-finished =A316m 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 world's first zero carbon chemistry laboratory. Instead it has highlighted how vulnerable timber-frame structures are to fire during the construction phase. --------------------------- W. Wayne Wood | Associate Director, University Safety (EHS), University Services - Directeur Adjoint, Direction de la pr=C3=A9vention (SSE), Services universitaires | McGill University | 3610 rue McTavish Street, 4th floor | Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y2 | Tel: (514) 398-2391