Safety Group Proposes 3rd Stairwell in High Rises
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Adoption of safety requirements proposed after the Sept. 11 attacks means an extra stairwell and more fireproofing could soon be required in tall buildings.
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Three companies this week proposed using two sites on the South Boston Waterfront for large-scale maritime or industrial projects.
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Lessons learned in a deadly 2003 high-rise fire may have saved lives this week when a fire broke out on the 29th floor of a downtown skyscraper, fire officials said Tuesday.
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Sixteen workers were injured, three critically, this morning when a portion of a roof of a high-rise building under construction in downtown Rosslyn collapsed after workers began pouring concrete, fire officials said. A firefighter was also injured in the rescue, officials said.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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Tour the safety features designed into the new tower and see more ground zero buildings slated for 2012.
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A proposed law which would help to avoid disputes over repairs to tenements is to be debated at Holyrood.
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Leaving Speaker Dennis Hastert's office with its grand view of National Mall and the city's monuments to Washington and Lincoln, a visitor may pass a winding staircase with a sign that holds new meaning: "Careful Step Down."
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A third of the D.C. Council crossed the Anacostia River yesterday and toured the hospital where they and their colleagues are being asked to spend $79 million. What they saw and heard from doctors there is that Greater Southeast Community Hospital remains at risk of collapse.
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By Susan Schrock, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 27--ARLINGTON -- Less than a year after its first attempt, the city is seeking a developer to bring new life to the former site of the dilapidated and crime-ridden High Oak Terrace Apartments in north Arlington.
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Company carrying out Â£17bn upgrade of network to hold emergency meeting.
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An investigation is under way after two people died when a 165ft (50m) high crane collapsed on to flats in London.
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Experts suggests Ayr and Monklands accident and emergency departments should stay open.
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Communities secretary Ruth Kelly is to call for new ways of helping more council tenants get onto the housing ladder.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 22--STILLWATER -- The post office and the Fire Department's historic steamer may get new homes if a proposal for a strip mall on North Hudson Avenue is OK'd.
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As New York City firefighters struggled to find survivors in the haze and rubble of the World Trade Center collapse, the fire department's chief doctor was thinking about how to keep them safe from toxins in the air.
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Three groups of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.