Think You Know Spray Foam? Back-to-Basics Refresher

This week’s quiz is from Back To basics: Understanding sprayfoam insulation. Spray foam promises superior R-values and airtightness, but myths and misconceptions still swirl around the material. Test your knowledge with this back-to-basics breakdown before you dive into the quiz. Source link

Particle board fuelling fire at Thorncliffe Park apartments as response enters 5th day: Toronto chief

As Toronto firefighters enter the fifth day of responding to an ongoing fire at two Thorncliffe Park buildings, the service’s chief says combustible particle board stuck behind a concrete expansion joint continues to burn. “Access to getting to this is next to impossible for our crews. We have been trying everything,” Chief Jim Jessop told […]

Why adopting better helmets in construction is a no-brainer

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Steve Rowson is a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics and the director of the Helmet Lab at Virginia Tech. Opinions are the author’s own. Across the U.S., construction accounts for one in five workplace deaths and […]