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  2. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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    The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro battens covering the joints. Example of asbestos cement siding and lining on a post-war temporary house in Yardley, Birmingham. Nearly 40,000 of these structures were built between 1946 and 1949 to house families.

  3. Transite - Wikipedia

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    Despite asbestos-containing transite being phased out, it is still not banned in the United States; some 230,000 deaths have been attributed to it. [ citation needed ] Demolition of older buildings containing transite materials, particularly siding made from transite, requires special precautions and disposal techniques to protect workers and ...

  4. Prefabricated building - Wikipedia

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    Prefabricated post-war home at Chiltern Open Air Museum - Universal House, Mark 3, steel frame clad with corrugated asbestos cement A 1950s metal UK prefab at the Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Surrey. San Sebastian Minor Basilica in Manila, completed in 1891, is the only prefabricated steel church in Asia. [2]

  5. Fibre cement - Wikipedia

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    Corrugated sheets Along with the above applications, fibre cement boards can be used for a Mezzanine floor, Facade, External fins, Deck covering, Roof Underlay, Acoustix etc. Fibre-cement products have found wide usage in various sectors of construction: industrial, agricultural, domestic and residential buildings, mainly in roofing and ...

  6. Johns Manville - Wikipedia

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    In 1943, Johns-Manville suppressed a report confirming the link between asbestos and cancer. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the company faced thousands of individual and class action lawsuits based on asbestos-related injuries such as asbestosis, lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma. Many new settlements included offering $600 for ...

  7. A Cold War-era bomb shelter in Florida has new owners. What's ...

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    The previous owners attempted to fashion the shelter into a Tier IV data center — the modern classification for the most secure, fault-tolerant systems — which wasn't far off from the shelter ...

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  9. Warner Bros. Discovery stock surges as it restructures its ...

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    Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s corporate parent, announced Thursday it is establishing a new corporate structure that splits off its cable networks from its growing streaming business.