Property management firm Walton Street Capital has become one of the first in Chicago to take voluntary measures to improve the safety of tenants by installing a new state-of-the-art pressurized stairwell system at 311 South Wacker.
Elizabeth Hoffmann of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a survivor of radon induced lung cancer. Although, she has never smoked, her 15-year exposure to dangerous levels of radon in her home resulted in doctors having to remove the cancerous lower lobe of her left lung prior to her 38th birthday.
Thousands of apartment and office buildings throughout the United States have old steel heating oil storage tanks in or below their basements or sub-basements. Many of these oil tanks were installed at the time the buildings were built in the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's and they are much larger than doors, stairs and hallways connecting their location to the outside. With age these tanks can deteriorate and leak fuel oil into the ground.
Roof moisture surveys and non destructive infrared testing from Infrared Consulting Services are helping government agencies save millions of dollars in roof maintenance and repair.