The countys Office of Consumer Protection has resolved 16 of 19 complaints brought by Arora Hills residents in Clarksburg against Beazer Homes.

There are three still to go, said office director Eric Friedman on Monday.

The office is charged with investigating complaints from residents about a variety of problems, including residential building issues.

Friedman said he hoped to have the final three cases resolved within a few weeks.

One complaint involves alleged excessive noise from adjoining apartments. The countys Department of Permitting Services is looking into whether there were any violations in the building code, Friedman said.

Another complaint has to do with the placement of a microwave installed in the wall beneath cabinets in the kitchen, and the third is about a request for reimbursement for mold remediation, Friedman said.

Most of the 19 cases were filed after Arora Hills townhouse owner Elizabeth Kessler raised the issue of shoddy workmanship during a community meeting she hosted in Clarksburg last spring.

Kessler sued Beazer Homes in June and voluntarily dismissed the case in August. No further information was available in the Circuit Court case file as of Monday.

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Environmental Construction Incorporated, a leading provider of demolition and abatement services for the construction industry within the Southeastern United States, is celebrating its ten year anniversary by undergoing a total branding transformation.

Unveiled in stages over the next several months, the company will adopt ECI as its national brand name, release a new logo, establish a substantial online presence, and continue to strengthen its partnerships throughout the Southeast.

ECIs branding transformation will reinforce the Companys leadership position within the marketplace. Leading this effort is Michelle Frome, ECIs newly appointed Director of Sales and Marketing. An award-winning executive with more than 11 years in marketing and technology, Mrs. Frome is charged with developing and executing ECIs marketing strategy that will support aggressive company growth and create a strong brand awareness and reputation.

Frome said, The goal is to elevate the core attributes of the ECI brand which will allow the company to expand beyond the traditional markets it has served thus far and into new markets that will include healthcare and aviation. We bring value to our clients by our ability to provide quality work at a rate that is cost-effective and traditionally lower than our competition. ECIs strength can be attributed to the fact that we embrace technological solutions that allow for both efficiency and flexibility along with maintaining a dependable and quality-driven workforce.

With an entrepreneurial spirit, ECI was founded in 2005 and has increased its array of services during the course of the past 10 years to be at the forefront of demolition and abatement services. ECI has experienced aggressive growth through both local and federal contracts.As the company continues to grow, leadership has made several changes to keep up with demand and plan for the future:

About ECI

Environmental Construction Inc. (ECI) provides expert demolition and environmental abatement services throughout the Southeastern United States. Our services include structural demolition, selective demolition, asbestos abatement, lead-based paint abatement, mold remediation and concrete cutting and breaking.

ECIs headquarters is in Tampa, Florida and has immediate plans to expand into other markets throughout the Southeast. ECI is an ISNetworld Member contractor.

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Rudy GutierrezEl Paso Times The Henry Trost designed building at 215 San Antonio Street in downtown El Paso will be renovated.

One of famed architect Henry C. Trost's downtown El Paso building's is about to get a facelift.

The facade of the W. S. Hills building, sandwiched between San Antonio and Texas avenues, will be restored to how it looked in 1926 when Trost & Trost designed the former department store. Crews have already abated asbestos and removed mold, and work restoring the building's exterior will likely begin next month, architect Bill Boyd of Boyd & Associates Inc. said.

"It's probably one of the best preserved of the Trost buildings," Boyd said. "It's a beautiful building."

Rudy GutierrezEl Paso Times Small Fleur de Lis decorate the front facade of a Henry Trost designed building at 215 San Antonio Street in downtown El Paso.

Trost designed more than three dozen buildings in Downtown El Paso from 1903 to 1933, and hundreds of other schools, homes, theaters, hotels and more across the Southwest. Some of El Paso's most iconic structures are Trost's: El Paso High School, the Camino Real Hotel, many University of Texas at El Paso buildings.

By the time Trost designed the Hills building, he had perfected his technique of using reinforced concrete, said Max Grossman, vice chair of the El Paso County Historical Commission.

The Hills building is particularly special because it's second story once housed renowned muralist Tom Lea's studio, Grossman and others said.

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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty Building Forensics Group (Liberty) is pleased to announce that Senior PM Sean Fitzgerald has been accepted as a certifications board member for the American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC).

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Fitzgerald is uniquely qualified for this prestigious position due to his extensive background working on some of the country's largest remediation projects, including his experience with hotels and in the hospitality industry.

His latest work includes the remediation of a 10-story hotel in Washington, D.C. that suffered from HVAC and building envelope system issues, which served as the basis of its subsequent $100M+ sale.

Fitzgerald has also recently completed HVAC ductwork remediation for a 1.5 million s.f. healthcare facility, and was part of the Liberty team that renovated and remediated parts of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotels.

For Fitzgerald, attaining this designation represents the highest achievement in his field.

"It is exciting to work with Liberty on the largest and most complicated hotel and healthcare remediation projects in the country," he explained. "Accepting an appointment with the ACAC certification board is a humbling opportunity for me to be a part of sustaining excellence in our industry. It is a responsibility that I will take seriously."

Liberty President George DuBose praised Fitzgerald for his ACAC appointment, reiterating that his vast experience with Liberty in identifying and resolving large and complicated hotel, healthcare, multi-family and educational mold and moisture remediation projects will enable him to serve more effectively in his new position.

Liberty's experience includes over 30 years of successfully assisting the Disney Corporation in completing over 500 highly complex construction projects worldwide; as well as successfully resolving the largest moisture/mold problem in the last 20 years and recovering $60MM+ in repair costs for the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

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"My wall looked like it had vines," she said of the closet in her children's room at the back of her three-bedroom apartment. "That's how bad the mold and mildew was."

When it was really bad, she would cough and her eyes would water. Her cherry wood bedroom set was ruined by the mold and mildew, she told The Sun. She and her sons Timarion, 8, twins Timarius and Timothy, 6, and 5-year-old Timarkis had new shoes that were ruined, as was much of their clothing.

Lawrence was among several residents who spoke up about mold problems at the government-subsidized Horizon House Apartments, 1515 NW 10th St., which is managed by the Virginia-based company Community Housing Partners.

Eventually, Horizon House put up the people who lived in several affected apartments in hotels while the mold issues in their homes were to be remediated.

The complaints prompted a letter from Mayor Ed Braddy in late December to a regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development explaining that the City Commission has heard about the health and safety concerns that citizens with HUD vouchers have regarding housing deficiencies in their apartments, including serious maintenance problems leading to mold and mildew growth.

The mold was widespread in the Horizon House complex but many residents are afraid they could lose their apartments or vouchers if they were to complain to HUD directly, Braddy wrote.

The city asked HUD to inspect Horizon House to see if it is complying with federal rules. HUD spokeswoman Gloria Shanahan told The Sun via email that the agency has received the City Commission's letter and it is under review.

The residents, including Lawrence, have since returned to their apartments. So, too, has the mold and mildew.

The same old cycle'

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