25 Sigourney Street
News and information on the State of Connecticut's 20-story office tower at 25 Sigourney Street in Hartford, Connecticut - the most studied building in the world...
Turner Building Sciences Report, December 2005 - released January 17, 2006 - "properly implementing these corrective action recommendations will involve a relatively large sum of money....it may only be feasible to accomplish the recommended renovations by vacating major portions or the total building during renovations..." (p 19)
Turner Report Appendices
Turner Report Photos: Deterioration and leaks at 25 Sigourney St; Rooftop smoke lounge (access via commissioner's office)
Mold Specialists Call Building "Clearly Toxic"
Sigourney Street Doctors Confirm Link Between Respiratory Problems and Building Occupancy, Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 113, Number 4, April 2005 - abstract; full document
NIOSH Conclusions - There's plenty of evidence to link building problems to health problems
DPW Letter to Employees Distributed February 1, 2006 (re Turner Report released 1/17/06)
DRS Memo to Governor's Office, 2004
OLR Report 57 - Questionable Legal Authority to Fire Sick Building Employees
Ninth Floor Illnesses as of 1997
DAS Workers Comp Report on Sigourney St.- suggestion #1 at p5: Do nothing...
Commissioner's Fleming & Yelmin to CDCi: "you should base your conclusion on science" !
NIOSH Conclusions - There's plenty of evidence to link building problems to health problems
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