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Article: IBHS Breaks Ground for State-of-the-Art Disaster Research Facility in South Carolina
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 16, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Brenda O'Connor of The Institute for Business & Home
Safety, +1-813-675-1043, boconnor@ibhs.org
CHESTER, S.C., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Institute
for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today officially broke ground for
its disaster safety research center in Chester County, South
Carolina. Unique in all the world, this lab will have the ability to
subject full-sized, 2,000 square foot, one- and two-story homes,
light commercial construction and agricultural buildings to a
variety of hazards, including realistic Category 3 hurricanes, wind-
blown fire (mimicking wildfire embers), and hailstorms.
The primary purpose of this $40 million multi-peril ...