Ceiling tiles in the meeting rooms are constructed from recycled newspaper and phone books.

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Melamine is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, fabric coatings, ceiling tiles and flame retardants.

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The survey was carried out by a specialist firm and revealed that the asbestos was continuing to deteriorate in some places, falling onto ceiling tiles.

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Mr Lee said the blaze quickly spread into the living room, melting polystyrene ceiling tiles which dropped on to the carpet, setting it and a curtain alight.

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Ceiling tiles being disturbed by draughts, repairs to the electrical circuit and even pupils scraping chairs and tables in classrooms may have caused damage to asbestos boards, it suggested.

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Witness to that are the arcade's dark blue carpet (salvaged from a Vegas convention hall), mismatched ceiling tiles and a change machine that Arnold scavenged from a dumpster behind the Golden Nugget casino.

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Where you ended up more familiar with the number of acoustic tiles in the ceiling than the number of points in the outline of the speech?

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The pool area is designed in the style of Victorian swimming baths, with porcelain tiles and a high ceiling.

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Another innovation: square tiles of light that could replace fluorescent office ceiling lighting.

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The bathroom now has a sloped ceiling, added windows, a skylight, hand-cut sky-blue glass tiles in the shower, a big white tub and contemporary oak cabinets with Carrara marble tops.

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