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A new backyard deck is built at a home in Derwood, Maryland. (Mike Murillo/WTOP) In less than a month, Montgomery County, Maryland, saw two home deck collapses that sent people to the hospital. The incidents are a reminder that homeowners need to monitor their decks closely, and one deck builder said you should start by looking where the deck connects to the house. “Most of these collapses usually happen when there is no back beam against the house,” said Jose Ugalde, with Deck Master, in Gaithersburg. Ugalde said it is not uncommon to find decks more than 10 years old that are using the house for support and cannot stand freely on their own. In Montgomery County, that is no longer allowed; newer decks must be supported by a new beam and supports placed a couple feet from the wall of the house. ....
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The brand new Battlefield Parkway interchange is open for business in Loudoun County, and it’s creation is expected to result in big drops in travel times for the almost 100 thousand cars that use Route 7 on a daily basis. (Mike Murillo/WTOP) The brand new Battlefield Parkway interchange is open for business in Loudoun County, Virginia, and its creation is expected to result in big drops in travel times for the almost 100,000 cars that use Route 7 on a daily basis. “It’s really an amazing accomplishment of many people over many years,” said Bill Cuttler, the Northern Virginia district construction engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation. ....
Gary Pomerantz reunited with the staff of a D.C. hotel and first responders who saved his life last month after he went into cardiac arrest in his hotel room. ....