Harding Carpets environmental assessment enters Phase 2

01/27/2004

Media Adivsory
Attn: Business Editors January 27, 2004

Harding Carpets environmental assessment enters Phase 2
145 truckloads of refuse, 4500 tires, 504 drums, and more -- removed;
PCB ballasts and Asbestos-containing materials to be destroyed 

Who: Steve Charest, President and CEO, King & Benton
Aaron Levine, Director, Environmental Engineering, Environment Management Group Ltd.

What: Come and see the difference two months can make. The Harding Carpets site is now X% free of dangerous debris and hazardous materials, including underground contaminants that have been isolated for removal and safe disposal.

When: January 29, 2004 -- 9:00 a.m.

Where: Former Harding Carpets site, 85 Morrell Street, Brantford
Wilkes Street entrance

Why: King & Benton is committed to keeping the Brantford community informed about its activities as it redevelops the Harding Carpets site.

Before-and-after photographs of the site are available.



Contact:
Sophie Lambert (Toronto)
Trillium Corporate Communications Inc.
416-322-3030, ext. 227 / 416-505-3350
sophie@trilliumpr.com

Kathleen Hutchinson (Brantford)
King & Benton Developments
1-866-728-3126
kathleen@innovative-industries.com