Heidelberg Materials adds Chicago market recycled aggregate sites

Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff Heidelberg Materials is extending its Revolve Recycled Aggregates brand through the Little Calumet Yard in Chicago and nearby Gary Yard over the Indiana state line. Both sites serve customers seeking responsibly sourced inputs for their sustainable construction projects. Heidelberg Materials is working with a strategic partner, Z Materials, to accept clean…

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Fall protection, hazard communication top OSHA violations tally for FY2013

Fall Protection once again leads the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s top 10 most-cited workplace safety violations, which the National Safety Council announced last month in Chicago during its 2013 Congress & Expo.

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Self-consolidating concrete specifications spread

The fifth North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, or SCC 2013, offered strong market and technical perspectives on one of the industry’s best value propositions to the architectural/engineering/construction community of the past two decades. Presenters at the mid-May event in Chicago demonstrated how stakeholders have compelled American Concrete Institute and ASTM International committees to develop guidelines and standards indicating self-consolidating mixes’ quality in plastic and hardened states.

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