Despite a slowdown in home building, the market supply for cement and ready mixed concrete is expected to accelerate to meet demands in other end-use
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Forecast 2007
Reflecting a rather harsh decline in housing starts and conservative estimates regarding nonresidential and public sector growth, total construction activity
Read MoreOn-Time Arrival
The typical lifespan for a runway at a major U.S. airport is less than 20 years. But Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s Runway 8R-26L
Read MorePci Casts Bridge Quarterly
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute is launching Aspire, a concrete bridge magazine aimed at 25,000 federal, state and local department of transportation
Read MoreAir Force Screens Blast-Resistant Building Systems
Portland Cement Association and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) are conducting research to identify cost-effective, blast-resistant building
Read MoreFire Sprinkler Proponents Fail Again On Residential Code Infiltration
Citing costs as high as $7/sq. ft. and significant installation and maintenance problems, National Association of Home Builders representatives at the
Read MoreInner Strength
Providing short-term relief from flooding and excess capacity for future flood relief projects, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) completed
Read MoreAstm Approves Specification For Sealing Pipes Entering Septic Tanks
After two years of development, peer review, and balloted revision, ASTM Subcommittee C27.30 has published the first standard specification addressing
Read MoreLighting System Ties Panels To Railroad Crossing Safety
A Boise railroad crossing is the site of a light-equipped panel system that the Idaho Transportation Department and Ada County Highway District contend
Read MoreMcaa Renews Osha Alliance
An alliance between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) was renewed recently for
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