Drawing a record number of entries in its 14th year, the annual Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards program in 2008 honors 23 facilities operated
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Law Guards Armed Forces Against Shoddy Construction Specs
The fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense (DoD) authorization bill President Bush signed in mid-October requires the Secretary of Defense to incorporate sustainable design and life-cycle cost principles as an element in construction subject to Congressional approval
Read MoreCim Program Sets Materials, Structural Research Projects
Students in the charter Concrete Industry Management program at Middle Tennesee State University (Murfreesboro) are engaged in five research projects
Read MoreNrmca Lab Joins $1.2 Million Permeability Test Procedure Study
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Research Laboratory in College Park, Md., has become a partner in Evaluation of Test Methods for Permeability
Read MoreFire Sprinker Syndicate Codifies Greed
Lofty claims reap fire sprinkler installers and equipment manufacturers high returns in residential and nonresidential building. In building-code development,
Read MoreEnvironmental Specialist Locks Up Shute Shutter Production
Through a newly penned licensing agreement, Alamo, Calif.-based Forfam Inc. has transferred production and marketing of its Shute Shutter and ShuteValve mixer truck safety device and dispensing equipment to Green Vision Partners LLC
Read MoreRelief From The 100-Hour Work Week
Dayton Plant Manager John Thompson is responsible for an operation likely to become a template for future ready mixed facilities in major markets where aggregate sources have been depleted
Read MoreAsset Deal Yields Eastern Missouri Concrete
The recently incorporated Eastern Missouri Concrete LLC has closed on the assets of Concrete Resources Inc., a Columbia, Ill., ready mixed producer. In
Read MoreMinnesota Marquee
Two new bridges spell a significant year for Cemstone Products Co. and reinforce its role as a gold standard operator in ready mixed concrete. The first
Read MorePhotocatalytic Cement Helps Sculptures Wave Off Pollutants
The mid-September dedication of Minnesota’s new I-35 West Bridge over the Mississippi River was doubly symbolic for construction types: besides segmental
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