Recycled content (e.g., fly ash, blast furnace slag) concrete sales reached $9.5 billion in 2008, representing 15 percent of green building materials demand
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Ri’s Consolidated Concrete Retools After $230K In Epa Fines, Runoff Remedies
EPA has announced a settlement with Consolidated Concrete Corp. whereby the East Providence, R.I., producer will pay a $55,000 fine to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations and invest an estimated $178,000 on three Supplemental Environmental Projects
Read MoreSenior House, Senate Democrats Reintroduce Employee Free Choice Act
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. George Miller have formally resurrected the contentious Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), introducing a current version of the bill March 10
Read MoreIndustry Groups Brace For ‘Card Check’ Clash
Within minutes of the re-introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check,” legislation opponent CDW—whose members includes NRMCA, PCA, ICPI, NAHB, NMA and NSSGA–indicated the bill’s Congressional support was already wavering and its stipulation to remove secret ballots from union representation votes would face significant roadblocks
Read MoreEnergy Audits Net Dufferin Concrete Plant $10-$30K/Year In Potential Savings
In an exhaustive energy monitoring program designed to lower utility costs in both the short and long term, Canadian ready mixed producer Dufferin Concrete signed a multi-plant contract with Inventure Systems to track power surges and peak consumption, and determine whether the producer’s equipment requires modification or replacement
Read MoreÃcard Check Legislation Foe Shows Its Hand At Thetruthaboutefca.Com
ABC, an outspoken proponent of merit shop construction, aims to educate the public about the sweeping economic and workplace consequences of the Employee Free Choice Act with the launch of www.TheTruthAboutEFCA.com
Read MoreSaward, Looysen Named Freightliner, Western Star General Managers
Freightliner Trucks has announced two executive appointments timed with assembly of the final Sterling Trucks unit, anticipated by week’s end
Read MoreNrmca Joins Feds, Power Groups In Fly Ash Research, Promotion
In an industry-wide effort to increase the use of concrete-grade fly ash, NRMCA has joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2)
Read MoreVolvo Trucks Indicates Steep Price Of Epa 2010 Emissions Compliance
Volvo Trucks notes that trucks equipped with emissions reduction technology to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards for 2010 on-highway diesel engines will carry a $9,600 surcharge
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In an exhaustive energy-monitoring program designed to save money in utility costs in both the short and long term, Canada’s Dufferin Concrete signed
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