Among changes announced by Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) to be reflected in its updated Fall 2009 Construction Documents Technology Certificate exam are added topics in the “Fundamentals” category, including building information modeling (BIM), integrated project delivery (IPD), and green building, i.e., GreenFormat and sustainability.
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Publisher Scribes Electronic Estimating Library Of Leed, Sustainable Projects
D4COST now offers on CD a Green Building Estimating Library, containing cost data from 59 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and sustainable projects
Read MorePavement Study Shows Concrete Surpassing Asphalt In Initial Bid Cost Advantage
In a report gauging the cost for one mile of standard two-lane roadway, calculated with state department of transportation-adopted software, PCA Chief Economist Ed Sullivan shows how concrete enjoys an initial bid advantage of $82,000 compared to asphalt
Read MoreMartin Marietta Tracks Trickle Of Transportation Funds From Obama Stimulus Plan
In his latest report to shareholders, Martin Marietta Chairman Stephen Zelnak Jr. cites three factors behind lower projected per share earnings for 2009: weaker and slower-than-expected economic recovery; marked decrease in transportation infrastructure spending from a decline in state revenues and a longer-than-expected delay in federal stimulus projects; and, an adverse weather-affected first half of the year
Read MoreFabcon Launches Composite Thin-Brick Wall Panel
Through a partnership with Minneapolis-based VAST Enterprises, LLC, Fabcon is producing the industry’s first structural precast wall panels with embedded composite bricks
Read MoreEnvironmental Firm Harvests Silicate-Rich Rice Hull Ash As Commercial Admixture
With an eye toward converting landfill-bound agricultural waste into concrete-grade pozzolan, environmental technology company ChK Group completed piloting high-temperature rice hull processing to yield a fine, high-silicate (>90 percent) ash with performance properties similar to silica fume
Read MoreEnvironmental Firm Harvests Silicate-Rich Rice Hull Ash As Commercial Admixture
With an eye toward converting landfill-bound agricultural waste into concrete-grade pozzolan, environmental technology company ChK Group completed piloting high-temperature rice hull processing to yield a fine, high-silicate (>90 percent) ash with performance properties similar to silica fume
Read MoreEnvironmental Firm Harvests Silicate-Rich Rice Hull Ash As Commercial Admixture
With an eye toward converting landfill-bound agricultural waste into concrete-grade pozzolan, environmental technology company ChK Group completed piloting high-temperature rice hull processing to yield a fine, high-silicate (>90 percent) ash with performance properties similar to silica fume
Read MoreEnvironmental Firm Harvests Silicate-Rich Rice Hull Ash As Commercial Admixture
With an eye toward converting landfill-bound agricultural waste into concrete-grade pozzolan, environmental technology company ChK Group completed piloting high-temperature rice hull processing to yield a fine, high-silicate (>90 percent) ash with performance properties similar to silica fume
Read MoreEnvironmental Firm Harvests Silicate-Rich Rice Hull Ash As Commercial Admixture
With an eye toward converting landfill-bound agricultural waste into concrete-grade pozzolan, environmental technology company ChK Group completed piloting high-temperature rice hull processing to yield a fine, high-silicate (>90 percent) ash with performance properties similar to silica fume
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