TCA announces completion of all phases of research undertaken with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), in conjunction with the Portland Cement Association, to define the resistance and failure mode of standard Department of Defense-compliant tilt-up concrete sandwich walls
Read MoreDay: December 8, 2009
Epa Greenhouse Gas Threat Assessment May Delay Construction Recovery
Presumably timed with the December 7 start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s unsurprising ruling that greenhouse gases are a public health threat and thereby could be federally regulated resulted in AGC asking the administration to rethink its a58“misguided approach” to emissions monitoring
Read MoreAppellate Court’s Rapid-Set Ruling Paves Way For Patent-Infringement Suits
In what is believed to be a precedent-setting opinion, the U.S. Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Ultimax’s rapid-hardening cement patents and ruled against accused patent infringers CTS Cement and its owner, Edward K. Rice
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