Sources: Walgreen Co., Deerfield, Ill.; CP staff
Fly ash-bound brick and paver producer CalStar Products Inc. in Racine, Wis., is among suppliers to what retail giant Walgreen believes will be the nation’s first net zero energy store—engineered to produce an amount of power equal to or greater than what it consumes.
Read MoreSources: Environmental Protection Agency; Turner Construction Co., New York; CP staff
Lower electricity consumption at fixed offices, contributing to a 5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over a five-year period, spawned a 2013 Climate Leadership Award for general contractor top gun Turner Construction. Installation of interactive, real time dashboards has allowed employees to see current power use and usage patterns, and compare their energy consumption levels against those of other Turner offices.
Read MoreSource: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health will meet March 18 to consider a proposed rule updating the agency’s standard on accident prevention signs and tags in construction. The standard requires that signs and symbols be visible at all times to warn workers of existing hazards when work is being performed. The updates are based on revisions in the American National Standards Institute consensus standards.
Read MoreSources: CalPortland Co., Glendora, Calif.; Environmental Protection Agency; CP staff
EPA will honor leading West Coast cement, ready mixed and aggregate producer CalPortland with the 2013 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award, March 26 in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreSources: CP staff; National Concrete Masonry Association, Herndon, Va.
Florida State Senator Denise Grimsley’s (R-District 21) Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act (SB 944) would create a Florida Concrete Masonry Council and authorize it to manage assessments on unit sales to support industry promotion in the Sunshine State.
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