Source: CP staff
Marathon, Wis.-based County Materials Corp. has reportedly closed on bridge, transportation and building product operator Prestress Engineering Co., LLC, with Prairie Grove, Ill., headquarters and engineering office and Blackstone, Ill., plant located about 75 miles southwest of Chicago.
Read MoreSources: Clinton Global Initiative, New York City; CP staff; MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
A hot button topic indicating homes, buildings and communities’ ability to absorb and limit damage from natural or man-made hazards, resilience is drawing the attention of the Clinton Global Initiative, Rockefeller Foundation, American Institute of Architects, and a property/casualty underwriter tied to billionaire Warren Buffet.
Read MoreSource: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico
Amid General Assembly of the United Nations meetings in New York City, Cemex officials signed an agreement to join the UN Foundation Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The public-private partnership seeks to protect the environment and improve local communities’ quality of life by creating a global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions.
Read MoreSources: Routlege Publishing, New York City; Building Design + Construction, Arlington Heights, Ill. Building Design + Construction magazine has summarized key take aways from author and green-building thought leader Jerry Yudelson: a typical project should be able to achieve the same energy and water use as LEED Platinum-certified buildings, as there is nothing magical about good design; high-performance projects stand…
Read MoreSources: Rabine Group, Schaumburg, Ill.; CP staff
A steel fiber-reinforced concrete floor slab, placed without joints and at a thickness up to 30 percent less than a conventional slab, is among 100 finalists in the Chicago Innovation Awards program, which this year saw 562 nominations.
Read MoreSources: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Region 7, Kansas City, Mo.; CP staff
The OSHA Kansas City Regional Office is continuing an outreach initiative for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska employers and employees, educating them on preventing accidents with conventional traffic/passenger vehicles, fork lift and yard trucks, and cranes.
Read MoreSources: Alion Energy, Richmond, Calif.; CP staff
A service provider deploying automated technologies to optimize utility scale solar plants recently unveiled patented installation and cleaning robots for ground-mounted panel arrays, operation of both devices turning on a concrete base and rail placed with proprietary mold-equipped curb and gutter machines.
Read MoreSources: Cement Association of Canada (CAC), Ottawa; CP staff
Members of CAC and peers from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) are convening October 1-3 in British Columbia to exchange ideas on best production, environmental management and market development practices. CAC is a partner with CSI in the Vancouver gathering, themed “Sustainable Construction: Building Tomorrow’s World” and hosted by the operators of the province’s two cement mills, Heidelberg Cement and Lafarge Canada.
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