After a public comment period through mid-May, the National Concrete Masonry Association is finalizing a linchpin of forthcoming block and hardscape Environmental Product Declarations (EPD): the draft Product Category Rule (PCR) for “Manufactured Concrete and Concrete Masonry Products.”
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Cemex USA has published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for 12 mix designs produced at its Pier 92 plant in San Francisco, a market laden with green-building practitioners and clients who are stepping up supplier transparency requirements with the tightening of project rating systems, chief among them the EPD-incentivizing LEED v4.
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Design and construction industry leaders, along with building owners and operators, have pledged to promote resilience in contemporary planning, building materials, design, construction and operational techniques as the solution to making the nation’s aging infrastructure more safe and secure.
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Lafarge North America is the lead sponsor for Designing for Disaster, part of a year-long National Building Museum exhibition spotlighting the evolving science of disaster mitigation, plus tools and strategies for building safer, stronger and more resilient communities.
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The MonoKast Precast Wall System is a pre-engineered solution for residential applications, its insulated panels meeting current energy standards in many markets. Backed with extensive, project-by-project engineering support from Structura Technologies, MonoKast is licensed to precast producers and poured foundation contractors.
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Company has added bolt interlocking designs to its Eagle Valve Interlock Series, geared to securing hazard areas around plant machine. The trapped key interlocking system ensures that workers follow a predetermined sequence of operation for activating valves in a wide range of industrial operations. Eagle Valve Interlocks attach to the valve body without voiding the manufacturer’s warranty.
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Company’s new FieldBarrier R4D0-FB-IA is a diagnostic-enabled isolated device coupler for Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA instruments. The compact FieldBarrier is DIN rail mounted in Zone 1/Div.2 environments and connects 8 … 12 instruments with intrinsic safety in Zone 0… 1/Div.1 environments. The FieldBarrier provides advanced fault diagnostics and isolation at the spur, enables live work on the trunk or spurs and supports plug-in surge protectors. The result is simplified installation, improved troubleshooting and maximized plant uptime.
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QA/QC laboratories analyzing the rheological properties of a wide variety of samples can increase efficiency and reduce user error with an intelligent rheometer that adapts to an individual’s measurement routines and conditions. The Haake Viscotester iQ rheometer’s Connect Assist function automatically detects the measuring geometry and temperature module, providing real-time feedback to ease sample testing set up procedures with minimal errors.
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Jim McReynolds has joined the Commercial segment of McNeilus Cos. Inc. as vice president of Sales, Marketing and Customer Support Services, based in Dodge Center, Minn. As McNeilus increases growth and penetration across all segments, he is charged with providing consistency and applying a customer-first approach to all sales, marketing and related support efforts. He will be responsible for driving customer engagement, product management, and marketing communications in the field and at centralized levels.
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has announced the winners of a promotion raising awareness for the AEM industry-consensus safety materials program, conducted as part of outreach from its ConExpo-Con/Agg and AED Summit & Condex booths. Hundreds of attendees registered to receive iPads and iTunes gift cards to download AEM safety manual eBooks. The winners are John Mason, assistant director of construction training, International Union of Operating Engineers in Washington, D.C., and Tom Viskniskki, vice president sales, Sullivan-Palatek Compressors in Michigan City, Ind.
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