Sources: Materials Processing Institute, Middlesbrough, U.K.; CP staff The United Kingdom’s Materials Processing Institute is testing the potential of converting finely graded, demolition concrete-extracted cement paste to new cementitious material using scrap steel melted by an electric arc furnace. Dubbed Cement 2 Zero and proceeding with a $7 million-plus UK Research and Innovation grant, it could prove the Cambridge Electric…
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Permeable pavers answer affluent village’s Green Streets call
Sources: Village of Kenilworth, Ill.; CP staff A wealthy northern Illinois community along Lake Michigan recently concluded a two-phase, “green infrastructure” program, installing 83,000 square feet of permeable interlocking concrete pavers (PICP) on six 625- to 676-ft. stretches of three streets, 18- to 22-ft. wide. After observing the performance of Green Streets Phase I permeable asphalt pavements, the Village of…
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