Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies has entered a patent licensing and asset sale agreement providing CalPortland Co. new material or process options in its pursuit of lower carbon dioxide emissions attending cement and concrete deliveries in Western U.S. markets. Solidia Technologies’ namesake cement gains strength through CO2 exposure versus the portland cement hydration mechanism. In addition…
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GFRC drive-over lighting elements bear 10,000 psi loads
Sources: Organic Lighting Systems Inc., Riverside, Calif. Organic Lighting has launched FortaCast Drive-Over Inground Lighting, a system engineered to simplify vehicular or pedestrian pavement installation complexities with a proven, futureproof design. FortaCast spawns a new era of lighting possibilities, with glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) sections that allow for continuous straight lines, circles, squares, intersections or curves. FortaCast can be…
Read MoreSurvey measures level of 2023 trucking cost increases
Sources: American Transportation Research Institute, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The American Transportation Research Institute’s 2024 Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking finds overall marginal costs of operating a heavy-duty commercial vehicle hit $2.270 per mile in 2023. While the increase was only 0.8 percent over the previous year, when surcharge-protected fuel costs are excluded, marginal costs rose 6.6 percent…
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