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Doosan Bobcat North America Headquarters Receives LEED Gold certification
The West Fargo facility is one of only 12 LEED-certified buildings in North Dakota to receive gold-level status.
Sustainability
AkzoNobel Opens R&D Lab for Low-Cure Powder Coatings
Asphalt
Turning Face Masks into Pavement
Concrete
Lehigh Cement Among Latest to Launch Reduced Carbon Footprint Concrete
Diesel Engines
DME Fuel Provides Alternative for Heavy-Duty Engines
Sustainability
HeidelbergCement Scales Up CO2 Capture Technology
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Infrastructure
Economists Predict Rocky Road to Recovery for Construction Industry
Dodge Data & Analytics forecasts that the U.S. infrastructure segment won't return to normal levels until 2023.
Construction Safety
March Ladder Safety Month Focuses on Securing The Leading Cause of Fatal Falls in Construction
Lack of training on proper use of ladders is the primary cause of more than 81% of fall injuries treated in US emergency departments, and the safety industry is working especially hard this month to get free training to those who work with ladders
Construction Technology
Will Construction’s High-Tech Embrace Continue Post-pandemic?
Construction has seen a surging acceptance of various forms of technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. But will it continue once the crisis is over?
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Construction Technology
Canadian Construction Tech Startup Nexii Opening Plant in Pennsylvania With 180 Jobs
Green construction tech company Nexii receives investor funding, names notables to board and plans to open Pennsylvania plant in spring 2021.
Concrete Materials
The Impact of Admixtures on Sustainability
Two examples that illustrate how admixtures can be used to reduce the CO2 footprint of concrete.
Construction Technology
Chevron Invests in Startup That Creates Concrete Aggregate from CO2
Chevron invested in San Jose-based Blue Planet Systems, a startup that manufactures and develops carbonate aggregates and carbon capture technology intended to reduce the carbon intensity of industrial operations.
Infrastructure
New York Governor Cuomo Announces $26 Billion Green Energy Initiative
The massive public-private partnership (P3) initiative includes wind and solar energy projects throughout the state.
Sustainability
Carleton Students Research Low-Carbon Concrete, Sustainable Building Materials
Carleton University students in Canada are continuing hand-on learning and researching building materials with a low carbon footprint.
Sustainability
Tata Steel Leads Initiative to Produce 'Green' Rebar in India
Tata Steel has collaborated with CII Green Business Centre and relevant stakeholders in the India steel sector to develop GreenPro framework for steel rebars.
Sustainability
Green Building Initiative Announces Board of Directors Appointees
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced the election of Charles Kibert, professor and director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida, as chair of its board of directors.
Construction Technology
Balfour Beatty Plans to Reduce Construction Site Carbon Emissions by 80%
Balfour Beatty, with Sunbelt and Invisible Systems, has developed technology to manage the power supply of construction sites and reduce carbon emissions on its sites by up to 80%.
Concrete Materials
Investment to Create Synthetic Limestone Aggregate
Using sequestered carbon dioxide, Blue Planet Systems Corp. is developing a construction-grade rock, and ultimately concrete, that would have net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint.
Concrete
Mission: Carbon Zero
The players driving sustainability and reducing carbon emissions within the cement and concrete industries.
Construction Technology
Doosan Heavy in Tech Spotlight as Part of Microsoft Digital Twin Announcement
Microsoft highlighted Doosan's work in sustainability and technology in the tech giant's on digital twin software.
Infrastructure
International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure Celebrates Growth in First Year
Leaders from across the country came together virtually to highlight the consensus that engineers are uniquely placed to shape our collective future of infrastructure adaptation and resilience.
Construction Technology
Construction Industry Could Hit Sustainability Target with AI, Researchers Suggest
Computer scientists at the University of the West of England are developing software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help construction reduce the amount of embodied carbon in their building and infrastructure.
Concrete Materials
Setting C02 in Concrete Improves Its Strength
According to one company, CarbonCure, injecting C02 into concrete can increase the concrete's strength
Concrete
HeidelbergCement Uses Solar to Offset CO2 in Hong Kong
HeidelbergCement is one partner in a group generating solar power to reduce CO2 emissions.
Concrete
University Research Suggests Recycled Concrete as Good, or Better than Traditional
Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete. Researchers suggest the recycled concrete can be a 100% substitute for non-structural applications.
Concrete
HeidelbergCement $531 Million to Modernize Cement Sites in France
HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Ciments Calcia presented the draft terms of its large-scale investment and reorganisation programme for several of its sites in France.
Concrete
U.S. DOE Award Carbon Capture Technology Grant to CEMEX
CEMEX and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. are working on a low-cost innovative CO2 capture technology to be implemented in CEMEX’s Texas cement plant.
Asphalt
Asphalt Industry Evaluates Utilizing Plastic in its Mixtures
As activists and legislators continue to push for solutions to sustainably divert the plastic waste stream, the asphalt pavement industry is leading and coordinating the effort to evaluate the viability of including plastics in asphalt mixtures.
Sustainability
Six Sustainable Building Materials to Look for in 2021
As contractors begin to plan future projects, be on the lookout for these seven sustainable building materials in 2021 and beyond
Sustainability
CEMEX and Carbon Upcycling to Use Nanotechnology to Produce Low Emission Concrete
The technology developed seeks to increase industrial by-products availability with cementitious qualities, like fly ash and slag, to produce concretes with a low CO2 footprint.
Asphalt
Use of Plastic Additives in Asphalt Mixtures Increasing
Dow has installed their recycled plastic-modified asphalt mixtures on several roads and parking lots in the country, proving these mixtures to be a viable option in sustainable pavement design and construction
Concrete
The Case for Concrete Homes
The challenge is to build homes that can remain intact in any severe weather event, be more energy efficient, be reasonably priced, and be reoccupied shortly after a disaster so that life can go on with minimal disruption.
Business
18 New Building Materials That Could Revolutionize Construction
These new materials are starting to generate buzz in the construction industry and could very well change the future of building.
Concrete
How to Reduce the Cost of Concrete Production
The National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA) estimates 3-5% of ready-mix concrete deliveries in the U.S. are rejected at the job site for various reasons, such as not meeting specifications. Another occurrence is a project simply has leftover ready
Sustainable Snippets
Bamboo Helps Make Concrete Both Stronger & More Sustainable
Abundant, sustainable and extremely resilient, bamboo has potential to become an ideal steel replacement for concrete reinforcement.
Asphalt
Study: Plastic Use in Asphalt Pavements Showing Promising Results
Plastics Industry Association and NCAT study shows that asphalt formulations using recycled polyethylene (rPE) film recovered from retail locations could achieve many of the same benefits of traditional polymer-modified asphalt formulations.
Concrete
Husqvarna, LafargeHolcim Among Companies to Sign Net-Zero Recovery from COVID-19
More than 100 global companies have signed a statement asking governments to align recovery efforts with climate science.
Concrete
CU Research Could Lead to More Durable Concrete
CU Boulder researchers have discovered that a synthetic molecule based on natural antifreeze proteins minimizes freeze-thaw damage and increases the strength and durability of concrete.
Concrete
CarbonCure Concrete to Be Used in Datacenters, Removes Carbon Dioxide
Compass Datacenters announced its data centers will be built with concrete using CarbonCure technology.