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Asphalt Cleaning Equipment
Environmentally Friendly Packaging for PavePro Product
Chemtek announces disposable EarthWise totes for their PavePro products creating a more sustainable future.
Concrete
Lafargeholcim Uses Bioactive Bilayer Concrete to Protect Oceans
Worksite Equipment
Honda Unveils the Honda eGX, First Battery-powered Motor for Heavy-Duty Use
Concrete
Emerging Concrete Technologies to Reduce Embodied Carbon
Infrastructure
GAO Issues Guidance on Building Resilient Roads & Highways
Concrete
Electrified Cement Created Through MIT-CNRS Partnership
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Business
Top 10 Construction Stories This Week: Husqvarna Expects Battery Cut-Off Saw Match Gasoline Power
Most-read construction stories include OSHA’s new COVID-19 standard, lumber prices falling, Astec rebrand explained, 2021 Top Asphalt Businesses, outcome of the first Davis-Bacon Senate vote in 10 years, 2021 Top Paving Contractors
Economics
US Housing Starts Bounce Back, But the Housing Shortage Continues to Grow
May construction growth counteracts starts rates that have drifted down from early-year highs, but detailed annual analysis of housing data shows frenzied pandemic home building disregarding first-time-buyer and low-income housing needs
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Asphalt
Embrace the Business Advantages of Sustainability and Resilience
Early indicators suggest that these two topics will be at the forefront of the Department of Transportation under President Biden, but they could also be key to making companies more profitable.
Technology & Services
Giatec Aims to Reduce 400 Million Tons of GHG with AI
Along with the extended development of the Giatec SmartMix AI program, the company also plans to planting one tree for every product order shipped worldwide to offset the impact of GHG emissions.
Pavement Maintenance
Taking a Sustainable Approach to Pavement Maintenance in 2021
As climate change becomes a broader conversation, there will likely be changes across many industries in the coming decades. Companies in the construction industry can do their part now to help make their operations more sustainable
Concrete
California Nevada Cement Association's Roadmap to Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2045
The CNCA sees three major pathways: Reducing manufacturing process emissions; Reducing combustion emissions through fuel switching; and Increasing distributed electricity generation.
Asphalt Plants
Education Key to Success at RAP Management
With a focus on producing high-quality and sustainable mix designs, the Ohio-based producer works to overcome the old school mindset surrounding recycled asphalt materials.
Business
Green Finance: Credit Available for Sustainable Infrastructure Project Lending
Generate Capital has started a credit business for financing companies creating sustainable infrastructure projects and solutions.
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Gasoline Engines
E-Fuels Offer Possible Alternative to Reduce Carbon Emissions
IDTechEx has released a new report which examines the benefits e-fuels can provide over other alternative fuel options.
Business
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
A new research center which will develop products for the growing area of powderon wood has been opened by AkzoNobel at its site in Como, Italy.
Asphalt
Turning Face Masks into Pavement
An innovative way to reduce pandemic-generated waste by recycling single-use face masks into pavement.
Concrete
Lehigh Cement Among Latest to Launch Reduced Carbon Footprint Concrete
Lehigh Hanson has launched EcoCem PLUS at its Edmonton plant in Canada.
Diesel Engines
DME Fuel Provides Alternative for Heavy-Duty Engines
Synthetic fuel could help bridge the future to clean energy.
Sustainability
HeidelbergCement Scales Up CO2 Capture Technology
HeidelbergCement is starting the further development and scaling-up of the LEILAC technology (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement) together with the Australian technology company Calix and a European consortium.
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.
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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.
