Sustainability

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Beyond The Refinery Fence: Fueling The Squeeze

California’s Benicia refinery is shutting down in 2026, removing nearly half of Northern California’s paving-grade asphalt supply and tightening diesel markets statewide.

Nonquit Homes has engineered a residential building method where every component of the home is designed to resist fire, inside and out.

Building Beyond the Flame: Concrete Homes a Wildfire-Ready Solution

December 15, 2025

Concrete contractor crew delivering CarbonCure concrete at the Amazon HQ2 project.

Decarbonizing Concrete: What the Contractor Can Do

December 12, 2025

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What New Permitting Reforms Could Mean For Road Builders

December 9, 2025

Sustainable Pavement Preservation: 100% RAP In Slurry Seals

November 26, 2025

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Managing Risk and Insurance Challenges in Green Construction Projects

November 15, 2025

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A quick, multiple-choice questionnaire built to collect contractor insight on this year’s challenges and changes. Your feedback drives our State of the Industry Report.

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EPDs in Precast Concrete Projects

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How environmental product declarations help concrete contractors build smarter with transparency.

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What The FEMA Act Of 2025 Means for Road Builders: Resilience Is Now The Standard

From faster reimbursements to resilient design mandates, the FEMA Act of 2025 reshapes how infrastructure gets rebuilt after disaster strikes.

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Are We Building Infrastructure Or Ideology?

Congress is targeting electric vehicles to shore up the Highway Trust Fund, but the math doesn’t work. As lawmakers rescind funds from IIJA and IRA programs, contractors are left questioning why bipartisan solutions are being gutted midstream.

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What The Concrete And Asphalt Innovation Act Recycles from the IRA

Federal policymakers scrapped billions in IRA funding for cleaner asphalt and concrete, but a new bipartisan bill could offer a new pathway to greener road building.

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PCI Releases EPDs for Precast Concrete Products

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Based on 62 precast producer plants, contractors can use data from the PCI on construction projects.

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Beyond the Pour: A Contractor's Role in the Circular Economy

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How circular thinking is reshaping the future of concrete and what the concrete contractor's role is within the strategy.

Contractors and material suppliers collaborating on-site to advance circular, sustainable concrete practices.

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Green Cement Plant Earns Certification for Quality Management

Fortera's green cement plant in Redding, California, has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification. The plant produces the ReAct low-carbon cement product.

The Redding ReCarb Plant (Redding, California) meets the global standard for quality management systems, validating the company’s rigorous, performance-driven approach to operational excellence.

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