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  • MIT Hub Uses Nanoscale Modeling In Sustainability Research

    Posted On: October 31, 2011

    Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub are working on a new mixture for cement that could potentially reduce carbon dioxide emissions and boost the strength of the material without using new ingredients. According to a report in the Daily Commercial News and Construction Record on Oct. ...

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    Category: Sustainability

  • Passage Unlikely, But Infrastructure Bill is Unveiled

    Posted On: October 28, 2011

    It may just be whistling in the wind, but Democrats in the Senate this week introduced legislation that would establish a National Infrastructure Bank that is similar to the one that President Obama has proposed in his jobs plan. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), would create the ...

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    Category: Legislation

  • Will "The Great Regression" Continue?

    Posted On: October 27, 2011

    There was an interesting guest blog yesterday on CNBC yesterday about the compelling need for infrastructure investment. “America is in the midst of physical decline. Decades of infrastructure neglect are eroding centuries of economic progress. Call it: The Great Regression.” So states award-winning journalist and author Dan McNichol in the ...

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    Category: Transportation funding

  • Latest Price Index: Concrete Shows Lowest Yearly Increase

    Posted On: October 26, 2011

    According to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI), issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the steel PPI decreased from August to September by 0.5 percent, along with lumber (0.6 percent) and asphalt (0.1 percent).  The concrete PPI increased 0.2 percent from August. Year-over-year indices, however, all increased. The steel ...

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    Category: Market Intelligence

  • MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Webinar Is Today

    Posted On: October 25, 2011

    One more reminder: Today is the day of the free Webinar presented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub. The program begins at 2 p.m. Eastern and will last an hour and a half. The session will include abbreviated overviews of the presentations and research reports released during ...

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    Category: Events

  • Holcim Plant In Texas Named EPA Green Power Partner

    Posted On: October 24, 2011

    Holcim (US) Inc. has announced that its Midlothian, Texas, plant has qualified for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership and is now an EPA Green Power Partner. As a result, Holcim is among a select group of leaders in the green power market whose commitment to green ...

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    Category: Sustainability

  • RCC Symposium in Houston Is A Big Success

    Posted On: October 21, 2011

    More than 100 attendees learned about the benefits of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) at the RCC Pavement Symposium, held October 5-6 in Houston.  The Cement Council of Texas, in cooperation with PCA, organized the event, which included national RCC pavement experts providing instruction and advice for the attendees.  The event included ...

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    Category: Paving Projects

  • Stimulus Spending Continues To Decline In September

    Posted On: October 20, 2011

    Highway spending from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) totaled $415 million in September, a 28.7 percent decline from the August spending rate and a 67 percent decline from last year’s levels, according to a PCA report. Through September approximately 81 percent of stimulus highway funds have been dispersed, ...

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    Category: Transportation funding

  • MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub To Hold Free Webinar

    Posted On: October 19, 2011

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concrete Sustainability Hub is doing groundbreaking research in the area of life-cycle analysis – research that is important for those within the cement industry and those decision-makers responsible for making decisions about paving solutions and building materials. Next week provides a great opportunity to become ...

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    Category: Events

  • Industry Stresses Resilience, Sustainability At Greenbuild

    Posted On: October 18, 2011

    PCA exhibited at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Toronto, October 4-7.  PCA, along with 18 cement and concrete-related exhibitors, formed the Concrete Solution Pavilion, demonstrating the many ways concrete and other cement-based building materials can be applied to sustainable design.  Approximately 23,000 builders, designers, and other building ...

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    Category: Sustainability

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