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Rubber Modified Asphalt Showing Promise in the Industry

Rubber modified asphalt is a proven circular solution for scrap tires that provides cost savings, extends pavement life and reduces noise; more research needed to close data gaps

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IPAF Says ‘Sustainability is Key’ to Building from Pandemic

International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

Sustainability, digitization, and adopting new technologies are the key to coming back from the COVID-19 pandemic, says presenters at this year’s IPAF Summit, hosted for the first time as a virtual event.

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How Dems $3.5T Infrastructure Plan Complicates Bipartisan Bill

Democrats are ready to ‘move forward’ on a separate budget resolution teeing up $3.5 trillion in spending. The party hopes to pass its budget and the budget reconciliation package with just Democratic votes, complicating the $1.5 trillion bipartisan plan.

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How MCI® Technology Can Help Prevent Collapsing Structures

Cortec Corporation

Achieving sustainability by utilizing Migratory Corrosion Inhibitor technology. Two examples of where MCI® Technology aided construction and avoided steel reinforcement corrosion.

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$760 B INVEST Act Passes House, Industry Approval Mixed

The funding package, which is intended to help shape a larger infrastructure package under discussion in the U.S. Senate and White House, would reauthorize surface transportation programs that are set to expire Sept. 30

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No End in Sight as Engineering and Construction Costs Edge Upward for the Eighth Straight Month

IHS Markit reports engineering and construction costs rose for the eight month in a row in June, with all materials and equipment categories reporting increases for the sixth straight month.

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Wind Turbines Fuel Construction Crane Growth

The U.S., following government initiatives, focuses on renewable energy, deviating from the use of fossil fuels. As alternative energy continues to grow — with wind turbine erection leading the pack — cranes continue to be an essential factor.

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Dalmia Cement CEO Joins Sijbesma as Carbon Pricing Champion of the CLPC, World Bank Group

Mahendra Singhi, managing director and CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited has been invited to represent the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) as a Carbon Pricing Champion.

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Tsurumi to Put Engineering on Display at World of Concrete 2021

Tsurumi America Inc.

Attendees will have a chance to take an in-depth look at the company’s leading engineering practices and interact with senior staff at the event at Booth #N2468

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Initiative Helps Engineering & Construction Industries Restart Projects Stopped by COVID-19

Project Slowdown/Restart planning initiative is designed to help engineering and construction industries restart projects stopped by the pandemic.

Emerging Concrete Technologies to Reduce Embodied Carbon

The architecture, engineering, and construction industry must shift focus to include embodied carbon’s role in sustainable design. Responding to changing trends, many concrete technologies have emerged to tackle carbon reductions in concrete.

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GAO Issues Guidance on Building Resilient Roads & Highways

The report states the FHWA is encouraging states to enhance the climate resilience of federally funded roads by developing agency policy, providing technical assistance to states, and supporting climate resilience research

California’s Highway 1 was ruptured by a landslide earlier this year. It kept 23 miles of the iconic road closed for months.

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