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World Cement Association Warns of Growing Pressure on Cement Industry
World Cement Association
The World Cement Association (WCA) today warned of the growing pressures on the global cement industry and urges leading players to act together on climate change and transition to a low carbon production.
Plants
Kenco Engineering Baghouse Wear Parts
Kenco Engineering Inc.
Kenco Engineering offers Coupling Shafts, Dry Bearings, and Pipe Castings to help solve wear problems in asphalt plant baghouses
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Infrastructure
Robust Production of Sustainable Concrete through the use of Admixtures and In-Transit Concrete Management Systems
Breakthroughs in the development of new admixtures, new mix designs, new concrete management systems, together have resulted in production of sustainable concrete with better performance at a lower cost.
Figure 1: SEM micrographs of polished section of alite sample exposed to portlandite solution for 1 hour from Juilland and Gallucci [8] Grain boundaries becomes visible as they are preferential sites for dissolution etching.
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US Army Corps of Engineers Submits $6.8B ‘Work Plan’ to Congress
2018 budget funds water resources projects focused on commercial navigation, reducing flood and storm damage and restoring aquatic ecosystems
The Corps of Engineers' updated National Levee Database is a dynamic information source that provides visualization and search capability on the location and condition of levee systems nationwide at https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil.
Resiliency
CTL|Thompson Names Next Generation of Engineering Leaders
CTL|Thompson has named a slate of new leaders with the experience and credentials to lead the award-winning engineering firm into its third generation of building and growth.
Infrastructure
Opinion: LEED Must be Updated to Address Climate Change
If the green building ratings system doesn't mandate deep CO2 reductions, it will fail its most important test of leadership.
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Denver Forced to Contend with Combustible Construction Once Again
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
Fire at townhouses under construction destroys two buildings.
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Vanair Adds Two New Hires to Engineering Department
Vanair, a Lincoln Electric Company
Vanair hires Gabby Gearheart as engineering drafter and Marcus Thoreson as new senior design engineer
Gabby Gearheart, Vanair engineering drafter
Dirt Work
CASE, Century Equipment Provide CTL for Flood Mitigation Operation
CASE Construction Equipment - CNH
Team Rubicon, with the help of the compact track loader, loaded nearly 15,000 sandbags that were distributed to area residents
Case Tr Operation Wind River Spirit 2
Infrastructure
Five Sustainability Pre-Construction Tips
Sustainability begins in the demolition phase
Abandoned Building Architecture Blue Sky 783966
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EPA Offers Funding for Clean Diesel Projects
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)
EPA is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced and exposure
Resiliency
Bentley Systems Acquires Plaxis and SoilVision
Acquisition will integrate geotechnical engineering within digital workflows for infrastructure projects
SoilVision applications provide capabilities for engineering related to soil properties, soil behavior, and groundwater flow.
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