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Los Angeles Wood-Frame Apartment Complex Burns in Massive Fire
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
Three people, including a firefighter, were injured in blaze that displaced 300 residents.
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[VIDEO] Trump Expecting $200B in Spending to Build $1.5T in Infrastructure
Trump Administration infrastructure plan relying on local dollars to rebuild America's roads and bridges; plus more construction industry news on the February 22, 2018, edition of Construction News Tracker
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Manitou Group Initiative to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals of UN
Manitou North America, LLC
Elevation Frontiers initiative will bring Manitou together with select universities to develop innovative business solutions
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How $225,000 Helped Secure a Diesel-Truck Pollution Loophole at Trump’s EPA
A string of campaign contributions and university donations by glider-kit truck sellers leads to EPA director Scott Pruitt granting a contested emissions exemption
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Allen Engineering Promotes Garry Haferbier to National Sales Manager
Allen Engineering announces that Garry Haferbier has been promoted to national sales manager for all sales operations in the USA and Canada. Haferbier has more than 35 years of experience in the rental and light construction equipment industries.
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The World Cement Association Welcomes Global Cement & Concrete Association Initiative
World Cement Association
The World Cement Association (WCA) welcomes GCCA as an important initiative to help promote sustainable use of cement and concrete.
Workforce
American Concrete Institute Announces New Webinar on Engineering Ethics
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
The American Concrete Institute announces a new webinar on engineering ethics is scheduled for March 6, 2018, 1:00 pm EST.
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Infrastructure
Top 5 Green Building Stories in 2017
Green buildings are going to become the norm sooner than expected, as the world continued to shift towards more sustainable construction this year.
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Study: Not All Infrastructure is Broken; Targeting Needed to Fix What Is
‘Spreading federal dollars around to fund short-term, shovel-ready projects without a sense of national purpose or priority will not get the nation where it needs to be’
Over the past 60 years, government spending on infrastructure has generally tracked growth of the U.S. economy. Total public spending on infrastructure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), normalized in 2014 dollars, has been relatively stable since 1956.
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American Concrete Pavement Association Presents Sustainable Practices Recognition Award
American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
The ACPA has presented its Sustainable Practices Recognition Award to Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. and the Kansas Department of Transportation for their team effort in recognizing and prioritizing sustainable construction practices.
Infrastructure
USGBC Adopts National Construction Resilience Standard
Developed by the Minneapolis office of Perkins+Will, the standard, called RELi, will be incorporated into LEED certification
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Harris County Approves Post Harvey Flood Construction Rules
Some parts of Harris County, Texas, will now have the toughest, stiffest flood building code regulations in the country
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