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Flygt Pumps Conquer Constant Inflow of Ground Water, Prevent Flooding

Construction of a hydroelectric power plant required Xylem to create a pump solution to prevent jobsite flooding from ground water

Flygt 2201 pumps with a VFD and transducer, auto control panels, and a Godwin Dri-Prime HL5M diesel-drive pump as a backup pump helped prevent flooding on a hydroelectric power plant construction site.

New Report Finds EPA Economic Analysis of Wetlands Rule Deeply Flawed

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

'The agency should withdraw its economic analysis and prepare an adequate study of this major change in the implementation of the Clean Water Act'

Secretary Foxx Announces $1M in 'Quick Release' Emergency Relief Funds for Puerto Rico

U.S. Department of Transportation

Funds are to help Puerto Rico repair flood-damaged roads and bridges in and around El Yunque National Forest

NAHB: Senate Passage of Water Resources Bill Strengthens At-Risk Communities

National Association of Home Builders

Legislation provides much-needed funding to strengthen levees and protect more home owners from flooding and storm damage in communities all over the country

LED Flood Light

Buyers Products Co.

Rectangular flood light offers easy mounting on trucks and trailers

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What is YOUR sustainability message?

Students and faculty searching for solutions to the world's most critical health problems now have the ideal venue for their quest at the new 196,000-square-foot Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility, located on a 3.3-acre site at the University of California, San Diego. In early March, McCarthy completed construction of the new $113 million facility, which is tracking toward LEED Platinum Certification and the title for the most sustainably designed academic laboratory in the world.

EPA Offering $9 Million in DERA Diesel-Retrofit Grants

June 17 deadline for proposals that will use grant funding to reduce pollution from existing diesel engines in areas with poor air quality

Idaho DOT's First Design-Build Project Wins Engineering Excellence Award

Contractor Central Paving worked hand-in-hand with designer Horrocks to reconstruct Idaho 44 from Linder Road to Ballantyne Lane on time and within budget

Geppert Bros. Helps Fights Fire, Demolishes Burned 300,000-sq.-ft. Meat Warehouse

Demolition contractor opens walls for fire department to extinguish hot spots, then hauls off 6,000 tons of debris from 300,000-sq.-ft. cold-storage facility

Geppert Bros. assisted firefighters over Labor Day weekend 2013 when a blaze destroyed a 300,000-sq.-ft. food-distribution warehouse outside Philadelphia. The demolition contractor hauled away 300 truckloads of spoiled food and debris in the weeks that followed.

Share Your Sustainability Message on Earth Day and Every Day

The construction industry has evolved into a leader in environmental sustainability. Unfortunately, few outside the industry know it.

Tout your environmental initiatives by placing signs around your projects promoting LEED participation or your recycling efforts.

Clean Water Act Expansion Not the Right Answer, NAHB Says

National Association of Home Builders

'EPA's proposed expansion of the Clean Water Act will increase new home costs, greatly increase the number of construction sites requiring permits and delay projects without corresponding benefit to lakes and rivers'

Chamber Vows to 'Vigorously Oppose' EPA Clean Water Act Proposal

'EPA's proposal would make virtually every river, stream, and creek in the U.S. subject to the Clean Water Act and put the agency in charge of zoning the entire country'

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