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Roadbuilding

NRMCA hosts 2013 Concrete Sustainability Conference

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), along with several other sponsors, is hosting the eighth annual International Concrete Sustainability Conference (ICSC) May 6-8 in San Francisco, California. The conference is aimed at educating researchers, academics, students, engineers, architects, contractors, public works officials, material suppliers and concrete industry professionals on topics like life cycle assessment, […]

April 22, 2013

Roadbuilding

California researchers promote new pavements to cool cities

In an effort to combat the sunlight absorption and heat radiation resulting from the typical black asphalt pavement, researchers at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley Lab are showcasing some cooler alternatives, according to Fast Company. The Heat Island Group, part of Lawrence Berkeley Lab, is displaying six cool pavings – designed to reflect 30 […]

April 4, 2013

Equipment

Report: renewables will lead to blackouts in the greenest state

This is what happens when politics trump engineering. California is being warned of impending blackouts because there’s insufficient electrical generating capacity on cloudy, windless days to make the solar and wind farms work. When you let ideology overtake reality these sorts of things are bound to happen. Wind and solar power have a role to […]

March 1, 2013

Business

Washington D.C. tops 2012 list of states for LEED projects

The U.S. Green Building Council has released its Top 10 States for LEED in 2012 list and Washington D.C. regins supreme. The rankings might look a bit odd considering some states are ranked lower than others even though they had more projects certified and/or more total square feet certified for the year. The U.S.G.B.C. ranks […]

January 28, 2013

Business

AGC forecast promises mixed outlook for 2013 U.S. construction

2013 should be a better year than 2012 for construction firms, but not necessarily a great one, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, in a conference call detailing the results of the association’s forecast on construction hiring and business. There are bright spots in certain sectors, said CEO Stephen […]

January 14, 2013

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East span of the Bay Bridge is born

Over the past three-and-a-half years, workers have been busy constructing the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The project has cost more than $6 billion already and was necessary after a part of this part of the bridge collapsed in 1989 after an earthquake. This new span of the bridge has been […]

January 9, 2013

Pickups

Westin Automotive Move

Westin Automotive makes big corporate move to San Dimas, CA. location

October 3, 2012

Construction Equipment

Volvo Rents expands in California

Volvo Rents has acquired U Save Equipment Rentals, a single-location construction equipment rental company located at 125 Bayshore Avenue in San Francisco, California. This is Volvo Rents’ sixth Californian acquisition since the beginning of the year, bringing the company’s statewide presence to 13 rental centers. In addition to Volvo Rents’ line of Volvo compact […]

September 28, 2012

Technology

Topcon celebrates 80 years in business

Topcon celebrated its 80th anniversary on September 1. Since 1932, the Tokyo-based company has become an affiliate with Toshiba, expanded in Europe and America and began producing and selling GPS-related products, among other endeavors. The company has technology centers in Tokyo; Adelaide, Australia; Moscow, Russia; Concordia, Italy; Livermore, California; and Columbus, Ohio. Topcon’s most recent accomplishments […]

September 5, 2012

Equipment

Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls opens new lab

Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls has opened of their Heavy-Duty Chassis Dynamometer Emissions Laboratory for outside contract services. This lab, Cleaire Advanced Technology Testing Services (CATTS) is located in Richmond, California, on the campus of the Chevron Technology Center. The laboratory, which a CFR-compliant heavy-duty chassis dynamometer, is capable of testing a variety of medium and […]

September 4, 2012

Technology

NDA Co-Sponsors C&D Recycling Forum

The National Demolition Association (NDA) will co-sponsor the 2012 C&D Recycling Forum, which will take place September 23-25 in Long Beach, California. Several NDA representatives will participate in panel discussions at the forum. Rich Lorenz is president and CEO of Central Environmental Services in Apopka, Florida, a member of the NDA Board of Directors and […]

August 13, 2012

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Hawthorne Cat distributes NorAm 65E

Hawthorne Cat has begun representing the NorAm 65E compact motor grader in their nine locations in California and Hawaii. Hawthorne sells, rents, and supports the 65E at each branch location including their Cat Rental stores, Hawthorne Rent-It Service.

August 10, 2012