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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability.

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Commercial Construction Best Practices: How Not to be the Class Dunce

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Now is a good time to study up on sustainable construction, like this wind turbine install at Sloan Valve. I, for one, try to go to as many industry seminars as I can, whether they focus on retail construction, restaurant renovations , commercial real estate market conditions, etc. I soak it up like a sponge. Green Building Council.

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Sustainable construction products and technologies

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainable construction products and technologies. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE | SUSTAINABLE CEMENT | SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVELOPE. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE. Concrete admixtures can also optimize the production process for sustainability. Phillip.fry@gc…. Thu, 11/28/2019 - 11:43. GCP Applied Technologies.

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Commercial Constructions Trends to Watch in 2010

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1. Look for a solid increase in commercial construction renovations verses new locations, which should hold especially true with new retail construction. Green buildings across all commercial construction sectors will continue to gain in popularity. 2. Green is Gold. According to the Dec. 3. Franchise on the Rise.

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YANMAR America Building $20M Training Facility In Georgia

Business Facilities

YANMAR America has invested $20 million and acquired 50-plus acres of land in Acworth, GA to build a new training and customer experience facility. Cherokee County was a desirable location for our new facility for many reasons,” commented YANMAR America president Tim Fernandez. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Georgia.

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New Developments for 179D Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In February of this year, Congress passed a budget that included a one-year extension of the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction, Section 179D , making it available to architects, engineers, and contractors for building projects completed in 2017. The timing of this extension could not be better for contractors.

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Insulation in the extreme

Construction Specifier

This article considers insulations’ role in commercial roofs and other areas of the enclosure subject to extreme demands. Extreme weather conditions has left virtually no part of North America unscathed. A reduction in GWP supports sustainability. Weather like this can influence code changes.