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Building Trends: An Old Material Becomes New Again

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Even if the construction industry has been slower to adopt new technology than other industries, we’ve seen a significant amount of change in recent years. Contractors are also turning to cloud-based, integrated construction software solutions to improve collaboration and streamline processes. Is Wood the Future?

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A Sustainable Solution for Making Ordinary Portland Cement Extraordinary

ENR Construction

ADVANCEMENT is a new line of portland-limestone blended cements, representing CalPortland’s commitment to offering environmentally friendly products, sustainable materials and renewable technologies.

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Sustainably built environments: specifying low-carbon concrete

Construction Specifier

With buildings accounting for nearly 40 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), it is understandable why such an immense focus is being placed on them in the quest to achieve net-zero emission targets by 2050. Sustainability attributes of concrete.

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Lower-Carbon Cement Called LC3 Is Promising, Experts Say

ENR Construction

Boosters for a more sustainably produced cement, which slashes greenhouse gas emissions up to 40% compared to ordinary portland cement production, say the material, called limestone calcined clay cement, is the next best embodied carbon reducer for concrete since portland limestone cement.

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Construction Management Salaries: What You Need to Know

Fieldwire

Construction management salaries in the US are typically between $112,000 and $148,000 a year with an average of approximately $131,000 annually ( Salary.com ), but top earners make more than $160,000 a year. For a breakdown of construction manager salaries by location, check out the best states for construction management jobs.

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CHRYSO & GCP Present Low Carbon Concrete Innovations at Canadian Concrete Expo

GCP Applied Technologies

7, 2024 – CHRYSO & GCP (Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals), a worldwide leader in sustainable construction, will showcase their latest advancements in sustainable concrete solutions (Booth #2472) at the Canadian Concrete Expo, February 14-15, 2024, in Toronto.

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17 Alternatives to Common Building Materials

Levelset

In recent years, material shortages and volatile material prices slowed so many projects to a grinding halt. As a result, contractors and property owners are increasingly considering alternatives to traditional building materials. It’s also the material of choice for holding mother nature back in the forms of levees and dams.