The New Green: Part 1 of 2

The building and construction sector accounts for 40% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This statistic may be surprising to some, but education efforts...
Permeable Pavers

Permeable Pavers

Retrofit manages water runoff for city street Max Poppel and Dan Rose began their entrepreneurial pursuits in 2011 when they opened The Crash Pad, a...
LAX airport

LAX Expansion: New International Concourse

The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has been undergoing a major overhaul that requires adherence to strict city building codes. With the addition of...
VESTENAMER

Scrap Tires Get New Life

Process additive turns scrap tires into modern material for durable roads Vehicle tires of course belong on the road, but for the last two decades,...

Popping the Cork

Spray-on cork finish for building exterior Available for the North Texas market is a green building product from ECOSHIELD INTERNATIONAL: spray-on Thermal CorkShield™. It’s a...

Emissions Regulations are Increasing: Are you Compliant?

Stated by the World Health Organization, “Air pollution is a major environmental risk to health. By reducing air pollution levels we can help countries...
Confined space

The Special Dangers of a Confined Space: Monitoring the hazard with...

According to OSHA, a confined space is a space whose configuration and/or contents may present special dangers not found in normal work areas. Confined...

High-Tech Monitoring

Workplace exposures to environmental hazards, such as respirable silica, materials with known toxic and carcinogenic properties, and noise and vibration, present long-term health risks...
hurricane

Plan of Action

Construction sites face a multitude of potential challenges and crises throughout the year resulting from the weather. As we head into hurricane season, the...

Erosion Control Solution

Stabilizing Long Beach Canal after Hurricane Katrina Long Beach, Mississippi, is located in Harrison County and is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi area. Hurricane Katrina struck...