Green Building Product Underfoot
San Antonio schools install 340,000 square feet of Porous Pave
The North East Independent School District (NEISD), San Antonio, Texas, used Porous Pave XL to...
Solar-Plus-Storage Equals True Benefits of Solar for Contractors
Property owners in the market for options to power their buildings’ electrical loads have long considered solar power; however, they frequently didn’t get past...
Designing and Creating Buildings with a Focus on Occupant Health
The building and construction industry has made tremendous strides over the last decade in creating smarter, more efficient buildings. Overall, the trend has been...
Catastrophe Prep & Recovery
By Bruce Jervis
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for contractors and construction projects, necessitating new health and safety measures, triggering project delays...
Sustainability Concerns
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the...
Contaminated Soil
Before selecting a contractor and breaking ground for a new structure, it is important for an environmental professional to conduct a Phase I Environmental...
Cracking the Myth of Sustainability in Concrete Construction
There is no straight forward, simple definition of what sustainability means to the construction industry. In fact, there are few tools or even metrics...
Durability Factor
By Lynn Connors
There are many obvious reasons why durability is important for commercial construction and the waterproofing of covered podiums and plaza decks, green...
Invisible Killer
There is a buzz of information swirling around the concrete industry regarding the new OSHA guidelines. OSHA has put in place Permissible Exposure Limits...
Indoor Air Quality
Since the EPA’s last review of the critical national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for fine particle pollution (PM2.5) in 2012, thousands of new...