Recently added articles from Construction & Demolition Recycling:
Permanent or erasable green ink?(EDITOR'S FOCUS)(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Ever since the first Earth Day, there have been varying efforts made by corporations and entire industries to consider their reaction to calls for environmental stewardship and to measure and possibly alter their impact on the environment. Skeptics can rightly wonder whether an ...
National Recycling Coalition Congress: seeking alternatives.(COMMODITIES)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a goal to increase the national recycling rate from 30 to 35 percent by 2008. To reach that goal, recyclers are going to have to start looking to alternative outlets for recyclables and expand recycling ...
Research group offers returned concrete recycling guidelines.(COMMODITIES)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * The RMC Research & Education Foundation has released a new study entitled "Crushed Returned Concrete as Aggregates for New Concrete." The study is based on research performed at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's (NRMCA) Research Laboratory in Silver Spring, Md ....
Office Depot plans LEED-certified store.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * Office Depot, headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., has announced plans to build and open its first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified retail store in Austin, Texas, in mid-2008. At the same time, Office Depot will investigate incorporating LEED ...
C&D transfer station sited along rail line in Ohio.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Environmental Protection Agency)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * The Stark County, Ohio, Health Department has announced plans to issue a demolition materials transfer site permit to a company out of New Jersey that will be operating on a two-acre plot of ground in Louisville's industrial park, according to a report in the Alliance Review (Alliance, ...
Cardinal Health seeks LEED certification for HQ expansion.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * Cardinal Health, Dublin, Ohio, a global provider of products and services for the health care industry, has started construction on a $ 50 million, 250,000-square-foot expansion at the company's headquarters. The new West Campus facility will be home to the Healthcare Supply ...
North Carolina counties study C&D Recycling.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * North Carolina's Raleigh and Wake counties have announced that they are funding a study to examine recycling options for construction and demolition material, according to a report in the News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.). The counties will split the study's ...
Wrecking Corp. wins D.C. demolition contract.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * Wrecking Corp. of America has been awarded a contract for hazmat removal and demolition of two 12-story buildings on one of Washington DC's busiest, high-traffic corners. The buildings are located at Connecticut Ave and K Street. The project involves razing 400,000 square feet ...
CMRA introduces best practices guide for Shingle Recycling.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) has introduced a best practices guide for the recycling of tear-off asphalt shingles. The association planned to present the guide at the Shingle Recycling Forum. The forum is the third such event organized by the U.S. ...
CMRA lines up 2008 speakers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) has announced the programming scheduled for its 2008 Annual Meeting, which will take place in conjunction with the ConExpo-Con/Agg show. The CMRA will offer the following programming on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at the ...
AEM and OSHA partner to enhance job site safety.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have formed an alliance to provide construction workers and equipment owners and operators with information, guidance and access to training ...
Association seeks to dispel demo myths.(ASSOCIATION NEWS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * The National Demolition Association, Doylestown, Pa., has released a new brochure that attempts to answer questions and dispel myths about the demolition industry. Demolition professionals are often faced with misconceptions about the work they do, according to the ...
Screen Machine wins awards.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Screen Machine Industries Inc. has been recognized by Ohio Lieutenant Gov. Lee Fisher with the 2007 Governor's Excellence Award in housing and community development. The award was presented July 25, 2007, at the annual meeting of the Ohio ...
Morbark hosts demo days.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * The sound of trees and scrap wood being shredded and chipped echoed in Winn, Mich., on Sept. 20 and 21 as more than 200 owners and dealers of Morbark processing equipment gathered in that manufacturer's home town. The company, celebrating its ...
Appointment at Erin Systems.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Doug Logan appointed at Erin Systems)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Erin Systems, a business unit of Premier Tech Systems, has announced the addition of Doug Logan as recycling systems specialist. Logan originally pioneered Erin's C&D recycling system division in the late 1990s and then went to work heading up ...
Vecoplan LLC adds staff.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Vecoplan LLC, High Point, N.C., has announced that Mike Cox has joined the company as its Waste Division Midwest sales manager. Cox is responsible for sales to the municipal, industrial and post-consumer waste markets. He brings 18 years of ...
Ingersoll Rand unveils web site.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Website overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Ingersoll Rand Utility Equipment, Davidson, N.C., has introduced a newly designed information Web site, irutilityequipment.com. The site offers information on the company's line of air compressors, concrete equipment, construction tools, ...
Fintec announces new dealer.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd.)(Performance Construction Equipment Inc. )(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... * Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd. has announced it has signed Performance Construction Equipment Inc. as its new dealer in the state of Washington. Performance Construction Equipment will represent Fintec in the Pacific Northwest as a dealer and a customer, using Fintec's ...
Keeping house: nonresidential construction flourishes, but slow housing starts and credit woes put downward pressure on the construction market.(CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REPORT)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The construction industry of 2007 has been something of a see-saw, with total spending numbers depending largely on the margins between the high-rising nonresidential sector and sluggish residential construction. Month after month, the pattern ...
Back to the front: Ready-Mix producers are clarifying how to best put returned concrete back into the appropriate product line.(CONCRETE RECYCLING FOCUS)
Nov 01, 2007 ... One purpose of this study is to provide guidance to ready mixed concrete producers on options for use of crushed returned concrete as aggregate in concrete. There should be a balance between operational considerations and quality of concrete produced and associated economics for ...