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  How to Build an Affordable Concrete Home

  Custom-built homes are commonly gracing glossy magazine covers. That's because people in the U.S. have been in love with the idea of owning a large elegant home. For architects and designers, there is more opportunity to present interesting ideas and work with unusual concepts. But with the decline...

   
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  Water- Versus Solvent-Based Sealers

  Knowing the differences between various sealers will help you determine which one is right for your job.

   
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  Alternative Concrete Demolition Techniques

  Techniques for demolishing concrete that don't involve mechanical breaking.

   

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Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative

• The Big Top

  How-To Zone, Sealing Joints, Sustainability and concrete, and new Pervious Blog are in this month's edition.

   

• An Industrywide Call to Action

  In a Wednesday morning press conference, the Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative laid out plans to lend a voice to the various segments of the concrete construction industry–aggregate, ready-mix, tilt-up, precast, etc.–to educate stakeholders about the role and responsibilities of concrete in...

   
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  GREENSITE Showcases Sustainability

  GREENSITE is celebrating its third year at WOC and continues to highlight the latest and greatest in sustainable technology and techniques.

   

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Recycled Concrete

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  Green Concrete for the London Olympics

  How they built out the London Olympic site to reduce the carbon footpring.

   
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  Five Big Ideas for the Concrete Industry

  Change is happening within the concrete industry--here's how.

   
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  Soybean-Based Treatments Are Sustainabile Solution

  New uses for industry byproducts can enhance concrete's performance and sustainability.

   

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Green Building

• Green Seal Releases Its Green and Sustainable Resolutions for 2013

  Green Seal, a nonprofit organization that uses science-based programs to help consumers, purchasers, and companies create a Greener and more sustainable world, has just released its “Green and Sustainable Resolutions for 2013.”

   

• U.S. Concrete Joins Regenerative Network

  U.S. Concrete, Inc. today announced its membership in the Regenerative Network (RN).

   

• The Home Depot and U.S. Green Building Council Launch New Database of Green Building Products

  leedhomedepot.com offers information on products that may contribute to the requirements of the LEED for Homes program

   

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• Ready Mix Supplier Adopts the 2030 Challenge

  U.S. Concrete, Inc. has announced that its San Francisco-based operating company, Central Concrete Supply Co., has become the first ready mix concrete producer in the United States to adopt the 2030 Challenge for Products.

   

• The Home Depot and U.S. Green Building Council Launch New Database of Green Building Products

  leedhomedepot.com offers information on products that may contribute to the requirements of the LEED for Homes program

   
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  Taking the Green Leed

  The Harm A. Weber Academic Center is a recently completed green building at Judson University in Elgin, Ill. The 88,000-square-foot building houses the new Benjamin P. Browne Library and the Division of Art, Design and Architecture.

   

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