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Two days after Tom Adams accepted the job as the executive director of the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), the Kingston, Tenn., coal ash storage facility failed. “We were in crisis mode from day one,” he says.
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For guiding the new 306 report to completion, Steve Morrical is one of CC’s Most Influential People of 2012.
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In 2008 the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) started to develop a certification program for repair technicians with a focus on surface prep and cleaning rebar.
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John Kevern has helped define how to make pervious successful and for that he is one of CC’s Most Influential People in 2012.
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With commercial construction slow to nonexistent in many areas of the country, the nearly $25 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated for school construction is a bright spot.
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The Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 and the Northridge earthquake near Los Angeles in 1994 led to a sense of urgency in seismic strengthening of bridges and buildings throughout California.
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The long-term consequences of a December 2008 accident at a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) electric generating plant in Kingston, Tenn., could change the way fly ash is used or disposed of in the United States for the foreseeable future.
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The perception among building owners and specifiers is that a concrete parking lot may be better but it's considerably more expensive than asphalt.
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Building a home that makes as much energy as it consumes requires extreme attention to detail and a willingness to do everything possible to minimize the building's power requirements for heating, cooling, hot water, and lighting. But some things just make more sense than others.
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Protecting your workers' hearing from excessive noise is not only required by OSHA but is the right thing to do. But what's excessive noise and how can you best take care of your workers?