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Low Carbon Concrete for the First Time Required by Law

Green Building Law Update

Current green building programs actually encourage the use of concrete. The code provides for substituting one of several pozzolans, such as fly ash, slag and other Portland cement replacements. And the next versions of green building programs must respond.

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PC Recognized with AGC Build Maine Award

PC Construction

Wednesday night I joined my project teammates and fellow employee owners on stage to proudly accept an AGC Build Maine Award for our work on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success. The McGoldrick Center, with its large-scale 33.3-kW

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PC Construction Receives National Award for University of Southern Maine Project

PC Construction

Today, PC Construction accepted a top national award from the Associated General Contractors of America for its work on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success. The project, with a total value of $83.6 million, is the largest in the school’s history.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Magnesium.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. Green Electrical Contracting. Super-Insulated Houses. Green Guidelines and Certification for your Home. Name: Kelly Hart. Location: Crestone, Colorado, United States. Living Walls.

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Multifamily Rental: Big House, Big Impact in Texas

Pro Builder

Multifamily Rental: Big House, Big Impact in Texas. The firms’ Big House approach —a moniker it trademarked—is unique in making the 10 to 14 stacked flats per building look more like attached townhomes or even a single-family home, with individual entries into the ground-floor units. Sun, 08/07/2022 - 02:16.

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Green Building Initiative moves to include locally sourced materials in Green Globes

BD+C

The Green Building Initiative group based in Portland, Ore., met with the Department of Agriculture on a plan to include locally sourced materials in its green building standards. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack helmed the “White House Rural Council Workshop - Building with Wood: Jobs and the Environment.”

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CELLULAR LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE?FLY ASH BASED

The Constructor

Normally the density of the cellular light weight concrete ranges from 400 kg/m 3 to 1,800 kg/m 3 Cellular Light Weight Concrete based housing is fire proof, termite proof, thermally insulated, sound proof, environment friendly. b) Manufacture of reinforced structural cladding or partitioning panels. (c)

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