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New Way to Improve Strength of Plastic-Reinforced Cement Mortar

The Constructor

A group of researchers from Montana State University (MSU) has published a study on the biomineralization of plastic waste to improve the strength of.

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Montana Contractor Fined $250K for Severely Burned Employee

Construction Equipment

OSHA cited a Billings, Montana general contractor and a Rock Springs, Wyoming, subcontractor for exposing workers to numerous safety hazards, causing an employee to suffer severe burns. employee suffered third-degree burns when compressed oxygen inside an underground duct caused a fire on a construction site in Glendive, Montana.

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Montana Contractor Fined $250K for Confined Space Injury

Construction Equipment

OSHA cited a Billings, Montana general contractor and a Rock Springs, Wyoming, subcontractor for exposing workers to numerous safety hazards, causing an employee to suffer severe burns. employee suffered third-degree burns when compressed oxygen inside an underground duct caused a fire on a construction site in Glendive, Montana.

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Supreme Court Permits State Law Claims Against Superfund Property

Green Building Law Update

For nearly a century, the Anaconda Copper Smelter in Butte, Montana contaminated an area of over 300 square miles with arsenic and lead. The Supreme Court, in a split decision with two opinions concurring in part and dissenting in part, held that CERCLA does not strip the Montana courts of jurisdiction over this lawsuit.

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Haselden opens Montana office

Construction Dive

The Denver-based contractor is expanding its reach beyond Colorado and Wyoming into the rapidly growing market around Bozeman.

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Former Montana construction exec pleads guilty in monopoly case

Construction Dive

Nathan Nephi Zito attempted to split up highway work with another firm to reduce competition for public projects in four states, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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OSHA fines Montana highway contractor $225K for burns, fall

Construction Dive

Nelcon received more than two dozen violations after three workers were burned by hot oil and one fell 15 feet at an asphalt mixing plant.

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