Sustainable Concrete Innovation Beats the Heat

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Portland cement, in addition to being a large user of energy in processing, is the #2 greenhouse gas contributor in the world. In an effort to advance sustainability and address the environmental impact of this dilemma, New Technology Solutions, LLC (a subsidiary of Silicone Solutions), has developed its patent-pending CoolCure—a major development that could potentially change the global environmental and productivity footprint of concrete technology. New CoolCure concrete admixture converts typical cement into a Type IV, low-heat cement resulting in up to 80 percent less heat and 50 percent greater strength. It’s ideal for large mass pours, and can be … Read more

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Balfour Beatty to Construct $382M Manchester Engineering Campus Development

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Balfour Beatty has been formally awarded the $382-million contract by The University of Manchester to construct the Manchester Engineering Campus Development located in England. The four-year project forms an essential part of the University of Manchester’s 10-year campus master plan to create an estate benefiting staff, students and visitors. This will support the university’s strategic goals of creating world-class research, providing an outstanding learning environment, student experience and social responsibility. MECD will provide a state-of-the-art facility, housing the university’s engineering schools, innovative teaching spaces and research institutes such as the Dalton Nuclear Institute and the BP- International Centre for Advanced … Read more

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University Honored for Community Impact, Design and Construction Excellence

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CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Chicago’s Campus North Residential Commons, located in Illinois, has won three awards from the Design-Build Institute of America, including the first Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility. Following a competitive judging process, the university’s first major Design-Build project was one of two recipients of this new honor and also won awards for merit and excellence in design. The Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility was created this year to “reward Design-Build teams which have shown extraordinary commitment to triple bottom-line success—economic, environmental and social—and which have clearly improved the communities … Read more

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Ground is Broken on New Babson College Recreation & Athletics Center

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BABSON PARK, Mass. — A groundbreaking celebration took place for the new recreation and athletics center at Babson College in Babson Park, Massachusetts, during homecoming weekend for the school. The project is slated to be completed in time for college’s centennial celebration in the fall of 2019. Construction on the project began in August, and the new center will be 75,000 square feet — nearly doubling the size of Babson’s athletics and recreation facilities. The architect on the project is Cambridge Seven Associates, with Gilbane Building Company providing pre-construction planning and construction management services for the project. There were multiple … Read more

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Construction of Wichita Falls ISD Career and Technical Education Center Completes

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Trinity Hughes|Sundt, a joint venture, recently completed construction of a new Career and Technical Education Center for the Wichita Falls Independent School District, located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The center features spaces for students to explore a variety of career paths, including a TV studio, an auto-tech shop, construction lab, medical lab and more. Modern educational features include a “learning stair” instead of a traditional auditorium. Students sit on stairs instead of at desks and watch presentations projected on the wall. “We were focused on delivering this project to the district, teachers and students in time … Read more

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