BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Waste Management has awarded Brasfield & Gorrie and CEO Jim Gorrie its 2013 Sustainability Circle of Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding diversion and recycling achievement in the construction industry. The award is given to the companies who diverted the highest total tonnage for recycling in 2013, as measured by Waste Management's online Diversion and Recycling Tracking tool. Brasfield & Gorrie achieved an 89 percent diversion rate in 2013, landing the company in this group of environmentally conscious contractors and representing more than a 10 percent increase over the company's 2012 diversion rate. “This award underscores Brasfield & … Read more

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Society of Concrete Contractors has completed a new Concrete Finishing Training DVD. The 46-minute presentation provides finishers with basic instruction in both hand and machine concrete finishing slabs-on-ground and suspended slabs. The presentation is divided into sections for easy viewing, stop/start and review. The concrete finishing training DVD covers the following topics: safety, concrete properties, types of finishes, finishing processes, equipment, joints and troubleshooting. Footage was shot on working jobsites to best demonstrate correct finishing techniques. “This presentation is an excellent introduction to finishing basics for the new finisher, and a great review for … Read more

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Biomedical science students and faculty striving to solve the world’s most critical health problems now have access to one of the most sustainable laboratories in the country with the completion of the new Health Sciences Biomedical Research Facility at the University of California, San Diego, Calif., in La Jolla. Built by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., and designed by ZGF Architects LLP, the new 196,000-square-foot facility is located on a 3.3-acre site within the UCSD Health Sciences campus. It will accommodate new and expanded multi-departmental programs, including bioinformatics, genomic medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, childhood diseases, pathology, immunology, inflammation, … Read more

Mustang’s newest addition to its zero-tail-swing compact excavator product line is the 4.5 metric ton 450Z NXT2. The compact excavator is equipped with a 37.7 hp electronically controlled Yanmar Tier IV emissions-certified diesel engine, which provides up to 20 percent less fuel consumption than the previous 450Z model and features an electronic throttle for precise control. Two other cost-saving features include ECO mode and auto deceleration. When activated by the flip of a switch inside the cab, ECO mode will reduce the engine speed by 10 percent without sacrificing power. Utilizing ECO mode will save fuel when full speed is … Read more