Concrete is amazing. All you have to do is look at ancient Roman ruins to realize how durable, flexible, and strong concrete can be as a building material. This can lead to the occasional moment of ...

A corner lot sat dormant in a quiet neighborhood of Houston, Texas. Unknown to the surrounding homeowners, an idea sat on the horizon that would change the look of the block for decades – and possibly ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family-home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

Turner Construction Co. and local ready-mix producer Boston Sand & Gravel report they are the first to place concrete with Sublime Systems' zero-carbon cement in a mud mat in an industrial project in ...

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New technologies spurred by federal support show a cleaner path forward for the highly emissive cement and concrete industry. Despite cement’s overwhelming presence, the world has been relatively slow ...

In a first decline projection in 13 years, the Portland Cement Association (PCA) fall cement consumption forecast for the U.S. market projects a "near-term demand decline of 3.5%" for next year.

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