A $68 million project to protect southern Santa Clara County, Calif., residents and businesses from Llagas Creek flooding requires removing a mountain of dirt from the creek – 650,000 yds. to be exact.
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And the Weather Makes it Worse
Aug. 14, 2019 – As if the condition of our roads and bridges is not bad enough. Storms and flooding have caused significant damage throughout the United States during the first half of 2019. The Associated Press tallied about $1.2 billion of damage in 24 states based on preliminary assessments of public infrastructure categories established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency…
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May 12, 2014 – Lafarge North America is the “master of disaster.” The company announced that it is the lead sponsor of the exhibition Designing for Disaster at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Designing for Disaster will discuss disaster mitigation as an evolving science and highlight tools and strategies for building safer, stronger and more disaster-resilient communities that are…
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