FHWA Catalyzes Demand for Clean Construction Materials With Grants

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the award of $1.2 billion to 39 State Departments of Transportation under the Low Carbon Transportation Materials Discretionary Grant Program. The investments will support continued growth in clean American manufacturing, boosting the competitiveness of clean U.S. industries and the creation of good manufacturing jobs while reducing pollution from the production of concrete, steel and…

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RenuCore Technology Enables Recycling of Asphalt Shingles in Hot Mix Asphalt Paving

Saint-Gobain has launched RenuCore by CertainTeed, an innovative manufacturing technology that allows construction and demolition recyclers and hot mix asphalt producers to pelletize asphalt shingle waste at the end of their original life to be reused in asphalt paving applications. Originally developed by Asphaltica and acquired by CertainTeed in 2023, the RenuCore pelletizing technology allows CertainTeed to divert shingle materials…

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Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas to Host Hitachi Construction Machinery Challenge

Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas is gearing up to host the Hitachi Construction Machinery Challenge on Nov. 20 at its Americas regional headquarters in Newnan, Ga. The Hitachi Construction Machinery Challenge is the group’s next step toward becoming a true solutions provider to offer their customers machinery and technological solutions that will optimize and modernize job sites across the globe. A total…

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Recycled Aggregates 

An Expanding Opportunity for Aggregate Producers. By Rose Morrison The aggregate industry has greater access to recycled materials than ever. Everyone from construction companies to quarries can leverage innovative equipment to enhance production.  The market for recycled aggregate is expanding, and early implementers are already garnering numerous benefits, including meeting company sustainability goals and achieving additional competitive advantages.  What tools…

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Command Alkon 3.0 Ushers Cloud, AI, Operational Excellence

Chief Executive Officer Martin Willoughby opened the Command Alkon 2024 Elevate Conference earlier this month paralleling today’s information technology environment to the one of 1999, when he and colleagues tested their San Francisco startup’s novel idea in a business downstream of concrete, aggregate or asphalt production and delivery: Online residential real estate listings with photos. Twenty-five years on, he assured…

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