By Mark S. Kuhar The only company in the world using biology to commercially produce cement, Biomason, employs natural microorganisms to grow biocement in ambient temperatures without emitting carbon dioxide. Yes, you heard that right. Laboratory grown cement. Its patented biocement technology mimics nature’s use of carbon as a building block, creating cement in a biological, circular system, rather than…
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New Advanced Diesel Engine Insurance
The quality of today’s diesel fuel has not advanced, it in fact has deteriorated. Today’s diesel fuel contains more water than the fuel of just a few years ago. Water is the greatest concern because it is the most common form of contaminant. Water may be introduced into the fuel supply during fueling when warm; moisture laden air condenses on…
Read MoreStay Out! Stay Alive!
By Mark S. Kuhar If you do a Google search on “Quarry” this time of year, you will invariably come up with a great many articles about people who have died swimming in an active or abandoned quarry. Consequently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) created “Stay Out! Stay Alive!” – a public safety campaign to educate…
Read MoreLiebherr Loader Focuses on Fuel Consumption, Operating Costs
The main features of the Liebherr L 586 wheel loader are cost-effectiveness and environmental-friendliness. According to the company, tractive force and speed are adapted to suit demand automatically and without gear changes. Even the change from forward to reverse travel is controlled hydraulically, so that no mechanical reverse gear is required. The machine also features: EconomyThe Liebherr driveline reduces wheel…
Read MoreConstruction Materials Firms Issue Health Product Declaration
CarbonCure Technologies Inc. and Chicago-based Northfield Block, a division of Oldcastle APG, have issued the first Health Product Declaration (HPD) for any concrete product in North America. This groundbreaking document reveals the health impacts of one of Northfield’s most popular products, Trendstone Sandstone, made with the CarbonCure technology, which is manufacturing using waste carbon dioxide (CO2).
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