Hess Announces New Mini Toy Truck Collection
Construction vehicle featured in 2024 collection. Hess Corporation announced the release of the newest Mini Toy Truck Collection for $35.99 with free standard shipping and Energizer® batteries included, exclusively at HessToyTruck.com. The annual release of the Hess Mini is a limited-production set of highly detailed, small-scale versions of classic holiday Hess Toy Trucks. This year’s 5-in-1 set includes a mix…
Carhartt Force Sun Defender™ Series Enhances UV Protection, Outworks the Heat
To help all hardworking people stay cool, fight sweat and stay protected from the sun’s harmful UV rays, Carhartt, America’s premium workwear brand since 1889, has launched the Force Sun DefenderTM series – its lightest performance gear solution to battle the heat and sun. The Force Sun DefenderTM line combines the workwear brand’s trusted durability with UV protection tough…
Championing Women in the Skilled Trades, Wolverine Launches Woman-Made
In time for Women’s History Month, Wolverine Boots and Apparel, the 140-year-old boot maker, has launched Woman-Made, spotlighting the remarkable accomplishments of women in the skilled trades. Rooted in a rich legacy of honoring the American worker, Wolverine aims to build a more inclusive future through an effort to add “woman-made” to the dictionary. Debuting today, the campaign’s anthem…
Titan America Completes Full Conversion to Low Carbon Cement Production
Titan America LLC is proud to announce the full conversion of its cement plants to the production of Type IL portland-limestone cement, a low-carbon construction material. TITAN Cement Group has committed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C and deliver net zero concrete by 2050. Titan America is the first US based cement company to fully convert to…
Cree Buildings, Walbridge Partnership Brings Sustainable Timber-Hybrid system to U.S.
A milestone partnership will allow Walbridge to utilize Cree Buildings’ timber-hybrid system in projects throughout North America. Austria-based Cree Buildings, with a range of successful projects throughout Europe and Asia, is a system for timber-hybrid buildings that utilizes prefabricated components. Focusing on sustainable construction, the license agreement with Detroit-based constructor Walbridge will support major customers…
Concrete – the World’s Most Widely Used Material – Targets Carbon Neutral Future
Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete companies today unveiled a joint industry ‘2050 Climate Ambition.’ The ambition statement demonstrates the commitment of the industry across the globe to drive down the CO2 footprint of the world’s most used man-made product, with an aspiration to deliver society with carbon neutral concrete by 2050. Launched by…
Tindall Corporation’s Utility Division Provides Precast Bridge for Chestnut Mountain Ranch
“Tindall is a company who has a heart for serving others,” said Steve Finn, Founder and Executive Director of Chestnut Mountain Ranch. “Their team’s leadership is always looking for opportunities to make things better than the way they found them, and we are beyond grateful for their partnership and contributions that support the mission of…
Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute Celebrates Five Years Promoting “Wood is Good”
CLEMSON – Trees have provided a viable building material for centuries, and although steel and concrete have taken center stage in contemporary construction, lumber is making a comeback. Building with wood has a number of advantages. For the past five years, Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute (WU+D) has been educating individuals in the Southeast about…
NC State Researchers Develop Technique to Characterize Strength and Failure of Cement
Researchers from North Carolina State University have, for the first time, used a “micropillar compression” technique to characterize the micro-scale strength of cement, allowing for the development of cement with desirable strength properties for civil engineering applications. “The information collected using this technique can be used to better understand the behavior of concrete when it…
Lumber Tariff to Impact Construction Costs
As construction material price are rising, the US Commerce Department took action that will contribute to an additional rise in the prices of a key building material. Wilber Ross, US Commerce Secretary has announced a new 20% tariff on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The US currently imports about $5.66 billion worth of softwood lumber…
