Articles Tagged with ''Construction Materials''

Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. 

The trade dispute has gone on for many years, with the latest move spurred by the U.S. revising the duty on Canadian softwood lumber in July.

Vulcan Materials Co. filed a request for arbitration with the World Bank back in 2018 over the disputed site, but the materials giant and the Mexican government still dispute valuation for the quarry and port facilities on the Gulf of Mexico.

Nonresidential construction input prices remain high compared to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Green Cement Technology Tracker currently includes only cement producers' carbon-capture projects.

The action stems from an ongoing dispute involving the Birmingham, Ala.-based company, Mexico's government and Mexican cement producer CEMEX.

The U.S. General Services Administration has issued an RFI as part of a fact-finding mission to help establish federal agency procurement preferences for construction materials and goods that contain less embodied carbon.

The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act contains highway-related provisions that aim to give a boost to infrastructure projects in disadvantaged communities and for the use of low-carbon construction materials on federal highway projects.