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August 21 2021 Vol. XXVII • No. 17
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Inside
Case Supports Its First Racine H4H ‘Women Build’ Event...20
See page 78 for full story
Illinois Equipment Distributors Celebrates 70 Years...26
Wisconsin Department of Transportation photo
The project has approximately 100,000 tons of HMA to pave, and it will be critical to have the mix placed before unfavorable paving conditions set in.
John Arapidis Takes Reigns as President, CEO...44
Table of Contents.............4 Aggregate and Recycling Section......................29-39 Attachment Section ...................................47-51
Going Green On the Job Site Best Practices for a Sustainable Construction Operation By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Trucks & Trailer Section ...................................63-71 Auction Section ........75-83 Business Calendar..........79 Advertisers Index...........82
The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot about how the construction industry operates these days. It’s driven crew members further apart from one another. It’s also clogged the flow and hiked the prices of construction materials. But, it’s propelled sustainability to a place of higher priority on job sites. The timing couldn’t have been better.
“In the midst of the global pandemic and economic crisis, there was also a notable shift toward reversing decades of damage and a renewed focus on addressing climate change,” said Bob Lester, president and CEO of DuraSeal. He believes it has put builders under a microscope for sustainability practices. They’ll now have to prove to customers and investors that they take the future of our planet into considersee SUSTAINABILITY page 62
Embodied carbon is the sum impact of all greenhouse gas emissions of a material throughout its life. Concrete uses the highest amount of embodied carbon, followed by steel, then ceramics. Replacing concrete with a material such as fly ash can cut down on embodied carbon on a job site.
