Category: Sustainability
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Energy Transition Skills Hub receives funding boost
The project has already received £4.5 million from the Scottish government’s Just Transition Fund, £2.3 million from ETZ, and £500,000 from NESCol. Shell has also committed £1.8 million towards the running costs of the skills hub for the first five years, with a view to supporting 1,000 jobs in the region. The hub will include a community…
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Asphalt Contractor’s Top 30 Products 2025
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in Aggregates, Application, Asphalt, Asphalt Pavers, Asphalt Plants, Asphalt Recycling, Automation Systems, Awards, Compaction, Construction Technology, Dirt Work, Equipment, Featured, Milling, Pavement Maintenance, Paving, Plant Components, Plants, Preservation, Production, Quality Control, Sustainability, Technology, Top 30 Editor’s Choice, Top 30 Editor’s ChoiceEach year, manufacturers release hundreds of new products into our industry. Sometimes they are small improvements on a long-standing, popular design, and, other times, they’re launching a whole new innovation into the asphalt space. This list comprises some of the very best products available on the market today, as chosen by our editorial team at…
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Green Asphalt Makes Believers Out Of Skeptics, 100% RAP
I first wrote about Green Asphalt two years ago, and things were a lot different in 2023. If you compare where the industry and the country were then to where things stand at present, it’s a very different environment that we are all operating in. Two years ago, the IIJA and the IRA were humming…
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Sustainability skills initiative highlights career pathways for students
The Built Environment Schools Trust (BE Schools Trust) is partnering with the Supply Chain Sustainability School to launch a nationwide education initiative. The new programme gives young people access to free, industry-accredited sustainability training – delivered directly through the Supply Chain Sustainability School’s digital platform. The collaboration supports the creation of BE Sustainable after-school clubs…
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Rethinking Sustainable Pavement Striping, EverLine Coatings
In the pavement maintenance industry, products that market themselves as green, eco-conscious, or sustainable often have the unwarranted reputation of being inferior to their traditional counterparts. On the one hand, it isn’t without precedent. There are examples from early adopters in the field of environmentally conscious products that may have come to market too soon,…
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EverLine Coatings Write Up | For Construction Pros
In the pavement maintenance industry, products that market themselves as green, eco-conscious, or sustainable often have the unwarranted reputation of being inferior to their traditional counterparts. On the one hand, it isn’t without precedent. There are examples from early adopters in the field of environmentally conscious products that may have come to market too soon,…
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EverLine Coatings Write Up | For Construction Pros
In the pavement maintenance industry, products that market themselves as green, eco-conscious, or sustainable often have the unwarranted reputation of being inferior to their traditional counterparts. On the one hand, it isn’t without precedent. There are examples from early adopters in the field of environmentally conscious products that may have come to market too soon,…
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Arup, USGBC-CA partner on California Wildfire Rebuilding Guide
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in #trades, architects, architecture, conservation, Construction, design, Featured, Flooring, future of trades, healthcare, hospitality, hotels, interior design, labor pool, News, next gen, next generation, Project Management, restaurants, retail, skilled labor, Sustainability, United States Green Building Council California, wildfire, wildlifeIn response to the historic wildfires that devastated Los Angeles in January 2025, global sustainable development consulting firm Arup has partnered with the United States Green Building Council California (USGBC-CA) to co-author the “California Wildfire Rebuilding Guide.” The guide provides practical steps to help homeowners, designers, contractors, and community leaders rebuild wildfire-affected neighborhoods with resilience,…
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How to Decommission Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
As renewable energy generation continues to grow, the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in solar farms has become increasingly important for stabilizing the grid and enabling the integration of intermittent solar and wind power. The permitting process to build a BESS facility often requires a formal plan for site decommissioning and disposal, even…
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Top 5 Takeaways from ASCE’s 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
Just as our education networks use an A-F grading system and hand out a report card at the end of the term, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) uses the same system and presents a periodic report card on America’s infrastructure. The ASCE has released its grade for the 2025 Report Card for America’s…