Articles Tagged with ''California''

Contractors in Burlingame, Calif., are wrapping up a tricky maneuver to move an historic 1940s post office approximately 120 ft from its current location to make room for the construction of an underground parking structure directly beneath the building’s footprint. 

A two-decade engineering push has culminated in what is the world’s first production facility to sustainably manufacture medium-density fiberboard (MDF) from post-harvest rice straw waste that has no added formaldehyde. 

Webcor laboratory project in Brisbane, Calif., which is set to divert more than 90% of its waste from landfills and incineration, will be the first to meet the Total Resource Use and Efficiency zero-waste standard.

Time was on the side of the team building the California Creek Fish Passage Project, designed to replace the stream crossings beneath four separate roadways to better support the area’s fish and wildlife.  

The California Air Resource Board will have 18 months to develop a strategy for the state's cement sector to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2045.