Month: April 2023

Concrete Supply Plus April 2023

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A housing complex outside Paris is touted as the world’s first fully recycled concrete building

Holcim, a Swiss provider of sustainable building solutions, has developed a concrete made with recycled construction and demolition waste, recycled wastewater, and rainwater.

https://www.bdcnetwork.com/housing-complex-outside-paris-touted-worlds-first-fully-recycled-concrete-building

Construction Humor for the week…

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NYC Awards $2.95B Borough-Based Jail Contract

At the beginning of the month, civil, building and specialty construction company Tutor Perini Corporation reported that it was awarded a design-build contract for the New York City Borough-Based Jails System.

The contract, valued at approximately $2.95 billion by the New York City Department of Design and Construction, is specifically for the Brooklyn Facility. Four new borough jails are slated to replace the aging facilities on Rikers Island, which will close permanently in 2027.

Design work is expected to commence following the receipt of a Notice to Proceed, which the company anticipates in June of this year.

https://www.paintsquare.com/news/view/?26417

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Concrete Supply Plus March 2023

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What Qualifies A Concrete Contractor For The R&D Tax Credit

There are four criteria for concrete work done to qualify for the Research & Development Tax. Let’s examine what these are.

The Research & Development Tax Credit (R&D) comes into play if a contractor develops a new process to improve efficiencies or experiments with innovative ways to reduce or eliminate uncertainty within their business. If there was experimentation and/or testing done during the construction of a parking garage – for example – this work is where the R&D Tax Credit would be applied and considered. While it has been available in the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) for a while, it has unfortunately not been widely regarded.

Read more: https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/article/22751182/mccarthy-company-pc-rd-tax-credit-criteria-for-the-concrete-contractor?

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IPAF Releases New Guidance on Avoiding Contact with Power Lines

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) released new guidance outlining key principles and ways to reduce risks when using mobile elevating work platforms in the vicinity of power lines, with the aim of helping to reduce electrocution.

Visit www.ipaf.org/resources to view or download the new IPAF Safe Use of MEWPs in the Vicinity of Power Lines guidance document. For more information about High Voltage! as well as Don’t Fall For It! and all of IPAF’s targeted safety campaigns see www.ipaf.org/safe and continue to use www.ipafaccidentreporting.org to report incidents and near misses involving powered access.

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What happens when you put ducks in a cement mixer?

You get quacks in the pavement…

If a robber robs a house under renovation and accidentally leaves his handprint on wet cement,

Does that mean that the police have concrete evidence?