Lafarge Creates Cement from Residual Waste Plant Materials in Pilot with Metro Vancouver

Lafarge Canada Inc. is using residual materials from Metro Vancouver’s largest water filtration plant to make cement. Beginning late in spring 2016, Metro Vancouver (Metro) and Lafarge began a trial in which drinking water treatment residuals, a wet, clay-like material left over after the water has been filtered, were shipped from the Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant […]

Roads Made of Recycled Plastic Are Being Tested in Britain

A Scotland-based company called MacRebur has come up with a way to create roads that are made of recycled plastic, and are stronger and longer-lasting than normal asphalt-based roads. Read more.

Lean Warrior Talks Collaboration in LCI-C Keynote

A self-described lean warrior with tremendous credentials in lean construction south of the border going back years, was well-chosen to address the topic of lean construction: past, present and future at the Lean Construction Institute — Canada (LCI-C) conference held in Toronto recently. Read more.

Trust-based Teams Build Better, Says Miller

Award-winning author and futurist Rex Miller says the way most construction projects are carried out now drives good people to do bad things. Read more

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