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Six years ago, 461 Dean Street — then and now the nation’s tallest modular apartment building at 32 stories — opened its doors on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The 363-unit tower had been p

Global demand for fiber cement siding will climb an average of 2.5% annually over the next four years, to reach 22.1 million squares by 2023, according to a new report by the Freedonia Group.

“We are seeing continued growth of fiber cement in both multifamily category along with the R&

Fiber concrete is a composite building and construction material that, due to its quality, strength, and durability, is primarily used in material, roofing, and exterior goods. Fiber cement is a common structural material that provides the highest benefits over the course of a siding compa

It smells like a lush pine forest in the lunch room of a new upper secondary school in Helsinki, but there's no scented air freshener.

Instead, most of the five-storey building has been constructed out of wood.

The school won't be completed until next year, although smooth wooden p

Ennis SCHOOL Submitted by School Board Chair Kyle Stone

Initiative 1 - The district added one additional staff housing apartment over the summer. “The school district just finished initiative #1. Initiative #1 added one staff housing unit to the district’s portfolio of housing. Compl

Statesville Christian School planning new outdoor classroom and multi-use space

If plans come together correctly, Statesville Christian School will begin the first phase of construction of a multi-use outdoor space by the end of October.

“I’m excited about what God has in store

Was killing the permit for the Dowe Flats Quarry the end of operations at CEMEX Lyons Cement Plant, or an invitation to pollute for decades to come?

For decades, residents in Lyons have raised concerns about the cement plant and its quarry located outside of town. 

“We’r

The emergence of COVID-19 and the difficulties it causes form an important part of the analysis of the global Calcium Silicate Insulation market.The research report consists of an evaluation of the pandemic devastation of industrial calcium silicate insulation boards around the world that are dis

Asbestos cement is mainly a mixture of chrysotile (white asbestos) and cement, moulded and compressed to produce a range of asbestos cement products. You can find asbestos cement in many places inside and outside buildings such as:

These are mainly made up of large sheets of corrugate

An important piece of Alpena’s history is on its way to oblivion, destined for the scrapyard and an unseemly end to a rich and glorious life.

Last month, the S.T. Crapo began her last voyage on the Great Lakes as she left Green Bay for Port Colborne, Ontario. Once a workhorse of th