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Today is not only International Women's Day, but it also kicks off Women in Construction Week! This week we will feature members of our Women in Operations grou...p here at Teichert! We are proud to have women represent various roles in the company including but not limited to Project Engineers, Project Managers, Dispatchers, Estimators, Plant Superintendents, Weighmasters, Foremen, Safety Professionals, Equipment Operators and even President! Stay tuned throughout the coming days to hear more about their stories. Tag a woman in construction below to help us celebrate them this #WomeninConstructionWeek!

CalCIMA is proud to partner with this effort. Providing much needed housing and doing so in a way that increases protections from wildfire and increases resiliency.

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$22 Billion in 2020 Road, Bridge Investments. The California Transportation Commission announced that over $22 billion in road and bridge upgrades were approved in 2020. This amounts to over 1,200 projects around the state and 350,000 jobs! About 40% of the funding comes from SB 1, the Road Repair & Accountability Act of 2017. Check out the Annual Report for more information. https://catc.ca.gov/reports-resources/annual-reports

On December 15th, CalCIMA announced its 2020 Excellence in Safety Award Winners. Your leadership, innovation, and creativity is shining through. Congrats to Granite Construction CalPortland SYAR Industries, Central Concrete Supply Company, 7/11 Materials and Omya. You deserve to celebrate #SafetyMatters https://youtu.be/iu5U1hGPtws

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) conducted side-by-side comparisons of recycled and conventional concrete in a building foundation and a municipal sidewalk, finding that the recycled concrete had comparable strength and durability after five years in service. The study conducted by UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering also found that the recycled concrete had a higher rate of compressive strength after 28 days of curing, while maintaining a greater or e...qual strength during the five-year period. Crushed concrete replaced natural aggregate in the study’s recycled material. Recycled concrete is not widely recognized by international standards owing to its high porosity, a lack of reliably consistent sources, and a lack of field studies. But as a result of this study, researchers said recycled concrete could be a 100% substitute for non-structural applications, and could start being a substitute for structural applications with improvements in the composition of recycled concrete. #buildwithstrength See more