Concrete

Two Big Ones, Off the Shelf

Lesa Mitchell | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Horn Fly, Small Business, Flyvax, Polytorx, Entrepreneurship, Concrete, Vaccines, Small Business News
Lesa Mitchell

We've done a pretty good job of harvesting research, but in an economic crunch, why not try to do more? To illustrate the upside, here are two stories of "shelf technologies" that got turned into startup companies -- and what it took to do it.

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Man From Wilson Bridge Project Sentenced In Bad Concrete Case

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Video, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Wilson Bridge, Bad Concrete, Frederick Precast Concrete Inc., Concrete, Santos Rivas, Maryland, DC News

BALTIMORE -- A Hagerstown man who acknowledged approving substandard concrete products used in construction projects on Interstate 70 and the Capital ...

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WATCH: When Earth Becomes Art

VernissageTV | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Art Openings, Ruben Ochoa, Cutouts, Art Basel Miami Beach, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Construction, Concrete, Locust, Video, Arts News
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Cores and Cutouts is Los Angeles-based artist Ruben Ochoa's first solo exhibition in Miami, Florida. For his show at Locust Projects he created a new ...

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Wilson Bridge Contractor Admits Using Bad Concrete

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Virginia, Wilson Bridge, Bad Concrete, Santos Eliazar Rivas, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Concrete, Bridge, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Although authorities stress that there's no reason to worry about the structural integrity of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, a contractor wh...

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MIT Developing Concrete That Lasts for 16,000 Years

inhabitat.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mit, Carbon Emissions, Civil Engineers, Green, Environment, Green Building, Green Living, Green Buildings, Concrete, Green News

The use of this new ultra high density concrete will have enormous environmental implications, given its ability to deliver lighter, stronger structur...

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