Pervious concrete. No doubt you've heard of it and its "green" possibilities. But how much do you know about pervious concrete and its presence in today's concrete industry? Pervious concrete is ...

Editor's note: This article no longer contains updated information relative to the industry. A pervious concrete pour is a three-step process - placing to elevation, compaction and curing. Unlike ...

EVERETT – Everett Public Utilities employee Paul Crane was so excited about a new type of environmentally friendly concrete that he bought some and tested it in his backyard. The results impressed him ...

The city of Puyallup replaced the deteriorating pavement on a pair of residential blocks with pervious concrete. Other project elements included new traffic curbs, planter strips, luminaires, street ...

Let’s be clear – paving a surface does not reduce storm water run-off, but if you must create a street, parking lot, driveway, or any other form of this detriment, an apples-to-apples comparison ...

When the salesman at a new residential development turned a garden hose on full force, the water disappeared into the driveway. Not one drop ran into the street, the gutter and eventually the ocean.

As stormwater runoff from streets and parking lots becomes an ever-more sensitive environmental issue, eliminating it altogether with pervious pavement can be an elegant solution. Two projects now ...

The new building under construction for the Utah Museum of Natural History on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City is a green work in progress. The 165,000-sq-ft museum, nestled in the ...