Chicago Manufacturing Center provides sustainability strategy and operations consulting for manufacturing and public stakeholders investing in the green economy. CMC and its partner network implement solutions for Lean and Green Business Processes, Building Retrofit, Sustainable Practices Coaching, Market Diversification and Growth, and By-product/Materials Reuse.  Clients achieve significant growth and cost efficiency results as they transform their strategy, operations and supply chains. Typical results include sales and profit growth, energy and water optimization, carbon emissions reduction and offset, workforce and productivity improvement, climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainability branding. 

The Road to Savings and Infrastructure Carbon Management: From Waste to Profit in Roadway and Infrastructure Construction

Date: August 24, 2010

Time: 3:00 pm- 6:00 PM

Location: Prairie Materials Corporation, Broadview , IL

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Meeting Objective

To engage industrial companies, road builders and the public sector in a discussion to increase industrial by-product materials reuse in civic infrastructural projects including roadway construction.

Contractors and road builders will learn how to increase the competitiveness of their bid by sourcing, locally available cost competitive and IDOT approved by-product materials for use in roadways construction. Providers of recycled, reused and by-product materials will join public officials to answer technical and procurement inquiries.  

Who Should Attend:

Roadway Builders, Public Sector Officials, Infrastructure Authorities, Manufacturers generating slags, ash, cullets and other IDOT specified materials

Agenda Items

  • Review "Green Construction Objectives" of CDOT, IDOT and Tollway Authority, etc.
  • Identify benefits and incentives for builders to comply.
  • Review case studies and physical research reports on potential industrial byproduct materials that can be used in roadway construction.
  • Inform the builders, engineers, public sector of availability of acceptable materials locally available directly through industrial partnerships.
  • Understand the Waste to Profit Advantage.
  • Meet the providers of available materials including power generators, cement companies, steel mills, lime kilns, compost manufacturers, and mixed material aggregate processors.
  • Understand the projected Value, Use and Benefits including the value of managing the carbon footprint of infrastructure.
  • Mix and Mingle with other Waste to Profit Member Attendees.

For more information or to attend, email Libby Allen Augustine at lallen@cmcusa.org

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