GBB CONDUCTS C&D STUDIES
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc., Falls Church, Va., is conducting construction and demolition debris studies for Mecklenburg County and New Hanover County, North Carolina, inspired in part by the state’s goal of 40 percent recycling by the year 2001. No more than half of the goal can be met by C&D debris.
GBB, working with the Mecklenburg County Engineering Department, is developing a detailed database on existing C&D debris generators in the county, recycling and/or disposal options, and handling costs of the current systems. GBB will identify potential markets for recoverable materials from the C&D debris stream and develop alternative handling and processing systems for enhanced recycling of these materials.
In New Hanover County, GBB is assisting with a C&D debris feasibility study which includes C&D debris, land clearing and inert debris, and fill review, material markets assessments, and reviews of technologies and project economics. The non-recyclable, burnable fraction now being landfilled will be evaluated as a potential fuel source for the county’s 400-ton-per-day waste-to-energy facility.
C&D RECYCLING GUIDE PUBLISHED
In response to storms in California that have generated tons of debris, the Ventura County Solid Waste Management Department has issued a flyer entitled "Debris Disposal and Recycling."
The flyer describes opportunities for recycling asphalt, dirt, rock, brick, concrete, yard waste, metal and wood. It also lists disposal options.
"Many people do not know the locations of their local landfills or how to contact a commercial waste hauler," says Victoria Hand, manager of the SWMD’s Recycling Station. "If people do just a few things to ensure that their debris is handled in an environmentally responsible manner, they can save tremendous amounts of money."
CONSTRUCTION EXECU- TIVES LESS OPTIMISTIC
For the first time since early 1993, construction executives’ expectations fell below year-ago levels, according to The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.’s monthly survey of 200 construction executives. Despite favorable conditions during the last quarter of 1994, expectations for the first quarter of 1995 declined.
"Given the respondents’ expected decline in orders for the coming three months, any significant increase in hiring will come as a surprise," says Douglas Handler, manager or econometric analysis for Dun & Bradstreet. "If employers can raise prices and meet current orders and production schedules without increasing employment levels, they could realize some impressive profit growth."
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