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May 19, 2000

The 2000 Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association Excellence Awards were given out at a banquet May 18, and once again local contractors, engineers and architects wowed the judges by their innovative and stylish uses of concrete in building projects.

You'll find stories about advances in the use of concrete in the special section as well. A Bellevue firm is using a "buffed up" line of concrete blocks that are changing the way contractors are using concrete. And a story by Robert Berman of Northwest Quality Construction Alliance looks at ICF technology being used today.

There's a great story about how all the concrete from the recently-imploded Kingdome is being recycled.

After the implosion: Where did all the concrete go?
Much of the Kingdome’s concrete remains will become fill; what happened to the large cloud of cement dust is anybody’s guess.

Mutual Materials buffs up `building blocks'
Mutual Materials of Bellevue is out to change the way the Northwest thinks about concrete - it isn’t just flat and gray anymore.

An ode to concrete: WACA puts its money where its mouth is
Suitably, the Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association chose concrete to build its new headquarters in Des Moines. Lots of concrete, for everything.

The ICF train is coming ... are you on board?
There is a new technology on the forefront of building today - ICF, or or insulating concrete forms. Some predict it will be the way houses and light commercial structures are built in the future.

Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards
Fourteen construction projects received recognition at the 2000 Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards.