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Through our careers, we meet people who are known for contributions only to our industry, people who are known for contributions to us as a friend, or people who make contributions as a community leader. On April 18th, we lost a friend who has made contributions to our industry, state, and several other areas along the way (which are too many to name). Of all his contributions, he is known and remembered for, most of us will cherish the one of a friend.

Early in February the BSA approached the West Virginia
Division of Highways Materials Control, Soils and Testing Division regarding the need for a materials procedure. The visualized MP would allow for the change of WVDOH approved raw materials within an approved mix design for Portland cement concrete. In April the request was grated with a revision to MP 711.02.23.
The materials procedure sets in place a procedure allowing for the substitution of (1) one raw material within an approved mix

EPA‘s new ―Lead Rule‖ took effect on April 22nd, requiring contractors, property managers and others paid to renovate structures built before 1978 to be certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Contractor‘s seeking to conduct lead-based renovations or paint activities must submit EPA Form 8500-27 and all applicable fees to achieve certification. Firms must recertify every five years for renovation activities

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) requested comment recently on a ―fourth draft‖ of its proposed scheme to determine which forest certification schemes would qualify for points under its LEED system, and two of its sharpest critics already have declared— again, for sharply different reasons—that they don‘t like it.