Masonry Magazine November 2012 Page. 30
GREEN BUILDING
About 75 miles from La Crosse, the Mayo Clinic is improving both human and environmental sustainability with the construction of a new proton therapy facility in downtown Rochester, Minn. The $188 million facility will expand the Mayo Clinic's capabilities in radiation treatment to include state-of-the-art proton beam therapy that preciously targets tumors, maximizing the ability to cure more cancers and help people live longer. The specialized treatment facility's eco-friendly design includes concrete containing a blend of Lafarge's Type VII Portland cement, Columbia Class C fly ash, and Newcem slag cement. The first treatment rooms will be available for patients in 2015.
Lafarge blended cement also is playing a key role in the construction of a $200 million, six-story North Tower at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. The 260,000-square-foot expansion-the largest construction project in the hospital's 58-year history specifies 40 percent cementitious replacement to eam LEED credits. The LEED Gold project is using Lafarge Portland cement and Lafarge NewCem, a finely ground, granulated blast furnace slag cement engineered to achieve greater strength potential and long-term durability. By combining these cements successfully, the hospital will reduce the building's carbon footprint. The North Tower is expected to be completed in June 2013. For more information about Lafarge North America, go to www.lafarge-na.com.
ash. A parking ramp at the medical center also used Lafarge's SF cement, which is produced by blending Portland cement and silica fume. The project's first phase of construction is scheduled to be completed in late-2013.
Product Watch
Fireclay Tile
San Jose, Calif.-based Fireclay Tile has released an artistic brick collection: Glazed Thin Brick. Featuring rich organic textures, local recycled materials and American craftsmanship, Fireclay's Glazed Thin Brick uses up to 100 percent local, recycled content and is finished with a selection of nine VOC-free natural glazes. Fireclay's Glazed Thin Brick gives endless options for any commercial and select residential designs.
Fireclay is sourcing its thin brick from a local supplier, McNear Brick and Block, located only 65 miles from Fireclay's sustainable manufacturing facility. McNear is the oldest California brickmaker and one of only three still in existence in California. Even more exciting is that McNear is the only brickmaker in the United States that incorporates recycled materials, consisting of reclaimed, landfill-bound recycled clay and shale from local excavation sites into its brick. For more information, visit www.fireclaytile.com.
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