Nine-year test for corrosion protection proves benefit of ConmicShield® additive in concrete.
For precast manhole producers in Louisiana, corrosion prevention is a major consideration. In today’s depressed economy, cities are forced to stretch their budgets and select the most cost-effective products. This means selecting products with the longest performance for the least cost! The concrete industry is forced more and more frequently to compete with alternative products such as plastic and fiberglass and these producers emphasize the susceptibility to corrosion of unprotected concrete in sanitary sewer environments. In fact, these producers commonly encourage wastewater design engineers to specify expensive coating and plastic linings for concrete pipe and manholes in order to force higher, non-competitive prices for concrete pipe and manholes. Such was the case in Louisiana until precast producers discovered the benefits of adding the ConmicShield® into their concrete mix at t
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Lafayette Reads Together returns with new book for 2021
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Lafayette Reads Together, the Lafayette Public Library s community-wide reading program, has selected its book for 2021.
Haben, The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law was chosen for the library s 7th annual Lafayette Reads Together program which was created to get community members reading, sharing and discussing the same book.
The book was written by disability rights lawyer, author, and speaker, Haben Girma. She has been listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 list, received the 2018 Hellen Keller Achievement Award, and was named a White House Champion of Change by former President Barack Obama.
City Council to Consider a Resolution Establishing a “Protect the City Committee”
Lafayette City District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis is proposing a resolution that would form a committee from which to gather the input of a diverse range of citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation to the City of Lafayette.
Posted: Jan 8, 2021 4:04 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
Lafayette City District 1 Councilman Pat Lewis is proposing a resolution that would form a committee from which to gather the input of a diverse range of citizens on the benefits of City-Parish consolidation to the City of Lafayette. From 2011 through 2018, measures brought to the voters for deconsolidation and amendments to the Lafayette City-Parish Home Rule Charter have been unsuccessful and have proven to be punitive to the City of Lafayette. The level of autonomy that the majority of voters throughout Lafayette Parish desired for the City of Lafayette in 2018 has not been realized after the first year of se