Colossal crane
Contractor Shaw Nuclear has begun testing a 560-ft. derrick at the Plant Vogtle Unit 3 & 4 construction site near Waynesboro, Ga. Built to install large reactor, cooling and turbine components for...
View ArticleProposed ASTM fines test could widen range of concrete-grade aggregate
ASTM Subcommittee C09.20 on Normal Weight Aggregates, part of Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates, is developing a standard to distinguish between harmful and non-harmful fines in...
View ArticleNRMCA expands Technology in Practice series
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has introduced three new topics—bringing the total to eight—in its Technology in Practice (TIP) series of information sheets for industry personnel to...
View ArticleEastern Concrete adds fourth Big Apple site
Eastern Concrete Materials Inc., the metro New York and New Jersey subsidiary of U.S. Concrete Inc., has entered a lease and marketing agreement with Granite Ready Mix, Scara-Mix Inc. and related...
View ArticleLEED-certified utilities structure saves $12 million on steel-to-concrete...
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) headquarters at 525 Golden Gate is the city's newest and greenest office building. The certified LEED-Platinum, award-winning project is a...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab releases free life cycle energy, environmental model for...
A new software tool for design, engineering and construction professionals studies all phases of a building’s life cycle, from materials acquisition through demolition, to determine its true...
View ArticleGraniterock appoints Squeri CEO
The board of Granite Rock Co. in Watsonville, Calif., has completed a succession plan after the untimely drowning death of President and CEO Bruce Woolpert, naming Tom Squeri to the helm.
View ArticleGoodin to succeed MDU chief, Knife River veteran Hildestad
Terry Hildestad will retire in January after six years as president and chief executive officer of MDU Resources Group in Bismarck, N.D., capping a 38-year career that began with the company’s Knife...
View ArticleTerver, Ruiz gain expanded roles in Holcim Ltd., U.S. operations
Holcim (US) Inc. President and CEO Bernard Terver has joined the executive committee of Swiss parent, Holcim Ltd., and will assume responsibility for a new Group region encompassing the U.S. and...
View ArticleClark Pacific adds fourth California plant in Hanson Structural asset deal
Already a major player in West Coast architectural and structural precast solutions, Clark Pacific has closed on the California assets of Hanson Structural Precast: a flagship plant in Irwindale and...
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NRMCA certifies industry’s first Environmental Product Declaration for concrete
The first National Ready Mixed Concrete Association-certified Environmental Product Declaration covers nearly 1,500 concrete mixes produced at eight San Francisco Bay Area plants owned and operated by...
View ArticleNRMCA expands Technology in Practice series
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has introduced three new topics—bringing the total to eight—in its Technology in Practice (TIP) series of information sheets for industry personnel to...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab releases free life cycle energy, environmental model for...
A new software tool for design, engineering and construction professionals studies all phases of a building’s life cycle, from materials acquisition through demolition, to determine its true...
View ArticleTerver, Ruiz gain expanded roles in Holcim Ltd., U.S. operations
Holcim (US) Inc. President and CEO Bernard Terver has joined the executive committee of Swiss parent, Holcim Ltd., and will assume responsibility for a new Group region encompassing the U.S. and...
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NRMCA certifies industry’s first Environmental Product Declaration for concrete
The first National Ready Mixed Concrete Association-certified Environmental Product Declaration covers nearly 1,500 concrete mixes produced at eight San Francisco Bay Area plants owned and operated by...
View ArticleSocial media platform earns Manufacturing Leadership Award
Cemex S.A.B. de CV has garnered the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML 100) Awards recognition for a business-focused, online network enabling North American operations, marketing and administrative...
View ArticleCemex launches global assessment, engineering, maintenance service
Monterrey, Mexico-based Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V., announced recently the launch of Cemex Global Solutions, a service from the company that leverages over a century of industry-leading expertise to provide...
View ArticleSite challenges Cemex drivers with 3,000-ft. reverse commute
A traffic-alleviating project in one of Cemex USA's key markets has required mixer truck drivers to execute inordinate back-up distances to unload mixes. The project to which the company is supplying...
View ArticleOldcastle parent CRH sets chief executive transition
Albert Manifold, chief operating officer and board member for Dublin-based CRH Plc since January 2009, will become chief executive in January 2014, succeeding Myles Lee, who is retiring after 32 years...
View ArticleBelgard molds Mega-Tandem Wall block
The Mega-Tandem Mass Retaining Wall (MRW) block offers a versatile system with the natural look of stone, plus size and mechanical features enabling construction of walls up to 15-ft. high and gravity...
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