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Historic weather impacts a blip on Martin Marietta, Vulcan Materials radar
With stakes in some of the strongest cement, concrete and aggregate markets, the industry’s top bellwether operators sent investors parallel messages on year-to-date financial performance: Heavy spring...
View ArticleTXI Assets CalPortland-Bound
A $420 million asset deal with Martin Marietta Materials Inc., anchored by the former TXI Oro Grande plant and scheduled for third quarter closing, will enable Glendora, Calif.-based CalPortland Co. to...
View ArticleIndex shows sustained nonresidential market strength
Except for the hint of a slight decline indicated at mid-year, commercial, industrial and institutional building activity continues at a steady pace, according to the Nonresidential Construction Index...
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Quality Concrete expands Atlantic Canada footprint in Lafarge agreement
A strategic partnership with Lafarge Canada will position Quality Concrete Ltd. with upwards of 20 ready mixed plants in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A Halifax ChronicleHerald report with limited...
View ArticleSummit + LeGrand Johnson
Denver-based Summit Materials Inc. has acquired LeGrand Johnson Construction Co., serving northern and central Utah, western Wyoming and southern Idaho through four ready mixed concrete, five sand...
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‘Spent’ prestressed poles live on to anglers and marine species’ delight
An artificial reef program utilizing discarded concrete transmission poles to enhance south Florida’s marine environment garnered Florida Power & Light Co. the Industry Excellence Award,...
View ArticleConstruction life cycle assessment pioneer retools Buildings, Pavement programs
The developer of a life cycle assessment (LCA) tool informing ready mixed and manufactured-concrete interests’ product category rules (PCR) and environmental product declarations (EPD) has released...
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Hardscape unit demand outpaces overall landscape product business
Landscaping product demand is forecast to grow 5.3 percent per year, from $5.3 billion in 2014 to $8.2 billion in 2019, as the market continues to recover from the effects of the 2007–2009 recession....
View ArticleEPA RainWorks Challenge
Environmental Protection Agency ’s fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge compels undergraduate and graduate student participants to design green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater...
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Mineral technology, machinery developer taps clays’ geopolymer binder potential
A National Science Foundation-backed building materials technology startup, Watershed Materials in Napa, Calif., reports a high-strength masonry unit production process using natural mineral-based...
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FlaDOT cashes in on Oldcastle Precast’s competitive toll conversion solution
The Oldcastle Precast plant in Newnan, Ga., provided 50-plus turnkey toll equipment shelters for the Florida Department of Transportation’s expressway toll conversion projects. The agency plans to...
View ArticleCRH Names Finance Chief
Dublin-based CRH Plc has appointed Senan Murphy as group finance director, effective January 2016, succeeding Maeve Carton, who will become group transformation director. Both will be members of the...
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Report: Roughness Index succeeding profilograph in pavement parameters
A new Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) report tracks a major transition in current U.S. concrete and asphalt pavement smoothness requirements. “Best Practices for Achieving and Measuring...
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Trimble paving machine control speeds trains, cuts wasted mix volumes
Trimble Civil Engineering & Construction Division’s PCS900 Paving Control System Version 2.2 enables Gomaco Corp. and Guntert & Zimmerman-equipped contractors to precisely steer concrete...
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Artist interprets common forms for Contemporary Chicago exhibit
Three ubiquitous concrete elements, one ready mixed and two precast, anchor a Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago plaza exhibit running through July 2016. Dubbed MCA Chicago Plaza Project Alexandre da...
View ArticleSeven structures charter Green Garage Certification roster
The Green Parking Council (GPC), the non-profit organization promoting sustainability in the global parking industry, has announced the inaugural projects to earn Green Garage Certification. The...
View ArticleASTM, ICC ES pool resources in PCR-, LCA-, EPD-centered consortium
Officials from ASTM International, the International Code Council’s ICC Evaluation Service subsidiary and Michigan-based NSF International have announced the first Program Operator Consortium, serving...
View ArticleVulcan Materials, Superior Block test carbon dioxide-dosed ready mixed, CMU
Vulcan Materials Co. is the first ready mixed producer to license technology in which industrial process-sourced carbon dioxide is injected into fresh concrete mixes, thereby offsetting water...
View ArticleSolida Technologies Addresses Cement Forum
Solidia Technologies was showcased as a visionary leader advancing sustainable solutions for industry during the annual Cement Industry Suppliers’ Forum (CSIF), a United Kingdom gathering of...
View ArticleIndustry questions proposed ICC committee chartered to facilitate taller wood...
The American Wood Council (AWC) has requested that the International Code Council establish the Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings, which would investigate the feasibility of cross laminated...
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