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Vintage Oshkosh frames General Tire’s banner year
Continental Tire North America is marking the centennial anniversary of its truck and automotive market brand General Tire with a themed black & white banner borrowing from a vintage magazine ad’s...
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Allied Concrete readies 1951 Ford-mounted Rex mixer for 2016 CIM Auction
While most craftsmen who restore vintage concrete mixers might loan their eye-catching iron works for the right promotion or event, Dean Leaman of Texas-based Allied Concrete Materials is dispatching...
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Precast methods to maintain lead in growing sound wall sector
Rural and suburban residential and commercial development, especially in close proximity to highways, will sustain demand for outdoor noise barriers in the U.S., where annual growth through 2019 is...
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U.S. Concrete launches Caribbean platform, expands regional management structure
U.S. Concrete Inc. has closed on the U.S. Virgin Islands’ principal ready mixed and aggregate source, Heavy Materials, LLC, plus the assets of peer operator Spartan Concrete Products, LLC. Their...
View ArticleCommand Alkon embraces Software as a Service model, alongside licensing
Command Alkon took the opportunity at its 2015 Customer Training and Technology Conference to affirm commitment to legacy construction materials production, enterprise and dispatching platforms, as...
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BASF mills first fiber to pipe standard recognizing synthetic alternatives to...
American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) and BASF Corp. (Admixture Systems) officials joined University of Texas at Arlington Structural and Applied Mechanics Professor Seyedali (Ali) Abolmaali for a...
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Sakrete kicks off milestone year at World of Concrete
Known internationally as the original ready-mix bagged concrete product for 80 years, Sakrete of North America is recognizing its position as professionals’ choice and the decision do-it-yourself...
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New Grout, Mortar, Stucco Mix Packaging; Fitting, Functional
A comprehensive re-branding initiative for Amerimix, Oldcastle Architectural’s pre-blended mortar, grout and stucco offering, includes new messaging and a new logo to be incorporated throughout all...
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Quikrete formulates mix for SCC flow
Atlanta-based Quikrete Companies continues to build out a professional-grade, bagged product line, unveiling at World of Concrete 2016 a dry mix for structural bridge, parking deck, tunnel, dam, wall...
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Speedy Set Time
Lightweight concrete additive developer Syntheon Inc., Pittsburgh, has formulated a dry mix for 30-minute set time and high early strength development characteristics affording form removal at 90...
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Site highlights chemistry in building and construction materials
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has launched www.BuildingWithChemistry.org to inform architects, specifiers, interior designers and other building and construction professionals about green...
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Green building report tracks compounded market growth
Dodge Data & Analytics’ World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report, compiled from surveys tracking nearly 70 countries, finds global green building volume is doubling every three years....
View ArticleNPCA, PCI, CPCI pen Environmental Product Declarations in principal categories
Teamed under the North American Precast Concrete industry banner, the National Precast Concrete Association, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute...
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Vulcan Western mines premier Environmental Product Declaration for aggregates
Vulcan Materials has published North America’s first self-declared Environmental Product Declaration for aggregates. The document provides data for four primarily concrete-grade fine and coarse...
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Boral USA ‘Innovation Factory’ keen on disruptive-product development
Boral USA officials have dedicated a San Antonio, Texas, facility focused on material science, polymer chemistry, composite products, durability testing and process development. Dubbed the Boral...
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Dufferin deposit bears first certification for responsibly sourced aggregate
Dufferin Aggregates’ Acton Quarry in Halton Hills, Ontario, is the first operation to receive Cornerstone Standards Council (CSC) certification as a supplier of responsibly sourced stone, sand and...
View ArticleNorth American properties top performers in LafargeHolcim charter year
With $5.84 billion in cement, aggregate and ready mixed concrete sales, North America led five LafargeHolcim Ltd. regions in 2015, besting overall figures from Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and...
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Headwaters Block Group prepares to integrate fly ash-based CalStar process
Headwaters Inc. has acquired the fly ash-centered technology of recently liquidated brick, paver and masonry trim operator CalStar Products. The intellectual property will be integrated into the Block...
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MIT researchers: New microstructure modeling spells better concrete
To further understand concrete’s microscopic structure and behavior, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, France’s CNRS and peer institutions on both sides...
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Quality control specialist applies 3D imaging to concrete masonry
A developer of real time inspection tools for a range of production processes timed commercial launch of the HVD (Height Volume Density) Control System for concrete brick, block and pavers with the...
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