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Sustainability specialist economizes plant-specific LCA, EPD preparation
A catalyst behind much of the environmental impacts in concrete production database, the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute has released an online calculator affording ready mixed producers instant...
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Cement Canada EPD covers standard, portland-limestone cements
Toronto-based standards development, testing and certification services provider CSA Group has registered its first Environmental Product Declaration: “General Use (GU) and Portland-Limestone (GUL)...
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Google anchors group promoting building product information transparency
Flux, a San Jose-based technology company founded to deliver collaboration tools for increasing efficiencies in building architecture and engineering, has teamed with Google, a global tech company...
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Awaiting FTC and EC word, Heidelberg maps initial Italcementi integration plan
To advance a proposed merger with mid-year target, HeidelbergCement AG Chairman Dr. Bernd Scheifele reviewed moves to restructure Italcementi S.p.A. operations, principally at Bergamo, Italy,...
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RMC Foundation supporters jumpstart campaign, pledging $3.2 million
The Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation (RMC Foundation) kicked off a major fundraising campaign and celebrated its 25th anniversary at a reception during the 2016 National Ready...
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Pedestrian, cyclist safety focus of awareness campaign, Innocon side guards
Concrete Ontario, previously Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario, has launched a pedestrian and cyclist safety awareness campaign to educate the public on the various blind spots mixer drivers...
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L.M. Scofield acquisition fuels Sika’s drive in North America
The Swiss parent of Sika Corp. has closed on a forerunner in value-added flatwork, billing Los Angeles-based L.M. Scofield Co. as “a 100-year-old, family-owned company long established as the number...
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Lignin researchers document new process for concrete-grade plasticizers
A Finland research and technology specialist serving Europe’s forested Nordic countries cites a technique to convert lignin, a wood fiber binder and pulp mill byproduct, to a plasticizing agent...
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Market, investment factors drive Caterpillar’s exit from on-highway trucks
Caterpillar Inc. is discontinuing production of its on-highway vocational truck series, citing the current climate for heavy-duty vehicles and a restructuring plan aligning company businesses with...
View ArticleConferences underscore convergence of SCC, sustainability practice
More than 300 producers, design and engineering professionals, and academics from 30-plus countries who attended the International Concrete Sustainability Conference (ICSC) and 6th North American...
View ArticleConference offers launch pad for Build With Strength roundtable schedule
The 2016 International Concrete Sustainability Conference offered the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association a backdrop to debut a design/build community roundtable discussion series highlighting...
View ArticleRMC Foundation releases LEED v4 Material Ingredient Reporting Guidance
In collaboration with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association and San Francisco-based architectural/engineering giant Arup North America Ltd., the Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education...
View ArticleLafargeHolcim, Lehigh White join ACI, PCI behind inaugural UHPC Symposium
The First International Interactive Symposium on Ultra High Performance Concrete, July 18-20 at the Des Moines (Iowa) Marriott Downtown Hotel, will assemble material science and concrete professionals,...
View ArticleGround limestone exhibits mixture paste content optimization potential
Keen on lower carbon alternatives to portland cement-only binders, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has published Technical Note 1906, Minimizing Paste...
View ArticleStudents’ award-winning patio design becomes EP Henry HeroScaping project
After winning “Best in Show” at a local Home and Garden show, students from the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology’s (CPI) Horticulture and Landscaping program in Pleasant Gap,...
View ArticleSustainability watchdog sets concrete production water accounting standards
The Cement Sustainability Initiative has capped a two-year effort to formalize accounting of water consumption and recycling in cement, concrete and aggregate production. The new 34-page Guidance on...
View ArticleEPD, EMS, recycling metrics populate LafargeHolcim sustainability plan
Looking beyond rationalized cement capacity with integrated concrete and aggregate production assets, LafargeHolcim Ltd. aims to make its mark in the global construction supply chain as part of a new...
View ArticleDayton Superior tools next generation panel-to-structure connection
Engineered to economize connection of precast wall panels to the building framework, the P39 Corewall Generation III Precast Insert is available in 2.5-, 3.5- or 4.5-in. depths and standard 6-in....
View ArticleReal estate data miner: Concrete furnishings top outdoor décor trends
Concrete coffee tables, cast from conventional or resin-bound mixes, along with teak furniture and bright, aquamarine colors factor prominently in summer 2016 outdoor living, according to the latest...
View ArticleReport tracks 28 percent jump in water, wastewater infrastructure outlays
Municipal water and wastewater utilities’ budgeting suggests pipe, treatment plant and pump expenditures will exceed $532 billion between 2016–2025, representing a 28 percent increase against...
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