Galvanized deck elevates IBC/IRC-compliant paving stone installations
Certification of Evolutiondeck SPX structural members as International Building Code- and International Residential Code-compliant will provide big box retailers and independent hardscape/landscape...
View ArticleCommand Center concrete maturity, temperature monitoring system
Pavement engineer Transtec Group has released Command Center 2.0, citing updated desktop and mobile software, improved readers for data collection, and a more durable, highly visible sensor cable than...
View ArticleArtistic Paver builds Golden State footprint, polished stone program
North Miami Beach-based Artistic Paver Mfg. has shored up its West Coast presence, opening a southern California distribution center for Steplock and Roadlock series paving units from the company’s...
View ArticleTremron eyes Central Florida’s Atlantic Coast in new hardscape product plant
Tremron has commenced paver and other hardscape unit output at a Pompano Beach, Fla., plant, which joins the company’s four other Sunshine State production sites, plus an Atlanta satellite operation....
View ArticleLafarge R&D, Holcim Apasco veterans to oversee LafargeHolcim Americas
The 10-member LafargeHolcim Ltd. Executive Committee has been realigned to reflect an evolved global cement, aggregate and concrete production asset portfolio, and close an integration phase commencing...
View ArticleU.S. Concrete burrows deeper into the Big Apple via Jenna, Kings deals
Texas-based U.S. Concrete, Inc. continues a New York City market roll up, closing last month on asset transactions involving Jenna Concrete Corp., Bronx, and Kings Ready Mix, Brooklyn. With two plants...
View ArticleBoral clads ICF-built Proud Green Home of Louisville
Boral USA recently provided 35,000-plus bricks from its Terre Haute, Ind., plant for The Proud Green Home of Louisville, part of the sustainable Norton Commons community in Kentucky’s largest city....
View ArticleSuperior Concrete arrives at tiny house exhibit, 200-sq.-ft. prototype in tow
Superior Concrete Tiny Houses, an affiliate of Superior Concrete Products, debuted its newest model during the 2016 Tiny House Jamboree last month in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Colorado Cool is a...
View ArticleArtisans, allies gear up for decorative concrete demonstrations, exhibits
The Concrete Decor Show, September 25-29 at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, will feature decorative concrete workshops and seminars by leading industry authorities,...
View ArticleCSHub at MIT develops hazard mitigation metric
The Concrete Sustainability Hub at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed Break Even Mitigation Percent (BEMP), a new tool to estimate the cost of weather hazards on a building. In a new...
View ArticleSegmental concrete paving slab standard augments ASTM C936
ASTM International C15 Committee on Manufactured Masonry Units’ new standard, C1782/C1782M, Specification for Utility Segmental Concrete Paving Slabs, determines the minimum flexural strength,...
View ArticleEmpowered employees help Titan America mark a decade in EPA Energy Star ranks
Titan America’s Roanoke Cement in Virginia has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification for a tenth consecutive year, while sister Pennsuco operation in Florida marks...
View ArticleHeadwaters sees double-digit increases in fly ash volumes
In a third-quarter earnings report noting 8 percent revenue and 11 percent EBIDTA gains against the same period in 2015, Utah-based Headwaters Inc. offers guidance on a rebound in the slightly lagging...
View ArticlePCI, CPCI, NPCA release first Sustainable Precast Concrete Plant Program report
Backed by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and National Precast Concrete Association, the North American Precast Concrete Sustainable Plant...
View ArticleClark Pacific webinar series states ‘Case for Resilient Design’
Leading West Coast architectural and structural precast producer Clark Pacific has teamed with the U.S. Resiliency Council, a non-profit organization that aims to establish building resilient ratings,...
View ArticleFRC Industries brings Sika deeper into synthetic fibers
Sika Corp. has acquired Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based FRC Industries, citing it as the fastest growing concrete reinforcing fiber producer in the U.S. Founded in 2001, the company has a full synthetic...
View ArticleMining entity extends testing of admixture derived from prized graphite
Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., owner of a rare, volcanic graphite deposit in Ontario, has entered an agreement with Israel-based admixture specialist Larisplast Ltd. to expand research on a processed material...
View ArticleInsulated mold prepares cylinders to emulate in-place strength development
Concrete Block Insulating Systems’ patent-pending TempGuard from Eskimold, a 4- x 8-in. EPS foam mold, replaces plastic concrete test cylinders and eliminates nearly all need for curing boxes....
View ArticleForterra floats 29 percent stake in $340 million initial public offering
Water and wastewater infrastructure-geared Forterra Inc., a recently established entity emanating from Forterra Building Products, raised $340 million in a mid-October initial public offering, trading...
View ArticleConcrete end uses help propel coal ash recycling to record level
“We are pleased to report that 52 percent of coal combustion products were beneficially used in 2015—up from the previous year’s record of 48 percent. For the first time, we are using more of these...
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