Holcim spotlights $96 million Maryland plant capacity, environmental upgrades
Holcim (US) staged a ribbon-cutting ceremony late last month to cap a two-year Hagerstown, Md., cement plant modernization. The company underscored a clinker capacity increase upward of 200,000 tons...
View ArticleLafargeHolcim, 3D printing specialist aim to commercialize structural elements
Through a partnership with French start-up XtreeE, a developer of large-scale 3D printing systems, LafargeHolcim Ltd. is eyeing commercialization of the first concrete structural element of its kind in...
View ArticleConstruction economist assesses slowing private work stability
An Associated Builders & Contractors analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows seasonally adjusted, annualized spending of $687 billion in August, 1.1 percent and 1.3 percent lower than prior month...
View ArticleBig Data mining advances safe mixer truck operation
San Diego-based Lytx Inc. is uniquely positioned to help concrete producers rethink fleet safety and risk prevention. The Big Data-minded firm has logged nearly two decades of video and voice captures,...
View ArticleSurvey grasps carbon emissions concerns throughout real estate sector
From the Green Building Certification Inc., Washington, D.C. … An Amsterdam-based provider of property asset environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance data, GRESB released the results of...
View ArticleCSA JOINS PCR, EPD PROGRAM OPERATOR CONSORTIUM
Timed with last month’s Greenbuild International Conference in Los Angeles, the green building industry’s first and leading consortium of program operators announced two new members and an enhanced...
View ArticleLEED catalyst issues sustainable landscape development credential
U.S. Green Building Council affiliate Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has unveiled SITES Accredited Professional. The new credential establishes a common framework to define the profession of...
View ArticleACI releases Structural Concrete, Field Reference titles
The American Concrete Institute announces the availability of two primary documents for concrete industry professionals: ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete, and the ACI Field Reference...
View ArticleRecord attendance, exhibit space mark 10th annual HNA Show
More contractors and dealers attended the 10th Annual Hardscape North America (HNA) trade show than ever before. Attendance for the 2016 HNA, an Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute event, and...
View ArticleQuikrete gains infrastructure market depth, Keystone brand in Contech deal
Atlanta-based Quikrete Holdings Inc. was on track to acquire all outstanding shares of Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC common stock in a merger agreement the companies’ boards approved in October.
View ArticleBoral, Headwaters merger spells commanding fly ash, veneer stone source
A binding merger agreement announced late last month unites the top two U.S. fly ash marketers and precast concrete stone veneer producers. Sydney-based Boral Ltd. will acquire Headwaters Inc. in a...
View ArticleNRMCA releases Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration 2.0
The second version of the NRMCA Industry-Wide (IW) Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and Benchmark (Industry Average) Report discloses production impacts of 72 concrete mixes with 2,500–8,000 psi...
View ArticleExperienced-candidate dearth remains top mixer driver recruiting hitch
Producers participating in the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 2016 Mixer Driver Recruitment and Retention Survey list as their top hiring challenge the availability of...
View ArticleLife-cycle perspective backs report on critical issues in building practices
A new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-hosted Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub), Critical Issues When Comparing Whole Building and Building Product Environmental Performance,...
View ArticleBASF antimicrobial admixture suits underground, environmental structures
BASF Admixture Systems has formulated the integral MasterLife AMA 100 admixture to protect concrete structures from biodeterioration by destroying bacteria and micro-organisms that cause...
View ArticleMcInnis Cement names new chief ahead of plant start up
Montreal-based McInnis Cement has appointed as president and chief executive officer Hervé Mallet, whose industrial sector tenure spans sales, marketing and operations management. Most recently, he...
View ArticleCalPortland’s Hamblen, Continental’s Beck top 2017 PCA officer slate
CalPortland Co. CEO Allen Hamblen and Continental Cement Co. President Tom Beck have been elected 2017 chairman and vice chairman of the Portland Cement Association Board of Directors. Hamblen succeeds...
View ArticleLafargeHolcim targets insulation market with mineral foam product
LafargeHolcim Ltd. characterizes its new Airium product as a disruptive technology for the insulation market. Developed at the producer’s global research & development center near Lyon, France, the...
View ArticleLehigh Hanson’s Tiefenthaler elected chair of American Concrete Pavement...
Lori Tiefenthaler, senior director of Marketing for Lehigh Hanson Inc., has been named 2017 Chairperson of the American Concrete Pavement Association Board of Directors—the first woman to serve as the...
View ArticleMcNeilus rethinks mixer truck nerve center
McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. took the opportunity of the 2016 Command Alkon User Conference in Atlanta to reveal FLEX Controls, billing the new platform as one of the most advanced systems...
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