Concrete paver, slab sales climb steadily, return to 2006 peak in sight
Sales of concrete pavers and slabs rose to a projected 721 million square feet in the U.S. and Canada during 2016, a 4.3 percent increase from the prior year’s 690 million sq. ft. According to the 2017...
View ArticleFabrication standard dovetails rise of stainless steel rebar
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute’s recently released Standard Practice for Stainless Steel Reinforcing Bar Fabrication Facilities (ANSI/CRSI-IPG4.1) defines development and use of a fabrication...
View ArticleOutback Materials tracks carbon factor in 500,000-yd. rail contract
Fresno, Calif.-based Outback Materials has teamed with CarbonCure Technologies, a developer of carbon dioxide-sequestering processes, on one of the initial contracts for the high-speed rail project...
View ArticleIconic limestone operator offers take on cast stone performance, life cycle
A new study from a quarry operator whose signature product clads landmarks no less than The Pentagon and Empire State Building examines distinctions between dimensioned limestone and cast stone...
View ArticlePolaris deal, Philadelphia market entry top of mind at U.S. Concrete
Pending Polaris Materials Corp. shareholder votes this month, U.S. Concrete Inc. stands to secure a premium aggregates source to integrate with its 12-plant Central Concrete Supply Co. ready mixed...
View ArticleHeidelbergCement sustainability equation: Less carbon, zero accidents
Germany’s HeidelbergCement Group has added a decade to the horizon of its Sustainability Ambitions 2020 program. The six-point successor centers on reducing carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent from...
View ArticleEastern Concrete, Cemex, Maschmeyer delivery pros rise to challenge
Eastern Concrete Materials veteran Ed Rieper took the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 2017 National Mixer Driver Championship, staged at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas, during...
View ArticleProcessor allocates air-entraining Vinsol resin for admixture accounts
A convergence of routine market and rare natural forces could compel concrete producers using Vinsol resin-based admixtures to convert their mix designs to ones bearing alternative products meeting...
View ArticleRobust wall system defends against hurricanes, tornados
Gulf Shores, Ala.-based Defender Technologies, LLC has introduced a patented building system that can withstand winds as high as 200 mph, minimizing damage from hurricanes and tornados. PermaStrong...
View ArticleQuality control trumps tradition in Amerimix “Ditch the Sand Pile” campaign
An educational effort by Amerimix, the bagged product brand in Oldcastle Architectural’s Echelon Masonry portfolio, encourages block and brick building professionals to “Ditch the Sand Pile” and...
View ArticleDIY market in store for hardscape retailer Pioneer
Highlands Ranch, Colo.-based Pioneer Sand has begun a transformation to Pioneer Landscape Centers with a grand re-opening of its six-acre store just outside Denver.
View ArticleConstruction-driven IT specialist projects “year of digital disruption”
Norwalk, Conn.-based Triax Technologies, Inc., a provider of connected-jobsite software and hardware tools, contends that 2018—thanks to Internet of Things (IoT) and companion developments—will see...
View ArticleHPC mix designs heed laser tunnel aluminum, magnesium, silica sensitivity
LafargeHolcim Ltd. unit Holcim Deutschland formulated a series of high performance concretes for elements lining a 3.4-kilometer tunnel housing the world’s most powerful X-ray laser. Located near...
View ArticlePrefabricated elements top commercial contractors’ productivity catalysts
Ninety percent of contractors surveyed for the USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Q4 2017 Commercial Construction Index do not consider jobsites to be very efficient. Respondents identify labor...
View ArticleInsulating concrete forms rise to U.S.-record height at New York site
Voorheesville, N.Y.-based ICF Panels will supply panelized insulating concrete forms in up to 50-ft. lengths for 42 Broad, a 249-unit, Westchester County, N.Y., development. The 16-story luxury...
View ArticleCMC looks past coiled product pitfalls, extends spooled rebar capacity
Irving, Texas-based Commercial Metals Co. is ramping up production of hot-rolled spooled product in #3 to #6 sizes at Durant, Okla., and Mesa, Ariz., micro mills—anticipating spring 2018 and 2019...
View ArticleICON Expo 2018: Equipment, Knowledge Garden, Selling Conference
The National Concrete Masonry Association is finalizing the agenda for the International Concrete Exposition 2018: Machinery & Equipment Show. Staged at the Indiana Convention Center in...
View ArticleBrick stacks up well against veneer stone, fiber cement in home exterior study
The Brick Industry Association has examined seven common home exterior products, finding that fired-clay brick costs about half as much as manufactured stone, and just a third more than fiber cement...
View ArticleRosetta Hardscapes recognizes licensees’ project vision, execution
During the Hardscapes of North America event in Louisville, Rosetta Hardscapes presented four hardscape unit manufacturers licensed by the company with its annual Rosetta Project Awards. Out of the...
View ArticleConcreate, Corian, Cosentino demonstrate the graying of hard surfaces
Concreate LLC has added Titanium Black, Metal Grey and Bronze Grey to its charter selection of Natural Grey, Dark Grey and Mineral White lightweight floor planks and wall panels. A specialist in...
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