ASTM guide measures mix performance, material compatibility
ASTM International Subcommittee C09.48 on Performance of Cementitious Materials and Admixture Combinations’ working document, WK40615 Guide for Comparing Performance of Concrete Materials Using Mortar...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence drives injury reduction effort for masons
Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving University of Waterloo, Ontario, researchers new insights to help reduce wear-and-tear injuries and boost the productivity of skilled construction workers. Motion...
View ArticleArtifical intelligence, data analytics, IoT top 2018 trends
Identified Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based specialist in drone-enabled gathering of data from construction materials production and job sites, projects a watershed year for technology adoption among...
View ArticleResearchers quantify returns on safety technology investments
A new Dodge Data & Analytics study reveals the engagement with and impact of two critical trends for improving construction safety: Technologies used on jobsites, from building information modeling...
View ArticlePavestone maps new paths for CityStone
Pavestone has added four new CityStone products to its Keystone Hardscapes portfolio for residential, commercial, institutional, retail and government markets. The stone is distinguished by joint...
View ArticleCultured Stone sculpts new Ashlar series veneer units
The producer that pioneered the manufactured stone veneer category arrived at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show 2018 with a new Sculpted Ashlar profile in three...
View ArticleEagle tile, Eldorado veneer, HercuTech walls make reNEWable Home
A top U.S. homebuilder, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Meritage Homes Corp. unveiled the reNEWable Living Home last month in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’...
View ArticleBuilders warm to Genest Concrete’s Comfort Block
An insulated concrete masonry wall system, with block placed on adhesive or thin set mortar, was among finalists in the Best of IBS Awards/Most Innovative Building Products category, spotlighted last...
View Article‘Codes Save Lives’ to lead Building Safety Month takeaways
The authority overseeing the widely adopted International Building and International Residential Codes will mark the 38th annual Building Safety Month with an unmistakable message: “Building Codes Save...
View ArticleHeidelbergCement exits Lehigh White partnership
Lehigh Hanson parent company HeidelbergCement AG is selling its 51 percent stake in Lehigh White Cement Co. to minority shareholders in a deal valued at about $140 million and scheduled for closing...
View ArticleGlobal, circular economy initiative draws BASF, CRH, LafargeHolcim
BASF AG and CRH Plc are among 30 companies joining the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Factor10. The initiative seeks to advance principles of the circular economy, where the...
View ArticleCommercial prospects of cellulose-based admixture bear on California bridge
Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., aim to move testing of a cellulose nanocrystal admixture from campus laboratories to a California concrete construction site this year. Derived...
View ArticleRecord CIM Auction attends biggest World of Concrete since 2009
World of Concrete 2018 logged just over 58,000 registered attendees from the concrete and masonry business, plus 1,567 exhibitors—302 of them new this year—promoting equipment, products, materials and...
View ArticleNCMA begins centennial celebration on high note in Hoosier State
Staged last month in Indianapolis, the Annual Convention and International Concrete Exposition 2018 provided a backdrop for members, staff and allied groups to kick off celebration of National Concrete...
View ArticleClean and cool shades lead brick demand outlook
Fired-clay brick trends for 2018 feature whites, grays, black, deep reds, painted and glazed brick with overall larger unit sizes. Brick Industry Association (BIA) producer members report that clean,...
View ArticleNPCA, PCI members exhibit optimism at The Precast Show 2018
Drawing 4,500-plus attendees late last month to Denver, The Precast Show continues a steady, post-recession growth trajectory as North America’s largest annual, precast-specific trade show. This year’s...
View ArticleA Super audience for ATMI Precast
Auto protection product manufacturer WeatherTech Direct LLC, Bolingbrook, Ill., offered the 100 million-plus viewers of this year’s Super Bowl a quick sampling of precast concrete construction methods’...
View ArticleCDS elevates energy efficiency with steam-based aggregate drying method
Best known in manufactured-concrete production for its Envirocure technology, CDS has unveiled the R-O2 Drying System, whose reduced oxygen, superheated steam atmosphere serves as an energy-wise medium...
View ArticleCommand Alkon secures patent on mixing process, strength predictability
Command Alkon product design and programming veterans Bob Phare and Charlene Hohl have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 9,533,429 – System and Process for Mixing Concrete Having Desired Strength...
View ArticleLiebherr imparts independent shaft, agitator speed control on pan mixer
Liebherr Concrete Technology has announced North American market availability of the RIV 2.5 D Ring-Pan mixer, equipped with separate motors driving the main shaft and mixing arms plus agitator rotors....
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