Atlas Block moves first on concrete masonry Environmental Product Declaration
Responding to architectural/ engineering/construction interests’ increasing scrutiny of project specs and their environmental impacts, Atlas Block Co. Ltd., Midland, Ontario, has issued an...
View ArticleConstruction giant Skanska rebukes LEED critics
Major heavy civil and general contractor Skanska USA resigned its U.S. Chamber of Commerce membership to protest the group’s support of the American High-Performance Building Coalition (AHPBC), which...
View ArticleEPD workshop added to ASTM C09 meetings
“An Introduction to Product Category Rules (PCR), Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and Other Aspects of Sustainable Process and Resilient Materials” will be held December 8 at the Hyatt Regency...
View ArticleEnvironmental Product Declaration driver LEED v4 on track for fall launch
A new version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system, incentivizing building material or product suppliers to detail their...
View ArticleRobust, two-ply packaging secures cement for ‘drop shipment’ near South Pole
South Korea’s Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co. Ltd. enlisted its packaging supplier to produce an 88-lb. (40 kg) cement bag equal to rough handling en route to Antarctica research stations. Taemyung...
View Article2013 construction starts on pace for 6 percent gain
New construction starts are forecast to reach $506 billion, according to the Midyear Update to the 2013 Construction Outlook from McGraw Hill Construction, New York.
View ArticleCoal-, steel-tested investor enters concrete, aggregates
Permian Basin Materials, LLC (PBM), a newly formed affiliate of New York private equity firm WL Ross & Co. LLC, has acquired majority stakes in Texas’ Crockett County Mining, Ltd., Highland...
View ArticleCOUNTY MATERIALS BRIDGES ILLINOIS TIES IN PRESTRESS ENGINEERING DEAL
Marathon, Wis.-based County Materials Corp. has closed on bridge, transportation and building product operator Prestress Engineering Co., LLC, with Prairie Grove, Ill., headquarters and engineering...
View ArticleMobile platform, domestic business position Command Alkon for strong 2014
Addressing the company’s 2013 Training and Technology Conference general session, Command Alkon Chief Executive Officer Phil Ramsey projected modest growth in global software and plant equipment...
View ArticleNorthfield Block issues industry’s premier Health Product Declaration
In a nod to customers aligning project specs with forthcoming U.S. Green Building Council LEED v4 certification guidelines, Oldcastle Architectural’s business serving Chicago and upper Midwest markets...
View ArticleOLDCASTLE SUBSIDIARY UNDERWRITES MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EVENT
The glazing and curtain wall business of Oldcastle Inc., BuildingEnvelope, sponsored “In Pursuit of Architecture,” a fall conference on buildings and ideas at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City....
View ArticleNovember 2013
PRODUCERSConcord, Ont.-based Armtec Infrastructure Inc., has named Jason Redman president of Drainage Solutions, a companion to the company’s Precast Concrete Solutions business. His previous...
View ArticleVeteran of Air Force and environmental engineering heads CTLGroup
W. Brent Nixon, Ph.D, P.E. has been named president and chief executive officer of CTLGroup in Skokie, Ill., succeeding Dr. Timothy Tonyan, who following an interim period at the helm will now serve as...
View ArticleRobust, two-ply packaging secures cement for ‘drop shipment’ near South Pole
South Korea’s Ssangyong Cement Industrial Co. Ltd. enlisted its packaging supplier to produce an 88-lb. (40 kg) cement bag equal to rough handling en route to Antarctica research stations. Taemyung...
View Article2013 construction starts on pace for 6 percent gain
New construction starts are forecast to reach $506 billion, according to the Midyear Update to the 2013 Construction Outlook from McGraw Hill Construction, New York.
View ArticleCoal-, steel-tested investor enters concrete, aggregates
Permian Basin Materials, LLC (PBM), a newly formed affiliate of New York private equity firm WL Ross & Co. LLC, has acquired majority stakes in Texas’ Crockett County Mining, Ltd., Highland...
View ArticleCOUNTY MATERIALS BRIDGES ILLINOIS TIES IN PRESTRESS ENGINEERING DEAL
Marathon, Wis.-based County Materials Corp. has closed on bridge, transportation and building product operator Prestress Engineering Co., LLC, with Prairie Grove, Ill., headquarters and engineering...
View ArticleMobile platform, domestic business position Command Alkon for strong 2014
Addressing the company’s 2013 Training and Technology Conference general session, Command Alkon Chief Executive Officer Phil Ramsey projected modest growth in global software and plant equipment...
View ArticleNorthfield Block issues industry’s premier Health Product Declaration
In a nod to customers aligning project specs with forthcoming U.S. Green Building Council LEED v4 certification guidelines, Oldcastle Architectural’s business serving Chicago and upper Midwest markets...
View ArticleOLDCASTLE SUBSIDIARY UNDERWRITES MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EVENT
The glazing and curtain wall business of Oldcastle Inc., BuildingEnvelope, sponsored “In Pursuit of Architecture,” a fall conference on buildings and ideas at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City....
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