Safety reference joins ISO 9000 quality, 14000 environmental standards
ISO 45001:2018, Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use specifies requirements for companies and organizations to improve occupational health and safety...
View ArticleSuperior Walls licensee raises foundation-grade panels 15 stories
Great Lakes Superior Walls has delivered 1,600-plus precast concrete panels to enclose the 522-unit Grand Castle, a Grandville, Mich., apartment complex patterned after the architecture of a...
View ArticleJensen Precast marks 50 years in operation
One of the largest family owned operators in underground products for commercial building and local, state or federal agency infrastructure celebrated five decades in business earlier this year.
View ArticleClark Pacific programs a robust design tool for a hot market
Precast/prestressed producer and design/build specialist Clark Pacific, West Sacramento, Calif., has launched CP Campus Housing, a set of integrated structural and façade components that maximize...
View ArticlePennstress helps DOT take six-bridge schedule from months to weeks
Capturing the essence of the Federal Highway Administration’s Every Day Counts initiative, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 5-0 hit a grand slam by initiating, awarding and...
View ArticleNRMCA chairman, committees honor annual award recipients
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association committees and divisions convening last month in Houston recognized individuals and groups for association and industry contributions. Concrete Products joins...
View ArticlePremium-countertop market research finds engineered stone hardening lead on...
Demand for engineered stone countertops grew 28 percent per annum during the 2012–2017 period due to significant sales advances in the residential market, according to a new study from The Freedonia...
View ArticleICON, New Story unveil 3D-printed concrete home for developing world
In partnership with the non-profit New Story, Austin-based construction technologies company ICON is set to transform global homelessness with 3D-printed homes. The companies recently built the first...
View ArticleCRH names Americas Products’ Haas as Building Products charter chief
Effective January 2019, Oldcastle Inc. parent CRH Plc will consolidate its Americas Products franchises—Oldcastle Architectural, BuildingEnvelope, Precast—plus Europe Lightside and Distribution...
View ArticleLafargeHolcim Ltd. appoints Sika veteran to head US Cement
Jamie Gentoso has been named LafargeHolcim, US Cement chief executive officer, replacing John Stull, who recently shifted in the same capacity to the Holcim Philippines business. She arrives at the...
View ArticleEconomist: Construction materials price surge largest in seven years
Prices for inputs to construction materials are 6.4 percent higher than at the same time one year ago, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’...
View ArticleBrannan expands Front Range reach through Boral CM deal
Boral Ltd. plans to unload its Colorado ready mixed and aggregates operations in a $127 million deal with Denver-based Brannan Sand & Gravel Co. Boral Construction Materials spans a namesake...
View ArticleGoogle, Home Depot back building enclosure visualization developers
GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Home Depot recently led a $25 million funding round for San Francisco-based Hover, whose technology generates interactive 3D models of any property using smartphone...
View ArticleEP Henry seals long-term paver protection with in-line treatment
ColorTech by New Jersey-based EP Henry is the newest advancement in paver technology and is an integral part of the manufacturing process. The in-line process treatment delivers an added layer of...
View ArticleWillow Creek ‘Infuses’ durability in premium paving stones
Willow Creek Concrete Products of Faribault, Minn., has developed a proprietary surface treatment process for its namesake Select Series pavers, including Slatestone, Slatestone Grande, Dekrastone and...
View ArticleSurvey prices the leading drains on construction productivity
A survey of nearly 600 construction professionals finds that time spent on non-optimal activities—fixing mistakes, scouting data and managing conflict resolution—accounts for $177.5 billion in labor...
View ArticleRSMeans’ construction project pricing turns on materials cost data analytics
Greenville, S.C.-based Gordian Co. has added Predictive Cost Data to its RSMeans Online service, citing the technology’s potential to deliver accurate, location-specific figures for more than 100...
View ArticleFiber optic sensor gauges concrete curing conditions, maturity
The LumiCon system from Ontario-based Aoms Technologies enables concrete producers and their customers to remotely collect continuous, distributed, and real-time temperature and moisture data from many...
View ArticleCemex investment unit logs Concrete Sensors’ positive signal
Cemex Ventures’ first “smart concrete technology” investment is a developer of wireless sensors conveying accurate, project schedule-accelerating data. The sensor and transmitter technology of...
View ArticleICPI tailors paver continuing education courses to design community
The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute has launched three online courses covering concrete paver practice, each hosted by AEC Daily, one of the largest sources of continuing education for design...
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