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ACI launches twin Decorative Flatwork certifications

The newest American Concrete Institute certification program offerings are Decorative Concrete Flatwork Finisher and Decorative Concrete Flatwork Associate. Each requires candidates to complete a...

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Life cycle auditor revises pavement software program

The Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, Ottawa, has updated the Pavement LCA Web App to further simplify life cycle assessment (LCA) and make paving more environmentally sustainable and cost...

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Lehigh maps four-year, $600M master plan for Indiana mill

The most ambitious capital undertaking in the 11-year history of Lehigh Hanson Inc. entails a four-year, $600 million-plus modernization and expansion of the Lehigh Cement Co. Mitchell plant, aimed at...

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Irving Materials propels CIM campaign to critical watermark

The School of Concrete and Construction Management at Middle Tennessee State University, which hosts the Concrete Industry Management program, has received the largest company donation to their...

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3-D printing commands ACI Committee status

The newly formed ACI Committee 564, 3-D Printing with Cementitious Materials will report on three-dimensional printing and additive manufacturing with inorganic cementitious materials, and develop...

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‘Tower of Voices’ provides everlasting memorial to Flight 93 victims

PennStress, a division of the MacInnis Group, LLC, provided more than 50 precast concrete segments for a 93-ft. tower located on the grounds of the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pa....

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Precast owns up to Cuomo Bridge joint venture’s expectations

The final span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge opened last month, linking New York and New Jersey over the Hudson River and succeeding the Tappan Zee Bridge. The New York State Thruway Authority,...

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Cemex Arizona ace takes National Mixer Driver Championship

A delivery professional based at the Cemex plant in Marana, Ariz., Thomas Comeau won the 2018 National Mixer Truck Driver Championship, staged during the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association...

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100,000th McNeilus mixer bound for CalPortland’s Glacier Northwest fleet

A milestone, technology-laden Bridgemaster that McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Co. displayed at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s ConcreteWorks conference outside Washington, D.C.,...

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NRMCA survey measures minor decline in mixer driver pool

Results from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Workforce Development Committee’s 2018 Mixer Driver Recruitment and Retention Survey confirm increased pressure on ready mixed producers to...

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Volumetric Mixer Bureau launches operator certification

The Volumetric Mixer Manufacturers Bureau, a National Ready Mixed Concrete Association affiliate, has finalized certification criteria aimed at building operator professionalism and providing proof of...

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Developer of rebar-tying robot takes top AGC-Autodesk award

Saxonburg, Pa.-based Brayman Construction and its affiliate, Advanced Construction Robotics, took first place and a $10,000 prize in the inaugural Associated General Contractors of America-Autodesk...

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New York terminal shows McInnis capacity for conservation, disruption

New York City Council and community organization representatives recently joined McInnis Cement officials for a formal opening of the producer’s 44,000-metric ton (mt) capacity terminal in the...

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Nanotech enables contractor to execute jointless slabs on grand scale

Atlanta-based Sinclair Construction Group has launched the Megaslab Jointless Concrete System, crediting its design and performance potential for large slab-on-grade project owners to “ground-breaking...

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Cemex R&D subsidiary sees the ups and downs of energy storage

Crane-suspended concrete segments, patterned like an enormous stave silo, power a commercial scale-ready system announced last month at Energy Storage North America in Pasadena, Calif. The technology...

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Australia’s Brickworks enters North America through Glen-Gery

A major player in U.S. brick production and distribution is set to change hands this month as its parent company focuses on core United Kingdom markets. Ibstock plc of Leicestershire, England, has...

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Trinity aggregates spinoff hits ground running with $315M ACG deal

An early-November spinoff of assets outside core Rail and Railcar Leasing and Management Services businesses under Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc. spawned Arcosa Inc., a New York Stock...

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Terminal partnership shows Charah OK with expanded SCM network

Teaming with transload and aggregate supply specialist Oklahoma Construction Materials (OCM), Charah Solutions Inc. has installed fly ash silos at a rail terminal near Oklahoma City and Interstates 35...

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ICPI rolls out workforce development program

Expedited by the Board of Directors, ICPI has launched a workforce development program in response to wide-spread contractor needs for new and better skilled employees. It includes a new Hardscape...

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Research finds design-build delivery continues to make the grade

New Design/Build Institute of America-backed research finds that the design-build (DB) method delivers projects faster and with greater cost and schedule performance than Construction Management at...

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