PCI Foundation boosts student outreach, sustains Project Precast Competition
“Our mission is to impact the future of the built environment while promoting the use of precast concrete. We are partnering with bright young minds to push the boundaries of precast design and...
View ArticleNortheast Prestressed guides Lehigh team to top of Big Beam field
Team 2 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. earned a $2,000 prize by leading the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s 19th Engineering Student Design Competition. Also known as the Big Beam...
View ArticleParkPlus goes vertical with high-rise parking system
One of the world’s tallest fully-automated parking systems makes life more convenient for residents of the Muse, a luxury oceanfront high-rise in Sunny Isles, Fla. The condominium is equipped with a...
View ArticleJohnson Concrete, Carolina Stalite’s Newsome earns top NCMA honor
Charles Newsome, retired vice president of Johnson Concrete Products and Carolina Stalite, both in Salisbury, N.C., is the third member of the National Concrete Masonry Association Hall of Fame,...
View ArticleGraphene admixture developer premiers product series
GrapheneCA is presenting its Original Graphene (OG) as the first commercially available admixture series in its class, formulated to reduce cracking and increase strength in finished concrete slabs or...
View ArticleCor-Tuf strengthens UHPC advancement with new partnership
Cor-Tuf, the exclusive licensed producer of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-patented ultra-high performance concrete, has formalized an agreement with Virginia-based Precast Systems Engineering, LLC....
View ArticleGalvanized bar demonstrates potential for century-plus service life
Ft. Worth, Texas-based metal coating solutions provider AZZ Inc. reports that its continuous galvanized rebar (CGR) product, Galvabar, has been found to provide reliable concrete reinforcement with a...
View ArticleMaschmeyer, Ozinga, Miles delivery professionals raise the bar
Maschmeyer Concrete Company of Florida delivery professional Luis Martinez took the 2019 National Mixer Truck Driver Championship, staged last month during the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association...
View ArticleSafety perches above all operating priorities in NRMCA program
A program unveiled at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s ConcreteWorks 2019 conference is dedicated to reinforcing a culture of safety across all facets of the industry and ensure workers...
View ArticleContinental Mixers integrates Kimble Mfg. concrete division
Kentucky-based Continental Mixers Solutions, LLC has closed on the concrete mixer division of Kimble Manufacturing Co., and executed a transition plan to continue uninterrupted production of the...
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Continental Mixers integrates Kimble Mfg. concrete division
Kentucky-based Continental Mixers Solutions, LLC has closed on the concrete mixer division of Kimble Manufacturing Co., and executed a transition plan to continue uninterrupted production of the...
View ArticleTrucking data giant ranks risky road times, driver behavior patterns
Data from the past 12 months culled by onboard Drive Cam technology developer Lytx finds truck drivers encountering the highest rate of collisions on Thursdays and, in year-over-year terms, reducing...
View ArticleCemex expedites aggregate ordering, delivery via Quarry Link app
Following a successful pilot of order loading and tracking at the FEC Quarry outside Miami, Cemex USA is rolling out a major extension of its Go mobile technology platform, launched in 2017 for...
View ArticleShark Tank star circles robotics-enabled rebar cage fabrication venture
A Brooklyn, N.Y. startup using robotics and automation to optimize rebar fabrication has raised $3 million in seed funding to expand its team and further develop its technology. Toggle’s goal is to...
View ArticleElite engineer validates foundation, beam, column, slab embodied carbon
A seven-year survey of 600-plus buildings by global engineer Thornton Tomasetti assesses materials, structural components and facility types with the highest embodied carbon, and cites a market-driven...
View ArticleTechnology logs environmental footprint data on path to mix placement
Solidia Technologies, New Jersey-based developer of a portland cement and conventional concrete alternative, is teaming with Xpansiv CBL Holding Group (XCHG), San Francisco, to develop an asset class...
View ArticleLEED certification system eclipses 100K commercial building mark
Auditors for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program have registered and certified more than 100,000 commercial facilities across the globe. LEED...
View ArticleShifting production, use patterns temper fly ash, CCP recycling rates
Supply dynamics in key regional markets, paralleling coal-fueled power plant closures, spurred an 11 percent year over year decline in fly ash consumption in concrete, according to the American Coal...
View ArticleRedland Brick asset deal nets Glen-Gery parent six new lines
A new Brickworks North America subsidiary has announced a binding agreement with Belden Holding & Acquisition Inc. to acquire assets of Williamsport, Md.-based Redland Brick Inc. related to the...
View ArticleSuperstorm FLASHback spotlights robust ICF home
The Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) Partnership in Tallahassee, Fla., has marked the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s sweep through coastal New Jersey and New York with a new video,...
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