- 41. New test stands to increase fly ash marketers’ raw feed sources
- (News Scope)
- ... energy and carbon dioxide footprint of concrete,” says Associate Professor Farshad Rajabipour, who co-authored the paper with Professor Emeritus Barry Scheetz and Middle Tennessee State University Assistant ...
- Created on 11 September 2019
- 42. CalPortland documents glaring greenhouse gas accounting void
- (News Scope)
- In a new paper summarizing peer-reviewed scientific studies, CalPortland Co. staff cites the exclusion of a critical factor in global, national, and regional greenhouse gas accounting methods: Concrete ...
- Created on 11 September 2019
- 43. Architectural precast prospects fuel High Concrete’s $8M plant upgrade
- (News Scope)
- High Concrete Group, LLC has begun a major production capacity upgrade at its 148-acre headquarters campus in Denver, Pa. An investment up to $8 million in new equipment, processes and facility construction ...
- Created on 11 September 2019
- 44. Lower interest rates cause a jump in mortgage refinancing
- (The Strategist)
- ... prospects for a long, low interest rate environment, and the impact it will have on both residential and non-residential construction, the concrete industry should prosper well into the foreseeable future. ...
- Created on 10 September 2019
- 45. ACI 318-19 brings new provisions for alternative cements and aggregates
- (Guest Editorial)
- There’s a newly released version of the American Concrete Institute’s ACI 318: “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,” the document that governs design and construction of structural concrete. ...
- Created on 10 September 2019
- 46. Construction Supply Group acquires Montana, Ohio distributors
- (Concrete Currents)
- Source: Sterling Group, Houston Construction Supply Group has closed deals for single branch distributors Holdfast and Concrete Accessories & Rentals, based respectively in Medway, Ohio and Bozeman, ...
- Created on 09 September 2019
- 47. Oldcastle veteran, SiteOne Chief Black maintains acquisition drive
- (Concrete Currents)
- Sources: CP staff; SiteOne Landscape Supply, Roswell, Ga. Leading wholesale distributor SiteOne Landscape Supply has closed on Trendset Concrete Products, a Woodinville, Wash., source of Abbotsford Concrete, ...
- Created on 09 September 2019
- 48. Foundation guides industry to the next concrete pavement frontier
- (Concrete Currents)
- Sources: Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff Looking beyond roads, streets, parking lots and traditional flatwork, the RMC Research and Education Foundation’s ...
- Created on 21 August 2019
- 49. Florida investor envisions $100M automated precast plant venture
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... with German precast concrete production specialist Vollert Group and Opportunity Zone provisions in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). The company’s Fortified Precast Opportunity Fund is authorized ...
- Created on 12 August 2019
- 50. EP Henry, Lafarge, Solidia mark low-carbon binder’s commercial launch
- (Concrete Currents)
- ... bring to commercial scale a technology that reduces embodied CO2 in manufactured concrete by up to 70 percent versus conventional, portland cement-based production methods. Development has centered on ...
- Created on 09 August 2019