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Brick stacks up well against veneer stone, fiber cement in home exterior study

Details: Published: Friday, 19 January 2018 15:03; Written by Concrete News

The Brick Industry Association has examined seven common home exterior products, finding that fired-clay brick costs about half as much as manufactured stone, and just a third more than fiber cement siding before considering lifetime maintenance costs. An updated BIA study, developed by RSMeans, compares the installed cost of total house construction for brick veneer over wood framing with the cost of adhered manufactured stone, stucco, wood shingle, plus vinyl, fiber cement or horizontal wood siding alternatives.

ICON Expo 2018: Equipment, Knowledge Garden, Selling Conference

Details: Published: Friday, 19 January 2018 14:59; Written by Concrete News

The National Concrete Masonry Association is finalizing the agenda for the International Concrete Exposition 2018: Machinery & Equipment Show. Staged at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, the February 9-10 program will feature 16 trade show hours, plus a host of new features for attendees. ICON Expo 2018 will be held in conjunction with NCMA Annual Convention, February 6-8, and the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute’s Annual Meeting, February 11-14.

Insulating concrete forms rise to U.S.-record height at New York site

Details: Published: Friday, 19 January 2018 14:53; Written by Concrete News

Voorheesville, N.Y.-based ICF Panels will supply panelized insulating concrete forms in up to 50-ft. lengths for 42 Broad, a 249-unit, Westchester County, N.Y., development. The 16-story luxury apartment project will set a new height record for ICF-built structures in the U.S., taking a page from Ontario practitioners’ recent experience with mid-rise structures of comparable design near Toronto.

CMC looks past coiled product pitfalls, extends spooled rebar capacity

Details: Published: Friday, 19 January 2018 14:56; Written by Concrete News

Irving, Texas-based Commercial Metals Co. is ramping up production of hot-rolled spooled product in #3 to #6 sizes at Durant, Okla., and Mesa, Ariz., micro mills—anticipating spring 2018 and 2019 availability.

Prefabricated elements top commercial contractors’ productivity catalysts

Details: Published: Friday, 19 January 2018 14:47; Written by Concrete News

Ninety percent of contractors surveyed for the USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Q4 2017 Commercial Construction Index do not consider jobsites to be very efficient. Respondents identify labor productivity as the means to achieving jobsite efficiency, a metric they acknowledge can be improved by using more prefabricated building elements.

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