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CalStar Products dedicates first fly ash-based unit masonry line

Don Marsh

Green building-driven CalStar Products Inc. capped an accelerated production ramp-up for its Fly Ash Brick and Fly Ash Pavers earlier this year in Caledonia,...

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Fuel consumption, emissions study favors concrete pavement

Mar 12, 2010 12:46 PM

“Effect of Pavement Type on Fuel Consumption and Emissions in City Driving” demonstrates that vehicles exhibit consistently--in some cases, markedly--lower fuel consumption and emissions rates on concrete versus asphalt pavements...

Mixer Systems unveils twin shaft models

Mar 12, 2010 12:37 PM

Mixer Systems has added 4- and 6-yd. Twin Shaft mixer models...

ICF supplants block for LEED-geared 7-Eleven prototype

Mar 11, 2010 12:34 PM

The first 7-Eleven store built to attain Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design rating points incorporates Greenblock’s 6-in. core insulating concrete forms...

Biopolymer anchors Grace’s new pervious concrete admixture

Mar 10, 2010 4:30 PM

A new generation liquid admixture with patented biopolymer, formulated to enhance paste rheology and control cementitious material hydration, V-Mar VSC500 is billed as the first admixture specifically for pervious concrete...

Landscape Architects adopt NRMCA Pervious Concrete course

Mar 10, 2010 4:18 PM

A new generation liquid admixture with patented biopolymer, formulated to enhance paste rheology and control cementitious material hydration, V-Mar VSC500 is billed as the first admixture specifically for pervious concrete...

Climate groups strong-arm Eagle, MDU/Knife River, Vulcan into shareholder disclosures

Mar 9, 2010 1:35 PM

Environmental activists have taken a new approach to compel public companies to improve their sustainable practices, environmental protection and means of disclosing how they are assessing and mitigating climate change risk...

Construction materials operators heed SEC’s climate change guidance

Mar 9, 2010 12:00 PM

New York Stock Exchange-traded concrete, aggregate and cement companies follow recent SEC interpretive guidance on disclosure related to climate change-driven business or legal developments...

Aggregate Industries, NRMCA host concrete delegation from China

Mar 8, 2010 3:51 PM

Seeking to learn of U.S. counterparts’ efforts in training and educating plant personnel, plus mix design optimization, a group of about 20 Chinese concrete professionals recently toured the NRMCA Research Laboratory in College Park, Md., and Aggregate Industries Bladensburg, Md., ready mixed operation...


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