Designed after extensive RMCAO consultations with major road builders in Canada, an online version of the CANPav software-modeling tool determines the cost advantages of using concrete as the material of choice for municipal streets and roads and commercial parking lots
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Mcneilus Prepares Major Mixer, Plant Delivery To Colombia’s Argos
McNeilus has scheduled shipment by mid-February of 70 10.5-yd. standard mixers and eight Con-E-Co 5-yd. All Pro model batch plants to Concretos Argos SA in Barranquilla, Colombia
Read MoreMonchamp Succeeds London Machinery Gm Magill
Robert Monchamp has been named general manager of London Machinery, responsible for all aspects of the mixer truck manufacturer’s operations and management team
Read MoreBuilder’s Concrete Finishes Rcc Pavement Seminar With 150-Yd. Rm Plant Placement
Builder’s Concrete capped a December 7 seminar, “The Future of Pavement: Roller Compacted Concrete,” by placing both light- and heavy-duty sections of RCC for truck and auto parking areas at its headquarters plant in Fishers, Ind., northeast of Indianapolis
Read MoreSicoma Strength, Stephens Engineer Portable Rcc Production
Fishers, Ind.-based Builder’s Concrete & Supply is the premier user of a portable roller compacted concrete mixer designed by Sicoma Strength and Stephens Mfg. staff
Read MoreAir Force Tilt-Up Wall Panel Test Results Await Declassification
TCA announces completion of all phases of research undertaken with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), in conjunction with the Portland Cement Association, to define the resistance and failure mode of standard Department of Defense-compliant tilt-up concrete sandwich walls
Read MoreEpa Greenhouse Gas Threat Assessment May Delay Construction Recovery
Presumably timed with the December 7 start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s unsurprising ruling that greenhouse gases are a public health threat and thereby could be federally regulated resulted in AGC asking the administration to rethink its a58“misguided approach” to emissions monitoring
Read MoreAppellate Court’s Rapid-Set Ruling Paves Way For Patent-Infringement Suits
In what is believed to be a precedent-setting opinion, the U.S. Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Ultimax’s rapid-hardening cement patents and ruled against accused patent infringers CTS Cement and its owner, Edward K. Rice
Read MoreNrmca Call For Entries: 2010 Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver Of The Year
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 14th Annual Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year Awards program aims to recognize outstanding mixer truck operators who have logged a minimum of five years’ service to an NRMCA member company
Read MoreNrmca Offers Online Driver Training Program
Originally developed with input from ready mixed producers of all sizes throughout North America, NRMCA’s Concrete Delivery Professional (CDP) Certification Program recently has been adapted to an online format
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