CIM program patrons are soliciting donations of equipment, material, and other marketables for a sixth annual auction, to be staged January 20 at the 2011 World of Concrete in Las Vegas
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Wireless Monitor Enables Real Time Response To Optimize Pavement Curing
Transtec and the Federal Highway Administration are continuing field trials on a wireless device that alerts concrete pavement crews of the need to adjust curing settings per weather or green slab changes
Read MoreAstm C9 Eyes Standard For Post-Tensioning Grout Bleed Stability
ASTM WK28156, Test Method for Bleed Stability of Cementitious Grout Under Static Pressure, is geared to rapid identification of grout properties that can lead to stressed steel strand corrosion; spalling of encasement concrete for post-tensioning ducts; and, misalignment of base plates with attendant bearing and equipment failure
Read MoreUrban Park Invites Unilock’s Photocatalytic Cement-Bound, Permeable Pavers
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley led a mid-August dedication of a new city park with plaza paved in Unilock Eco-Priora stones. Located in the downtown-bordering West Loop community, Mary Bartelme Park is the latest project using the producer’s signature permeable pavers and Essroc TX Active cement
Read MoreRevised Pca Forecast: No Significant Industry Rebound Until 2013
Lagging federal and state investment in transportation construction will constrain recovery in cement consumption and concrete output from the severely depressed levels of 2009, when shipments dropped nearly 45 percent against 2005-06 peaks
Read MoreTeamsters Picket Aggregate Industries Northeast
Teamsters Local 25 announced picketing at an unspecified number of Aggregate Industries ready mixed plants across New England, citing contract negotiations in which the company seeks hours and benefit reductions, plus seniority system changes
Read MoreUtah’s Harper, Kilgore Pave Intermountain Path For Summit Materials
Summit has formed Harper-Kilgore LLC after closing on the assets of Salt Lake City-based Harper Cos., a ready mixed, aggregate and construction operator; and, Kilgore Paving and Maintenance LLC, an asphalt producer and pavement contractor
Read MoreU.S. Geological Survey Ranks Top Aggregate Producers
U.S. Geological Survey’s Directory of Principal Construction Aggregate Producers lists these leading operators: Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta, Oldcastle Materials, Lehigh Hanson…
Read MoreEquipment Groups Seek Congressional CandidatesÌ Infrastructure Campaign Pledge
U.S. House and Senate candidates on fall ballots can commit to supporting transportation and water works funding in the next Congress through the Infrastructure Campaign Pledge, the latest initiative in AEM and AED’s Start Us Up USA! grassroots effor
Read MoreSlag Demand Rises As Supply Declines
Driven by low-carbon and other environmental policies, demand for ferrous slag in cement and aggregates industries worldwide stands to outstrip supply, according to a new IntertechPira study
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