Month: August 2011

Sources: Ameron International Corp., Pasadena, Calif.; CP staff

Ameron stockholders will convene October 5 to vote on proposals related to a takeover by Houston-based National Oilwell Varco Inc. The companies’ boards jointly announced July 1 an agreement whereby NOV would acquire Ameron in an all-cash transaction, with stockholders receiving $85/share—a 27 percent premium to mid-year trading. Ameron indicated a forthcoming meeting for the vote in a preliminary proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in mid-August. Per agency rules, it will file in early September a final proxy with full details on the merger proposals, meeting and voting.

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Source: American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis

Entries are being accepted through Sept. 30 for the fourth annual Decorative Concrete Awards, hosted by the DCC, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors. The competition is open to Society members and non-members.

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Source: International Masonry Institute, Annapolis, Md.

In a preliminary take on the August 23 earthquake, centered in Mineral, Va., IMI National Director of Technical Service David Sovinski notes, “Reinforced masonry structures performed extraordinarily well when you consider that most were not designed for a 5.8 earthquake. This real-world experience supports recent testing done on the behavior of properly designed masonry buildings.

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Sources: Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program National Steering Committee; CP staff

The CIM National Steering Committee is accepting concrete material, equipment and service donations for its annual auction, staged on day three of World of Concrete in Las Vegas.

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Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.

ACI and Portland Cement Association will offer a seminar this fall covering changes in the newly released ACI 318-11, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary.

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Sources: Lafarge North America, Reston, Va.; CP staff

In response to ever-increasing market demand for sustainable building solutions, Lafarge has recently introduced a new portland-limestone cement (PLC) commercial offering in Canada. Widely used in Europe for over 25 years, PLC is a new category of cement that provides performance similar to conventional portland cement with up to 10 percent less CO2 emissions.

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Source: Contech Construction Products, West Chester, Ohio; CP staff

A strategic agreement grants Contech exclusive rights to sell the concrete modular stormwater management systems of StormTrap LLC, Morris, Ill., in Louisiana and all states west of the Mississippi, excluding Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Alaska. The agreement also provides Contech access to StormTrap water quality products.

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Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.

NRMCA has named 11 producer-member plants in the 2011 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards program, recognizing U.S. and Canadian operators for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices.

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Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.

The 2011 ConcreteWorks conference and exposition (September 25–27, San Diego) will open with a look at how federal policy is hampering economic recovery, and close with a motivational presentation from an official who has led testing of World War II concrete bunkers at the allied forces’ D-Day landing site in Normandy, France.

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