Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff
One of two U.S. Concrete platform businesses in the Lone Star State, Ingram Concrete LLC has acquired the ready mixed production assets of T&S Ventures LLC, based in Sweetwater, Texas. The deal was announced five weeks after Ingram Concrete closed on the assets of Young Ready-Mix Inc., a single-plant, Brady, Texas operator.
Read MoreSources: New York Stock Exchange; CP staff
David Goodin, chief executive officer of Knife River Construction Materials parent MDU Resources, rang the NYSE Closing Bell on March 18 to commemorate the company’s 90th anniversary. Joining him were executives of the namesake energy and Knife River Construction businesses.
Read MoreSources: York Building Products, York, Pa.; Martin Limestone Inc., Blue Ball, Pa.; CP staff
With seven block and paver plants in eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland, York Building Products has become the mid-Atlantic market’s largest concrete masonry source after closing on much of Martin Limestone’s New Holland Concrete business.
Read MoreSources: Architecture 2030, Santa Fe, N.M.; CP staff Working with various architecture/engineering stakeholders, the Architecture 2030 organization will develop an open standard Environmental Product Declaration and companion EPD summary template that goes beyond a list of typical document requirements to the creation of a full graphic layout. Detailing a product’s environmental impacts over projected service life, the EPD has rapidly…
Read MoreSource: Associated General Contractors of America, Washington, D.C.
AGC and the proprietor of a new namespace recently created by ICANN, the controlling authority for the Internet, have announced a joint initiative to provide .build domain names focused on the construction industry. The .build name is one of several new top level domains launching in 2014 that provide an opportunity for companies to improve their web presence and internet marketing through addresses other than the generic .com.
Read MoreSources: ACI Foundation Strategic Development Council, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
The Strategic Development Council (SDC) is accepting through April 1 nominations for the Jean-Claude Roumain Innovation in Concrete Award, named for a longtime SDC member and Holcim (US) Inc. veteran who passed away in 2010.
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