NPCA to resume audits for precast plant certification

Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.

After a nearly four-month, pandemic-spurred hiatus, National Precast Concrete Association Plant Certification resumes July 6, the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Committee modifying the program to allow for virtual and in-plant audits through the remainder of 2020. All annual renewal audits, regardless of method, will be unannounced and scored against the current NPCA Quality Control Manual for Plant Certification grading schedule.

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Liebherr engineers invite small orders with self-service batch plant

Sources: Liebherr-Mischtechnik GmbH, Germany; CP staff

Virginia-based Liebherr USA’s parent company plans a global launch this summer of an automated batch plant tailored to small professional or do-it-yourself project customers. With output at about 35 yd./hour, the model will be equipped for adjustable height discharge of .20- to 2.5-yd. loads in small trailers or larger vehicles, including conventional mixer trucks. 

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