Segmental concrete pavement growth evident in ICPI report

The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute has released its annual Industry Sales Profile, representing the most accurate and current information publicly available on United States and Canadian segmental concrete pavement shipments. The Profile tracks growth patterns indicative of 100-plus producers running about 250 high-output machines in more than 200 plant locations.

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National Cement parent premiers Carbon8 aggregate processing

Paris-based Vicat Group is on track to commercialize lightweight aggregate derived from a process capturing carbon dioxide-heavy cement kiln emissions. The parent of the National Cement businesses in Alabama and California has signed an agreement with Carbon8 Systems, London, to run a containerized processing system at the Montalieu mill in southeastern France.

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Lehigh issues first EPD based on Cement Product Category Rule 2.0

Lehigh Cement has published the industry’s premier Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) utilizing the new North American Product Category Rule for Portland, Blended, Masonry, Mortar, and Stucco Cements. The Cement PCR 2.0 document enables the flagship business of Texas-based Lehigh Hanson Inc., along with fellow Portland Cement Association and Cement Association of Canada members, to tailor EPD to sustainability and green…

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LafargeHolcim grows EPD library, shrinks concrete, cement carbon intensities

To address calls for streamlining embodied carbon in new construction, Chicago-based LafargeHolcim plans to issue Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) covering shipments from its U.S. Aggregates and Construction Materials (ACM) and Cement businesses. The producer will enlist top auditors, third-party verification specialists and EPD Program Operators to prepare and host a library of declarations abiding the latest criteria for documenting carbon…

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Icon aids USMC in 3D printing demonstration

Over the past year, Austin-based Icon has been working with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an organization that focuses on accelerating commercial tech into the Department of Defense, to demonstrate the use of commercial scale additive manufacturing for military use. This is the latest test of 3D concrete printing for the DoD, which fabricated a field-grade bunker with a 3-in.…

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Back to the future for precast

Producers embrace technology to strengthen core values of safety and service To understand the implications of technology for concrete pipe and precast producers, let’s start with Michael J. Fox and Jamie Tremain, vice president and general manager of Inland Pipe/Ocean Pipe affiliates of Lehigh Hanson in Canada. Both are from Western Canada, and Tremain started his career in 1985 at…

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Finally! The millennials unleash

by Pierre G. Villere I have been told in the past that I have a crystal ball. I don’t … like the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” I just make sure to see the obvious, while others go through life with filtered views that obscure reality. The unleashed power of the millennials and the impact they…

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Pipe, box culvert producers extend long tradition of value and integrity

Our 2020 association chairman’s report series concludes this month with Bill Waushabaugh Jr., who leads one of the best family owned and operated businesses in concrete production. He credits the success of Northern Concrete Pipe Inc., now in its seventh decade, to a loyal group of team members, both family and nearly so. Membership in the American Concrete Pipe Association,…

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EPA, Corps, Interior move to expedite water infrastructure priorities

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Six federal agencies have named designees for a new Water Subcabinet established through President Trump’s mid-October “Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure” Executive Order. They are tasked with protecting taxpayer investments  by promoting integrated planning and coordination for drinking water, wastewater, water reuse, water storage and delivery, plus water resource management; supporting workforce development…

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