Clark Pacific secures 2,000-piece San Francisco 49ers stadium contract

A joint venture of Turner Construction and Devcon Construction charged with design-build delivery of a $1.2 billion, 68,500-seat stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., has awarded the precast contract to West Sacramento-based Clark Pacific. Designed by architect HNTB, the new home to the San Francisco 49ers NFL franchise is scheduled to open for the 2014 season, making the venue the first new NFL stadium built in California in 50 years.

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Call for SCC 2013 Conference papers

Organizers of SCC 2013, Fifth North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, envision a program for their May 13–15 gathering in Chicago around a) demonstrating outcomes of recent self-consolidating concrete research and practice; b) upholding a platform to further address strategies advancing SCC use; and, c) promoting greater interactions between international SCC researchers and users.

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Hanson reaches midpoint of 20-mile highway project

Hanson Pipe & Precast was selected by Base Construction to provide more than 130,000 ft. of precast concrete pipe, box culverts and inlets for the McLennan County IH-35 project located near Waco, Texas. Construction began in October 2010; Hanson’s products are used to move and manage basic stormwater runoff in the project designed to ease traffic congestion by widening nearly 20 miles of highway and frontage roads. Completion is projected for late 2014.

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Atlas Block, Basalite Concrete, Shaw Brick demonstrate carbon dioxide-based curing

Eastern Canada concrete masonry market leader Shaw Brick has scheduled a spring launch of CarbonCure block, a CSA-grade unit that uses carbon dioxide in the molding cycle to improve compressive strength development.

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Big River rebrands three aggregates

Big River Industries in Alpharetta, Ga., has effected a branding initiative aimed at showcasing expanded clay lightweight aggregate spanning six applications, including Masonry, Concrete, Geotechnical, Asphalt, Horticulture, and Storm Water Management. It consolidates three previous brands, Gravelite, Livlite, and Arkalite under a new brand, Riverlite.

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Pathfinder, Bergen pen mold-marketing alliance

Block & paver machinery specialist Pathfinder Systems, Holland, Mich., has become the exclusive North American marketing and sales agent for Mountain Top, Pa.-based Bergen Industries. A new alliance calls for the companies to work seamlessly to provide premium quality, competitively priced molds and mold parts, delivering concrete products industry orders in a timely manner.

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Brick group weighs pros and cons of competing exterior products

A new video and fact sheets debunk what the Brick Industry Association contends are common myths about genuine clay brick versus its competitors. With frank pros and cons on the latest in sustainability features, maintenance needs, costs and fire safety, the package stacks brick against the top alternatives: vinyl siding, concrete masonry, manufactured stone, fiber cement siding and Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS), otherwise known as synthetic stucco.

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