Source: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C. The Portland Cement Association has named 2020 John P. Gleason, Jr., Leadership Awards recipients, each recognized for efforts in advancing industry programs and initiatives in three categories:
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NRMCA schedules Net-Zero Buildings Conference
Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va. NRMCA will present “Pathways to Net-Zero Buildings,” an online conference running 11 a.m.-1 p.m. EST, January 28-29. The event will bring together leading experts both from staff and the industry to discuss a key component of concrete sustainability.
Read MoreACI tables Baltimore gathering for spring Virtual Concrete Convention
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich. The ACI Virtual Concrete Convention will be held March 28-April 1, enabling participation from stakeholders across the globe and replacing an originally scheduled in-person event in Baltimore.
Read MoreState-Wide Concrete Pumping of Ohio inaugurates Autocar DC-64P model
Sources: Autocar LLC, Birmingham, Ala.; CP staff Columbus, Ohio-based Statewide Concrete Pumping Inc. has deployed the first commercial Autocar DC-64P, upfitted with a Schwing America 38-meter boom pump. The truck manufacturer announced the model and mixer- or dump-grade DC-64 companion in late 2019 as part of a severe-duty vocational series. The DC-64P offers concrete pump operators a conventional truck alternative…
Read MoreCharah sees cement kiln raw feed in 8 million-ton ash contract
Sources: Charah Solutions Inc., Louisville, Ky.; CP staff Charah Solutions has secured a beneficiation and marketing contract involving up to 8.1 million tons of ponded ash at Dominion Energy’s coal-fired Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, Va.
Read MoreTeamsters organize fifth Cemex ready mixed plant in SW Florida
Sources: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 79, Tampa, Fla.; CP staff Teamsters Local 79 has prevailed in an election to serve as bargaining agent for drivers at the Cemex Port Charlotte, Fla. ready mixed concrete plant—continuing an organizing streak from 2020 in during which the union secured representation at four plants the producer operates in Ft. Myers and Naples.
Read MoreJensen Precast closes on EnCon United plants in Washington State
Sources: Jensen Precast, Reno, Nev.; CP staff Jensen Precast has acquired the EnCon Northwest LLC and EnCon Washington LLC precast concrete plants in Camus and Puyallup, Wash. The deal provides Pacific Northwest infrastructure customers with direct access to the suitor’s portfolio of utility vaults and pull boxes, box culvert, stormwater systems, highway barriers, pump stations, underground enclosures, and earth retention…
Read MoreArgos USA, liability heir, cooperates in feds’ concrete price-fixing investigation
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division; CP staff Argos USA has entered a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) resolving a DOJ Antitrust Division charge of conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate sales for ready mixed concrete in Savannah and neighboring markets under U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia jurisdiction.
Read MoreConcrete Technology, WSDOT push the envelope with record 223-ft. girder
Sources: Washington State Department of Transportation; CP staff Washington State DOT and Guy F. Atkinson Construction have mapped a two- to three-week January schedule to place the final precast, prestressed concrete girders for the three-span, southbound Interstate 5 Puyallup River Bridge in Tacoma. To eliminate piers along BNSF and Union Pacific rail lines paralleling the water, engineers enlisted Federal Way,…
Read MoreLafargeHolcim measures building enclosure prospects in Firestone deal
Sources: LafargeHolcim Ltd., Zurich; CP staff LafargeHolcim projects a second quarter closing on a $3.4 billion deal for Nashville-based Firestone Building Products (FBP), the largest acquisition in the company’s five-year history and one stretching well beyond its cement, aggregate and ready mixed concrete production competencies. With a full range of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer), thermoplastic polyolefin, PVC, asphalt and…
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