Ending a 10-year-old patent litigation against CTS Cement Manufacturing, Cypress, Calif.-based producer of Rapid Set Cement, plus Chairman Edward Rice and a number of customers, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Andrew Guilford ruled that Rice and CTS have a shop right in the patent they allegedly infringed. The plaintiffs were Ultimax, Hassan Kunbargi, Heartland Cement Sales Co. and the K.A. Group.
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$500K settles claims of RUNWAY paving contractor’s alleged DBE fraud
Cleveland-based Anthony Allega Cement Contractor Inc. will pay the United States $500,000 to resolve Department of Justice allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims surrounding compliance with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.
Read MorePCA’s Sullivan: 2012 shipments looking better than first forecast
Stronger than expected job creation and the beginning of an industry recovery means gains in real construction spending will materialize this year—after seven years of consecutive declines. According to the new forecast from Portland Cement Association, increases in cement consumption will follow. PCA revised its fall forecast upward from 1.1 percent, to a modest 3.7 percent increase in 2012 cement consumption, followed by a 7.6 percent jump in 2013 and a 14.1 percent surge in 2014.
Read MoreCTS probes performance of new high early cement-fly ash microstructures
In research on hydrated calcium sulfoaluminate cement and fly ash mixtures, Rapid Set brand producer CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp. has discovered needle-like formations that grow radially and organize themselves as spines on round fly ash particles.
Read MoreVulcan Materials compares assets, profits and prospects against Martin Marietta’s portfolio
In an updated investor presentation reinforcing its objections to Martin Marietta Materials’ hostile, stock exchange offer, Vulcan Materials Co. cites market, operating and product-pricing metrics where it excels against its would-be merger partner, coupled with differences between each company’s asset values.
Read MoreBonsal American seals five TXI bagging sites
Oldcastle’s Charlotte, N.C.-based Bonsal American business has acquired the TXI Package Products unit of TXI Operations, LP, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Texas Industries, Inc. The transaction spans five plants specializing in dry mix concrete and other packaged products located around Texas’ three major markets: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston and Austin/San Antonio.
Read MoreJensen Precast adds two Calif. plants in Teichert deal
Already one of the top independent producers in underground, utility and non-architectural structures, Sparks, Nev.-based Jensen Precast has strengthened its West Coast presence with the acquisition of Teichert Precast Concrete Products plants in Sacramento and Stockton, Calif. The transaction positions the buyer with eight Golden State plants.
Read MoreU.S. Concrete’s rapid drying concrete advances moisture-sensitive slab practice
USC Technologies, Inc., bills its Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete as the first ready mixed solution for preventing floor covering failure, an industry-wide problem that costs millions of dollars annually in damage, downtime, repair and replacement. The proprietary mix from the subsidiary of Texas-Based U.S. Concrete Inc. can attain in 30 days or less—or three times faster than conventional concrete—the 75 percent internal relative humidity level increasingly referenced as a target for flooring covering application on new concrete slabs.
Read MoreStego Industries makes the grade as named exclusive Aridus sales partner
U.S. Concrete announced an agreement in April whereby San Clemente, Calif.-based Stego Industries LLC, a key player in below-slab vapor barriers, becomes exclusive channel partner to market and sell Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete. The agreement creates significantly increased opportunities to reach the architectural and engineering communities and showcase the benefits of Aridus as a game-changing solution to concrete slab moisture problems, U.S. Concrete affirms.
Read MoreASTM and AASHTO dedicate Cement & Concrete and Materials Reference labs
A 34,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Frederick, Md., has been converted to a shared ASTM International Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL), bringing under one roof the operations of six buildings.
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