Brundage-Bone – Concrete Products

Rebar-free, but steel-laden, HPC core shoulders 850-ft. Seattle tower

September 9, 2019 Concrete News

Sources: Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Lease Crutcher Lewis, and Wright Runstad & Co., Seattle; CP staff

A 58-floor mixed-use tower in Seattle has topped out after a 10-month schedule on the strength of a unique core wall system with requisite volumes of high performance concrete but no conventional rebar. Rainier Square Tower marks the debut of what local engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) dubs the Concrete-Filled Composite Plate Shear Wall (CPSW) system. In contrast to a conventional reinforced concrete wall with large diameter rebar, the system as engineered for the 850-ft. structure redirects steel to composite panels: Half- or ¾-in. thick plates, connected with 1-in. diameter steel cross ties running vertically and horizontally on 12-in. center grids.

Brundage-Bone parent adds Texas-sized Capital Pumping

March 19, 2019 Concrete News

Sources: Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia; CP staff

Concrete Pumping Holdings (CPH) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Austin-based Capital Pumping LP, which serves central, south and west Texas contractors through 12 locations. The agreement was unanimously approved by CPH’s board of directors and is expected to close in the second quarter.

ORGANIZATIONS – JUNE 2018

June 20, 2018 Concrete News

The American Concrete Institute has provided the ACI Foundation with an additional $360,000, earmarked for funding research in collaboration with the work of ACI committees. The one-time contribution follows ACI’s commitment in 2017 to up ACI Foundation support by providing $500,000 of annual mission funding and fully covering all operational expenses.

Pumping giant Brundage-Bone gains mountain, desert turf in O’Brien deal

April 24, 2018 Concrete News

Sources: Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc., Denver; CP staff

Concrete pumping contractor Brundage-Bone has broadened its Rockies and Southwest market presence with the acquisition of O’Brien Concrete Pumping Inc., serving Colorado and Arizona residential and commercial customers with a fleet upwards of 70 machines.