Along with member producers and downstream partners, the Cement Association of Canada has released Concrete Zero, an action plan for carbon emissions reduction measures up and down the industry’s value chain. The document builds on formal CO2 benchmarks that CAC and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada officials outlined last fall in Roadmap to Net-Zero Carbon Concrete by 2050. To…
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Cement Association of Canada delivers Concrete Zero
Sources: Cement Association of Canada, Ottawa; CP staff Along with member producers and downstream partners, the Cement Association of Canada has released Concrete Zero, an action plan for carbon emissions reduction measures up and down the industry’s value chain. The document builds on formal CO2 benchmarks that CAC and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada officials outlined last fall in Roadmap…
Read MoreAramsco builds decorative flatwork offerings with ease
Sources: Aramsco Inc., Paulsboro, N.J.; CP staff Construction and industrial distributor Aramsco has acquired Lima, Ohio-based EZ Concrete Supply, adding it to a portfolio that includes the flagship, CRW Supply and Safety Express businesses. “This transaction allows us to expand our geographic reach and provide customers with access to a much broader product offering, while continuing to receive the high…
Read MoreCeco Construction veteran heads ACI Center for Advancing Productivity
The American Concrete Institute has chartered PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Concrete Industry Productivity as a catalyst for solving constructability barriers. PRO will collaborate with design and engineering professionals, material suppliers, plus contractors to resolve issues that negatively impact output in concrete site operations. “The concrete contractor’s input on design details, specifications, and material criteria that embraces…
Read MoreAugmented reality app developer programs slab-scanning Flatness Check
Florida-based 3D digital solutions provider Faro Technologies Inc. has released its first augmented reality app for concrete. Flatness Check visualizes slab flatness and levelness to ensure pours are completed on schedule; quality of work is improved; and, expensive rework typical in high-rise residential and office concrete construction is eliminated. The app integrates with Sphere, Faro’s cloud-based and Software as a…
Read MorePaving the Year Forward
Five resolutions for the ready-mixed concrete industry. Happy New Year! From here on out, may our days be filled with more light, hope and resolutions for a better future. Taking a cue from Abraham Lincoln, who said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it,” let’s build a better outlook for our businesses and our industry. We…
Read MoreKenworth, Alliance team on CIM Auction-bound pump
Source: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee For a second consecutive year, Kenworth Truck Co., Norcal Kenworth and Alliance Concrete Pumps are donating what will likely to be the top ticket in the Concrete Industry Management Auction, the 2023 edition scheduled January 18 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The manufacturers and dealer are delivering a four-section, Z-fold 38-meter pump…
Read MoreInvestors commit $4 million to artificial intelligence-enabled mix design developer
Billed as the only recipe-as-a-service platform optimizing local materials for cleaner and more cost-efficient concrete, AICrete has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Clear Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures, with participation from Cortical Ventures plus a multinational materials producer. The capital positions the Richmond, Calif. firm to expand a proof of concept program to several key…
Read MoreRoadmap to Carbon Neutrality progresses along Madison Avenue
Portland Cement Association Chairman Ron Henley (GCC America) told a New York Climate Week gathering in mid-September how U.S. producers have exceeded expectations outlined a year ago in the PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality. With a 2050 horizon, the document offered carbon dioxide emissions reduction opportunities across a Clinker, Cement, Concrete, Construction and Carbonation value/process chain. Taking the podium at…
Read MoreOur Industry Needs to Recommit to Blunting the Lumber Threat
By Pierre G. Villere I can tell you that of all the things I have aspired to in life, being a lumber dealer has never been one of them. Goodness, the fluctuations in prices is far worse than dispensing gasoline at a convenience store, and now thousands of lumber dealers have seen their standing inventory significantly devalued because of the…
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