Commercial Metals adds P-T cable offerings through Tendon Systems deal

Sources: Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas; CP staff Commercial Metals, the top supplier of concrete rebar in the U.S., has acquired Tendon Systems LLC, a leading Southeast player in post-tensioning, barrier cable, and concrete restoration solutions. Tendon Systems’ products and services are used in slabs on grade, parking structures, plus multi-family residential, industrial and high-rise buildings. The Suwanee, Ga. company’s…

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Owens Corning underwrites historic-concrete restoration at Pearl Harbor

Sources: Owens Corning Foundation, Toledo, Ohio; Concrete Preservation Institute, Chico, Calif.; CP staff

Through an agreement announced on the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Owens Corning Foundation committed $100,000 to support the Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI) Career Skills Program, presently engaged in a multi-year restoration of historic Pearl Harbor Battleship Row mooring quays. CPI is bringing to Hawaii skills and practice demonstrated during concrete restoration at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

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