Sources: C60, Chicago; CP staff The C60 Opportunity Platform enables ready mixed concrete producers to identify and drive profitability improvement. Launched at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023 as a first of its kind technology tool, C60 affords users an opportunity to find savings potential across their entire business with easy-to-read, actionable insights on maximizing margins and operational efficiency. Real-time perspectives and analytics equip…
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Sysdyne Technologies, HaulHub advance e-Ticketing for DOT work
Sources: Sysdyne Technologies, Stamford, Conn.; CP staff Sysdyne Technologies and HaulHub have entered a partnership to simplify, digitize and automate processes between state public sector projects and ready mixed concrete producers. By aligning around their shared goal to promote e-Ticketing, they aim to remove or eliminate paper and manual tasks; provide real-time material and delivery management information; and, automate inter-stakeholder…
Read MoreShumaker Industries reloads automated truck wash station
One of past decade’s best examples of equipment uptake among North American ready mixed concrete producers is also a textbook case of user experience-driven continuous improvement. Shumaker Industries piloted and initially deployed its Load and Go automated mixer truck wash station over a 2007-2012 window. Operators saw the 12- x 15-ft. aluminum frame device—outfitted with hoses and wands feeding nozzles…
Read MoreHazard Communication Plan takes hold; OSHA extends silica rule comment period
Effective this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) requires chemical manufacturers, distributors or importers (including ready mixed concrete producers) to adjust their Hazard Communication Plan. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association notes specifically that member producers need to change their Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS’s to a new 16-part format Safety Data Sheet (SDS).
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