The Insulating Concrete Form Association’s first technical brief details how ICF projects can best earn points under the U.S. Green Building Council’s
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Builders Stop Fire Sprinkler Advocates’ Forced Home Entry
Solid promotion of a deep wall, roof, landscape and interior product catalog has helped ready mixed and manufactured-concrete producers capture a few
Read MoreEpa Acknowledges Energy Efficiency In Powder Milling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the cement industry for significant progress in continuing to reduce its environmental footprint
Read MoreConcrete Safety Systems Offers J-J Hooks-Connected Barriers
Smith-Midland Corp. officials announce the reintroduction of Concrete Safety Systems, a division of the company that specializes in the rental of precast
Read MoreOldcastle Precast, Act Stage Preventive Maintenance Seminar
Turnkey plant provider Advanced Concrete Technologies (ACT) recently teamed up with Oldcastle Precast-Central Division management to present a three-day,
Read MoreBrick Developer Promotes Clay, Compressed-Earth Formulation
Interlocking, compressed-earth bricks produced by Quick-Brick USA, LLC, have been approved by Florida-based Davis and Cleaton Engineering for home and
Read MoreEquipment & Products
HIGH-SPEED DIAMOND BLADE The new Contractor Pro High-Speed Diamond Blades offer a faster cutting speed and up to 50 percent longer life than current heavy-duty
Read MoreIn For The Long Haul
Since its 1961 start-up as a precast/prestressed concrete component supplier for the 17-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Bayshore Concrete Products
Read MoreSplit-Face Block Forms Ohio Bridge Abutment
The Bowman Road Bridge project in Defiance County, Ohio, demonstrates that geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) technology for abutments can be used to
Read MorePost-Modern Cast
A major component of Roman buildings and architecture, concrete has played a role in construction advancements for millennia. Rediscovered during the
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