The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) National Steering Committee program supporters are calling upon industry equipment, materials and service providers
Read MoreMonth: October 2007
Top General Contractor Sees Costs Continuing Upward
Leading general contractor Turner Construction Co. notes in its most recent quarterly cost index that construction costs in the U.S. building industry
Read MorePca Economist Cites Sub-Prime Crisis In 6.8 Percent Powder Consumption Drop
Deteriorating economic conditions tied to the sub-prime mortgage crisis have prompted Portland Cement Association (PCA) to adjust downward portland cement
Read MoreMcgraw-Hill Gauges 6 Percent Drop In New Construction
In its 2007 Construction Outlook Midyear Update, McGraw-Hill reports that new construction is pacing $641.4 billion, or 6 percent below the 2006 level;
Read MoreTransit Mix Unloads Four Rio Grande Valley Plants
Transit Mix Concrete & Materials Co., the construction materials subsidiary of Dallas-based Trinity Industries, reported late last month the sale of four
Read MoreLafarge Mid-Atlantic Adds Mellott Heritage Division
Lafarge North America, Reston, Va., closed last month on the Heritage Division of H.B. Mellott Estate, a Warfordsburg, Pa., operator with three ready
Read MoreQuality Concrete Deal Expands Knife River’s Texas Horizon
MDU Resources Group in Bismarck, N.D., has absorbed Beaumont, Texas-based Quality Concrete & Materials Co., Ltd., running 10 ready mixed plants, two material
Read MoreHanson Pipe Dedicates New Arizona Operation
Hanson Pipe & Precast’s El Mirage, Ariz., plant was in testing phases last month toward a scheduled early-October grand opening, with festivities to include
Read MoreCemex Assets Fit Oldcastle Like A Glove
The ink is dry on the two largest takeovers ever in the global heavy building materials business. The Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. + Rinker Group ($15.3 billion)
Read MoreProductivity Through The Roof
A quality assurance inspector’s pursuit of higher productivity in outdoor precast/prestressed casting bed operations, plus an expanded production window
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