With an eye toward reducing debt, Houston-based Cemex Inc. is negotiating transfer or sale of concrete and aggregate assets valued upwards of $375 million
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Climate Change Bill Ignites Uniform Message From Cement Steel Interests
We took enthusiastic note earlier this fall when the Minnesta Department of Transportation awarded the Interstate 35W replacement bridge contract to a
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A forward-looking fixture commands center stage at the main Denver plant of Rocky Mountain Prestress (RMP), a company soon to reflect on decades of progress
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After a year in which total housing starts are expected to drop to 1.363 million, things don’t look much better in this market for 2008, where the numbers
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Although alkali resistant glass fibers have been commercially available for more than 30 years, ASTM International reports that there has not been an
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The Steel Framing Alliance and Itasca, Ill., broker Gallagher Construction Services recently launched a comprehensive underwriting program that provides
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Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Green Building Studio bills its new beta program as the first building information model (BIM) tool to determine a building design’s
Read MoreMunicipal, State Agencies Add Precast Plant Certification
National Precast Concrete Association cites continued gains for its plant certification, with New Mexico, Oklahoma and Georgia Departments of Transportation
Read MoreLandscape Business Bucks Housing Trends
Despite a housing slowdown, a majority of landscape architecture firms report stable or improving work logs, according to a third quarter American Society
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REINFORCING STRIPS A thin metallic strip, Nadacrack is a new type of reinforcement for thick and thin concrete floor slabs that stops cracks from forming,
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