Quikrete has acquired Target Products, Ltd., which as Western Canada’s packaged-concrete leader has production and distribution facilities near Vancouver, B.C., and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta
Read MoreMonth: April 2008
Aia Billings Index Signals Sharp Commercial Construction Drop
Reflecting deteriorating conditions in the housing market and overall economy, a leading construction activity indicator tumbled almost nine points in February
Read MoreSurvey: Most Design Professionals Link Sustainability And Concrete
More than three out of four design professionals PCA surveyed on preferred materials for sustainable design cited concrete, acknowledging its energy efficiency, durability and reduced maintenance
Read MoreMasonry Producers Align With ‘Green’ Aggregate Source
Concrete Products Group (CPG) companies have entered a strategic alliance securing exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for concrete masonry units containing Sealtech-branded recycled aggregate, which product developers note is the only patented post-consumer material of its kind for CMU applications
Read MoreIcon Expo Organizers Firm Up Plan To Co-Locate With Conexpo-Con/Agg
NCMA will stage its 2011 International Concrete Exposition (Icon Expo) trade show in conjunction with that year’s ConExpo-Con/Agg at the Las Vegas Convention Center
Read MorePrecast: Equipment & Products
CONCRETE DRILLING AND ANCHOR KIT The Concrete Drilling and Anchor Kit is billed as the industry’s most complete collection of components specifically
Read MoreWeigh Batcher Foils Manual Method
For lightweight concrete block fabricator H+H Celcon Ltd. of Kent, England, expert engineering has taken product design to new levels of precision and
Read MoreOldcastle Precast Affords Makeover Home Solid Footing In Short Order
Bound by the usual one-week building window, a forthcoming Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project rests on Oldcastle Precast’s Oasis Foundation Wall System.
Read MoreThe Long View
Breaking with the office’s customary year-to-year focus, the new chairman of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) is determined to create
Read MoreGulf Surge
On the morning of August 29, 2005, winds and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and
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