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Month: November 2008

Chaney Consolidates Rowe Materials Stake

November 25, 2008 Concrete News

Chaney has acquired the remaining stake in Rowe Materials, a Fredericksburg, Va., ready mixed producer with whom it has been in partnership since 1995

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Housing Starts Drop To Record, Five-Decade Low

November 25, 2008 Concrete News

Amid Wall Street volatility and Main Street uncertainty, home builders reduced the pace of new construction and permit issuance in October to the lowest levels for any single month on record, NAHB reported last week in response to U.S. Department of Commerce housing market figures

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Green Building Market Pacing Three-Fold Gains By 2013

November 25, 2008 Concrete News

The U.S. green building market is accelerating at a dramatic rate, potentially tripling over the next five years, according to “Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change”

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Holcim Retrenches U.S. Operations With 1,500 Job Cuts, Two Mill Closings

November 19, 2008 Concrete News

An economic downturn and shrinking construction activity has taken its toll on Holcim, the world’s second-largest cement maker, which is in the process of slashing 1,500 U.S. and 500 U.K. jobs by the end of this year

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Essroc, Lafarge, St. Marys Idle Cement Kilns

November 19, 2008 Concrete News

In addition to the Holcim (US) Missouri and Michigan plant closings, sharp declines in portland cement consumption throughout the Great Lakes are forcing shut down of clinker production at St. Marys Cement, Dixon, Ill., and, Lafarge North America, Woodstock, Ont., sites

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Pca Forecaster Sees 2006-10 Powder Consumption Dropping 33 Percent

November 10, 2008 Concrete News

Although in his July Mid-Year 2008 Forecast, PCA Chief Economist Edward Sullivan stated his belief that the current massive cement consumption decline would last only four years (2006–2009) and see levels fall by 30 million metric tons, his end-of-year outlook paints a much bleaker story

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Ozinga Unable To Overcome DemsÌ Smear Apparatus In Congressional Race

November 6, 2008 Concrete News

In his first bid for public office, Chicago ready mixed producer Martin Ozinga III came up short on Election Day against an opponent entrenched in the Illinois Democratic Party and financially emboldened by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

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Voters Approve $71 Billion For Transportation Funding

November 6, 2008 Concrete News

Of the 37 state and local transportation funding-related initiatives presented to voters across the country on Election Day, 32 were approved–a success rate of 86 percent

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Environmental Awards

November 1, 2008 CP Staff

Drawing a record number of entries in its 14th year, the annual Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards program in 2008 honors 23 facilities operated

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Law Guards Armed Forces Against Shoddy Construction Specs

November 1, 2008 CP Staff

The fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense (DoD) authorization bill President Bush signed in mid-October requires the Secretary of Defense to incorporate sustainable design and life-cycle cost principles as an element in construction subject to Congressional approval

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