The PCA Board of Directors voted in Enrique Escalante as chairman during the association’s fall board meeting in Dallas. Currently the president of Denver-based GCC of America, Escalante will serve a two-year term as chairman, succeeding Charlie Sunderland of Ash Grove Cement Co
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Industry Applauds Lahood Nomination As Next Transportation Secretary
Contractors of America, and Building America’s Future, Washington, D.C., offices President-elect Barack Obama’s announcement of Congressman Ray LaHood’s (R-IL) nomination as U.S. Secretary of Transportation was met with enthusiasm from both sides of the aisle as well as construction interest
Read MoreTransportation Appointee Hails From Caterpillar District
It may come as no surprise that the Illinois Congressman nominated to be Transportation Secretary grew up in Peoria, home to equipment giant Caterpillar Inc
Read MoreSpreadsheet Tallies Construction Materials Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Using fuel type and consumption, plus power generation source data, the new NSSGA greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator evaluates emissions from aggregate, ready mixed concrete, asphalt, and pulverized mineral operations
Read MoreRapid Set Proprietor Formulates Broader Cement Curriculum For Universities
The newly formed CTS Research Alliance will muster educational leaders to research and expand knowledge of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) rapid-hardening and expansive cements
Read MoreMidwest Block & Brick Adds Hill Thomas, Glenstone Block Properties
Midwest Block has added production capacity and showroom and distribution assets with its recent acquisition of Hill Thomas in East St. Louis, Ill., and Glenstone Block Co. in Springfield, Mo.
Read MoreToronto’s Innocon Stages Record Scc Pour
Ontario heavyweight Innocon Readymix has set what by Concrete Products records is a new North American volume record for a continuous self-consolidating mix placement
Read MoreBusiness Relays Card Check Bill’s Negatives To New Congress
Not waiting for the new Congress to convene next month, NRMCA has joined the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace in an appeal to U.S. House and Senate members to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act, union-friendly legislation positioned for early-2009 Capitol Hill action
Read MoreSmith Named High Concrete President
Jeffrey Smith, most recently senior vice president of operations at High Industries Inc., has succeeded Thomas McEvoy as High Concrete Group president
Read MoreZimmerman Enters 2009 With Las Vegas Service Center Opening
Zimmerman plans an early January opening of a Las Vegas-area facility to provide Western state customers mixer and part sales, mounting, service, and training
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