Month: January 2009

Oldcastle Architectural’s parent company has withdrawn from a $540 million deal for Dallas-based Pavestone Group LP following an FTC challenge “that the acquisition would violate antitrust laws by greatly reducing competition for concrete hardscape products sold to [retailers such as] The Home Depot, Lowe’s and Wal-Mart in nearly 300 metropolitan areas”

Spancrete Group notes the Jan. 13 passing of company founder Henry Nagy, whose name is synonymous architectural and structural precast throughout the Midwest, and hollow core plank and machinery worldwide. In an announcement to the industry, company officials observe, “Henry’s pioneering contribution to the concrete products industry is legend

Citing fatality and crash statistics from a Harvard University study and other sources, the National Safety Council is urging businesses and state government leaders to ban all motor vehicle drivers’ use of hand-held and hands-free cell phones for voice or text transmission

Safety, fleet and equipment managers, along with other members of NRMCA’s Operations, Environmental & Safety Committee, have increasingly cited company bans on drivers’ use of cell phones while operating mixer trucks

Americast has acquired Mack Industries’ Martinsburg, W.Va., precast operation, enabling the buyer to vacate a nearby plant on property the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has eyed for a Customs and Border Patrol Training facility expansion

Winfred “David” Brooks, who recently marked 45 years of accident-free concrete delivery, is the 13th NRMCA Driver of the Year

Facing a Jan. 9 target driven by the presidential inauguration 11 days later, Skanska USA crews are on track to complete manual installation of 14,000 concrete pavers at the Lincoln Memorial East Plaza in Washington, D.C.

CRH has confirmed the Jan. 1 appointment of Myles Lee as group chief executive, succeeding Liam O’Mahony, who remains on the board as a nonexecutive director

Retired CRH Chief Executive Liam O’Mahony exits the Belgard Castle executive suite after making solid marks on both sides of the Atlantic