Concrete plant equipment dealer CP-Solutions has developed a compact valve enabling ready mixed producers to blend regular and temperature-controlled water
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Bald Eagles Find Lafarge Vancouver Rm Plant Most Hospitable
Ten years after permitting and work began to build a new Vancouver Harbour ready mixed operation to serve the steadily growing downtown and East Vancouver markets, Lafarge Canada completed all construction and proceeded with early commissioning by the end of 2009
Read MoreNrmca, Wildlife Habitat Council Promote Biodiversity At Rm Plants
A new NRMCA and Wildlife Habitat Council partnership encourages member participation each organization’s environmental programs and advances voluntary corporate leadership in environmental performance, including wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration
Read MoreContractors Pull No Punches Responding To Obama Project Labor Agreement Rule
Two leading contractor groups offered scathing criticism of a rule, effective April 13, encouraging federal agencies to impose project labor agreements (PLA) on federal construction projects exceeding $25 million
Read MoreKraft Energy Fills Void In Besser Portfolio
Besser has acquired Ft. Worth, Texas-based Kraft Energy Systems Inc., whose curing equipment and technology have become fixtures in North American and overseas manufactured-concrete plants
Read MoreFaux Stone Veneer Producers Launch Design Awards
Entries in MVMA’s first annual Design Awards program are being accepted through May 10
Read MoreIndianapolis Trial Lawyer Sees Closure In Ready Mixed Price-Fixing Case
Settlements upward of $59 million will cover full payment of overcharges ready mixed concrete customers incurred from what the federal government claimed was a price-fixing conspiracy Indianapolis market producers effected during 2000-2004
Read MoreRm Executives Anchor Conexpo-Con/Agg Management Committee
Tom Flynn, president of Dubuque, Iowa-based Flynn Ready-Mix Concrete Co., has been named vice chairman of the 2011 ConExpo-Con/Agg Management Committee, charged with overseeing exhibit, seminar and other plans for the March 22-26, Las Vegas Convention Center gathering
Read MoreNrmca Quality Survey Targets Staff, Equipment Benchmarks
An NRMCA Research & Engineering Standards Committee survey under way gauges quality control staff expertise, materials and mix testing frequency, quality documentation, and lab equipment monitoring
Read MoreCommission Certifies Articulating Crane Operators
Billed as the first program of its kind for knuckleboom and material loader equipment, NCCCO’s Articulating Crane Operator certification spans three written examinations and a practical test
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