Vulcan Construction Materials Group, Southwest Division President J. Thomas Hill will head the Florida Rock Division, effective September 1. He succeeds Thompson S. Baker II, president since the 2007 Florida Rock Industries-Vulcan merger, who has been named chief executive officer of Jacksonville-based Patriot Transportation Holding
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CO2-Capturing Aggregate Processor Calera Lands $19.8 Million DOE Grant
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Calera Corp. is poised to design, build and operate a system that mineralizes carbon dioxide from flue gas, yielding carbonate-bearing aggregate for construction fill or cement mill raw feed
Read MoreShareholder Agreement Stabilizes Txi Board, Outlook
An 18-month period that saw newer TXI shareholders challenge capital expansion strategies and promote board and bylaw changes appears to have run its course, allowing management to fully concentrate on cement, aggregate and ready mixed operations headed to recovery in 2011 and beyond
Read MoreSegmental Pavement Insights Provides Producers Sales Outsourcing
Manufactured-concrete industry consultant Segmental Pavement offers ProSalesTemp as a professional temporary sales support for contractor, retail and distributor channels
Read MoreMetromont’s Pennell Heads Altus Precaster Organization
Rick Pennell has begun a two-year term as chairman of AltusGroup, a partnership of 13 precast producers fabricating CarbonCast architectural and structural components
Read MoreCanadians Test Co2 Capture Via Concrete Block Curing
Researchers at Montreal’s McGill University are gauging the feasibility of curing concrete masonry units with carbon dioxide, which can react with cement to form a hybrid microstructure of calcium carbonate and calcium silicate hydrate, the main binding product of hydrated powder
Read MoreCrest Precast Stresses Summer School Science
In a plant visit hosted by Crest Precast, students of a LaCrosse, Wis., school district observed hoist pulleys, wire mesh benders, and band-saws in operation
Read MoreEpa Sets Public Hearings For Proposed Coal Ash Designation, Disposal Rule
The EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery is accepting speaker preregistration for public hearings on its proposed “Identification and Listing of Special Waste: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities” rule, whose contentious provisions have drawn sharp criticism from fly ash marketers and users
Read MoreNrmca Tells Lawmakers Of Epa-Proposed Coal Ash Designation Pitfalls
Testifying July 22 on Capitol Hill, NRMCA President Robert Garbini noted that a potential Environmental Protection Agency plan to classify coal ash as a hazardous waste would exert a significant economic toll on producers nationwide, especially small operators, and make beneficial use of ASTM C618 material in concrete more onerous
Read MorePervious Pavement Pivotal To Cardi MaterialsÌ $215K Settlement With Epa
A proposed settlement with EPA New England Region calls for Cardi Materials, LLC to pay a $55,000 civil penalty; eliminate process water discharges at its Warwick, R.I., ready mixed plant; perform a comprehensive environmental audit to ensure the facility’s compliance with federal laws; hire certified personnel for additional stormwater discharge monitoring
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