An 1,800-sq.-ft. enclosure for seven 3- x 20-ft. beds for slab-on-grade and pavement testing is the latest addition to the Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma, Norman
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Certification, Distributor, Social Media Courses Anchor Expanded Hardscape Na Show
Shifting from prior years’ winter schedules, the 2010 Hardscape North America, October 28–30, will feature 85-plus education sessions and workshops, plus a tradeshow with 100-plus exhibitors promoting pavers, segmental retaining wall units, and related tools
Read MoreLowe’s Official To Keynote Inaugural Necma Masonry, Hardscape Gathering
The 1st Annual NECMA Education Day & Tradeshow will feature a Lowe’s Corp. representative discussing the significant role of concrete masonry in the home-improvement retailing giant’s energy-efficiency and LEED requirements for new store construction
Read MoreEpa Attaches Enthusiastic Cost-Benefit To Stringent Cement Plant Emissions Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates the cement industry will incur $926 million–$950 million annually to comply with new rules limiting emissions and particulate matter from kilns, contending scrubber and related pollution-control investments will net $6.7 billion to $18 billion in “public health benefits
Read MoreSierra Club Surrogate: EPA Cement Rule Helps Create, Preserve Jobs
In a press release hailing EPA’s final NESHAP [National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants] Portland Cement rule, environmental activist Earthjustice observes, “Modernizing older cement kilns with technologies such as scrubbers and activated carbon injection will help to create more jobs for the cement industry
Read MoreU.S. Concrete Financial Reorganization Nears
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s granting of a U.S. Concrete request to confirm a Plan of Organization, converting $285 million in senior notes to equity shares, will likely enable the producer to emerge from Chapter 11 proceedings by the end of August
Read MoreTeamsters, Operating Engineers Secure Eastern Concrete Work Assignment
The NLRB settled a jurisdictional dispute at Eastern Concrete Materials, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., determining that Operating Engineers Local 137 and Teamsters Local 456 members are entitled to perform, respectively, mechanic and loader operator and batch and yard work
Read MoreNew High-Bay Headquarters Entrenches Trenwa In Utility Precast
Construction is under way on a 25,000-sq.-ft. operation in Florence, Ind., to become the new flagship of precast trench, box and vault specialist Trenwa
Read MoreFirst Of 15,000 Royal Concrete Modular Homes Arrives In Africa
Under a three-year contract, Royal Concrete will export precast modular home components to Angola, as it also builds a satellite operation in the sub-Saharan African nation
Read MoreNrmca To Stage Global-Themed Sustainability Conference In Dubai
United Arab Emirates will be the site of the inaugural International Concrete Sustainability Conference, December 13–14, sponsored by NRMCA in partnership with UAE’s Grey Matters Consultancy
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