In an October issue report, “Good Days at Ground Zero,” Esquire editor at large Scott Raab tracks first hand the mid-summer delivery of a 10-yd, 12,000-psi mix load from Ferrara Bros. Brooklyn, N.Y., plant to a World Trade Center site pour
Read MoreMonth: September 2010
Hoover Dam, 3.25-Million-Yd. Marvel, Turns 75
On September 30, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated what would become a universal concrete icon. The 726-ft. high, gravity-arch Hoover Dam rises from the Black Canyon at the southeast Nevada, northwest Arizona border, forming Lake Mead
Read MoreAci Names Hover President
Cornell University Professor of Civil and Environment Engineering Kenneth Hover, PhD, P.E., has taken the helm at American Concrete Institute, following the September 18 passing of Richard Stehly
Read MoreOsha Calls For Construction Safety And Health Advisory Committee Member Nominees
Seeking nominations by November 12 for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health, OSHA calls for industry experts to help advise the Secretary of Labor on development of standards and policies
Read MoreStandard Concrete-Guided South Florida Team Tops Pci Big Beam
With oversight from Standard Concrete Products’ John Robertson, a six-member team representing University of South Florida, Tampa, won the PCI Big Beam Contest, claiming a $2,000 prize
Read MoreAci Approves Nrmca P2P-Backed Ãperformance-Based Requirements For Concrete
A benchmark document for newly chartered ACI Committee 329 – Performance Criteria for Ready Mixed Concrete discusses prescriptive versus performance requirements for a project’s concrete mixes and practice, along with implementing performance-based requirements and related quality control, assurance and acceptance criteria
Read MorePrecast Lewis & Clark Tower Rises On Scc Spec, Wind-Load Engineering
The Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower in Hartford, Ill., will be dedicated September 23, the date the 19-story structure’s namesakes completed an early 1800s expedition for the United States westward expansion
Read MoreBrick Group Joins Coalition Requesting Court To Stay Epa Greenhouse Gas Rule
NAM has submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia a motion for partial stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas regulations, thereby aiming to exempt stationary-source emissions from Clean Air Act mandates
Read MoreBrick And Block Demand To Reach 12.4 Billion Units, $8 Billion By 2014
Construction recovery, especially in residential building, is expected to drive a nearly 12 percent annual increase in brick and block demand from a weak 2009 base to 12.4 billion units–valued at $8 billion–in 2014
Read More2011 Icon Expo Set For Conexpo-Con/Agg Concrete Products Hall
NCMA recently finalized plans with Association of Equipment Manufacturers to co-locate next year’s Icon Expo with ConExpo-Con/Agg, dedicating a masonry-centered pavilion in the first level of the Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall
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