EDITORIAL Don Marsh EditorMobile: +1 (312) 720-9869E-mail: [email protected] Josephine PattersonAssistant EditorE-mail: [email protected] SALES Bill Green Sales ManagerTelephone: +1 (414) 212-8266E-mail: [email protected]
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Concrete Products is the oldest business-to-business periodical in the North American concrete industry, published monthly since 1947. BPA-audited, it serves a primarily U.S. and Canadian audience of 18,500 ready mixed, block, brick, paver, veneer stone, pipe & precast and precast/prestressed concrete producers. It originated in the 1940s as an occasional supplement to Chicago-based Rock Products magazine, becoming a monthly section…
Read MoreTurmac Rebranded Columbia Batching Division
Harmonizing its batch plant equipment brand with the flagship, Columbia will operate the Turmac Division as the Batching Division of Columbia Machine. The name change reinforces the primary focus of providing concrete batching and mixing solutions to domestic and international product machinery customers, notes General Manager J.P. Gianotti.
Read MoreGovernor recognizes Salt River Materials For Role In Energy-Wise, Habitat Home
Product, engineering, and site-labor contributions to Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona’s Net-Zero Energy home–incorporating an insulating concrete form-styled wall system plus decorative, value-added concrete surfaces–garnered Salt River Materials an “Excellence in Economic Development and Energy Leadership Award.”
Read MoreTitan America, Cemex chiefs named to top PCA posts
During its fall meeting, the PCA board of directors elected Titan America CEO Aris Papadopoulos chairman and Cemex USA President Gilberto Perez vice chairman, both for two-year terms.
EPA scrutinizes New England RM producers’ Clean Water Act compliance
A U.S. Attorney’s Office complaint, filed on behalf of EPA in the New Hampshire District Court, alleges Clean Water Act violations at the Torromeo Industries Inc. ready mixed and aggregate operation in Kingston, N.H. Agency staff contends that Torromeo Industries, based in Methuen, Mass., violated the Act by discharging storm and process water into wetlands and waterways without the required authorization under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
Read MoreCement industry challenges EPA rule driving $26/ton spike
A PCA Petition for Reconsideration and Administrative Stay with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites late additions to a final rule—national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP)—the agency issued in August without affording opportunity for public comment.
Read MorePCA cuts projected 2010-2012 consumption gains by nearly two-thirds
Sustained labor market weakness, and the ripple effect it will have on residential and public or private nonresidential and nonbuilding construction over the next 26 months, has prompted PCA Chief Economist Ed Sullivan to revise downward his forecast of cement consumption and concrete output.
Read MoreThelen supplies Habitat ICF home set for 2010 Greenbuild spotlight
Thelen Sand & Gravel & Ready Mix of Antioch, Ill., delivered slab and wall mixes for an insulating concrete form home that delegates to the 2010 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo will visit as part of scheduled tours.
Read MoreMack Customer Center sports truck showroom in a league of its own
Visitors to the new Mack Customer Center can see the evolution of an iconic truck brand, from pre-war dumps to Granite-mounted mixers running EPA 2010-compliant diesel power.
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