Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.
The 2011 ConcreteWorks conference and exposition (September 25–27, San Diego) will open with a look at how federal policy is hampering economic recovery, and close with a motivational presentation from an official who has led testing of World War II concrete bunkers at the allied forces’ D-Day landing site in Normandy, France.
Read MoreSource: CP staff
About one year ago, Dean Soiland, the principal in Santa Rosa-based aggregates producer BoDean Company partnered with brother Troy to purchase the seven-year-old Northgate Ready Mix name and brand, and proceeded to use the still-struggling Northern California economy to its advantage by buying a new plant and 11 relatively new mixer trucks at reasonable prices.
Read MoreSource: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.
NPCA’s annual producer-member survey finds the industry contracted slightly between 2009 and 2010, from $19.5 billion to $19.3 billion in shipments, although resale items brought each year to about $21.4 billion total.
Read MoreSource: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.
The just-published ACI 318-11, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary” reflects extensive changes from the 2008 edition, including these key items: