Vulcan Materials’ major ready mixed operation at the well-mined Mission Valley site, just north of San Diego, proved a fitting NRMCA 2011 National Mixer Driver Championship venue.
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West Virginia: Oldcastle Materials’ latest ready mixed platform target
The acquisition of Central Supply Inc. and Central Trucking brings Oldcastle Materials Inc. concrete capacity in West Virginia, the next state of low- to moderate population density or growth where the company eyes a ready mixed production platform.
Read MoreMcKinsey-bred McPherson heads Strategy & Business for Vulcan
John McPherson joined Vulcan Materials as senior vice president, Strategy and Business Development, in mid-October, also serving on the producer’s executive committee. As a director of global management consultant McKinsey & Co., he has worked with executive teams across several industries on matters of strategy, operations and organization effectiveness.
Read MoreMartin Marietta poised for stake in Rocky Mountain ready mixed
A Lafarge North America and Martin Marietta Materials asset swap will net the latter company a major metro-Denver presence, including 10 ready mixed and six aggregate operations, plus nine asphalt production or road-building office/ equipment sites.
Read MoreEnergy operator NOV, Ameron close $777 million merger
Nearly 100 percent of votes cast at an early-October stockholders meeting of Pasadena, Calif.-based Ameron International favored a merger with Houston’s National Oilwell Varco (NOV), closing a transaction the companies’ boards had proposed exactly three months prior. The vote brought Ameron stockholders $85/share and ended the company’s New York Stock Exchange trading.
Read MoreASTM C09 sets Symposium on Pervious Concrete
A symposium leading into C09 Committee on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates meetings, December 4–7 in Tampa, Fla., will examine pervious pavement mixes and hardened slab properties.
Read MoreLafarge marks Canada’s National Precast Day with Habitat home plan
During an October 4 open house that drew 500 students, architects and engineers to its Edmonton precast plant, Lafarge Canada announced participation in a local Habitat for Humanity Net Zero energy duplex project.
Read MoreGrowing U.S. green building market supports 660K-plus jobs
As part of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) kick off for the sold out annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo held in Toronto in early October, McGraw-Hill Construction Study released new research saying that green building accounts for 661,000 jobs in the United States—one third of the design and construction workforce.
Read MoreM-H Construction unveils next generation of business intelligence tool
McGraw-Hill Construction recently launched new features for its highly successful business intelligence tool, Dodge SpecShare Suite. The platform has been enhanced to enable building product manufacturers (BPMs) to access, analyze and understand their specification share position versus the competition with even greater ease.
Read MoreIndustry-first label tracks life-cycle, material data
Chicago-based Perkins + Will, a major architectural and engineering firm, and Construction Specialities (C/S) of Lebanon, N.J., describe their building product transparency label—detailing complete product make-up, critical life cycle information and potential human health impacts—as a collaborative step aimed at driving increased manufacturer disclosure.
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