Sources: SCC 2013 Organizing Committee; CP staff
Organizers of SCC 2013, Fifth North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, envision a program for their May 13–15 gathering in Chicago around a) demonstrating outcomes of recent self-consolidating concrete research and practice; b) upholding a platform to further address strategies advancing SCC use; and, c) promoting greater interactions between international SCC researchers and users.
Read MoreSources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff
Recipients of NRMCA Business Administration, Operations, Environmental and Safety, Promotion, and Research, Engineering & Standards Committees’ annual awards were recognized during the association’s 2012 convention, earlier this month in Savannah, Ga.
Read MoreSources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association; CP staff
2011-12 NRMCA Chairman Karl Watson, Jr. has recognized Thomas L. Flynn and Kenneth G. Robinson for extraordinary dedication to the association and ready mixed industry. Both were presented the Chairman’s Award during the NRMCA annual convention.
Read MoreSource: National Concrete Masonry Association, Herndon, Va.
James Anderegg, a partner and past president of Mutual Materials Co., was named recipient of the NCMA Lifetime Achievement Award during the group’s 2012 convention in Orlando. He joined the Bellevue, Wash., producer in the late 1980s and was instrumental in leading the company’s growth in the Pacific Northwest through acquisitions and greenfield plant development.
Read MoreSources: Carolinas Cement Co., Wilmington, N.C.; CP Staff
Officials from Carolinas Cement announced recently that parent company Titan America LLC was issued an air quality permit from the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) to construct a proposed 2.4 million-tons/year-capacity cement plant in Castle Hayne. The permit issuance comes after four years of technical review of the proposed facility and is a major step toward an integrated North Carolina operation, as Castle Hayne is strategic to the S&W Ready Mix business acquired by Titan in 2007.
Read MoreSources: Besser Co., Alpena, Mich.; IQity Solutions LLC, Pittsburgh; CP staff
Besser and cloud-computing specialist IQity have announced Besser Connector, a technology platform to maximize efficiency and returns by enabling manufactured-concrete producers to proactively manage operations throughout a day’s schedule.
Read MoreSource: CP staff
One former and nine current Congressmen are scheduled to briefly address the second Rally for Roads: Make Transportation Job #1, March 20 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Groups representing construction materials producers, contractors, road-building equipment interests, and other infrastructure stakeholders are timing the one-hour event to highlight the importance of legislation funding the federal highway program long term—well beyond the most recent temporary funding extension that expires March 31.
Read MoreSources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Houston; CP staff
U.S. Concrete subsidiary USC Technologies, Inc. bills its Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete as the first ready mixed solution for preventing floor covering failure, an industry-wide problem that costs millions of dollars annually in damage, downtime, repair and replacement. The proprietary mix can attain in 30 days or less— three times faster than conventional concrete—the 75 percent internal relative humidity level increasingly referenced as a target for flooring covering application on new concrete slabs.
Read MoreSource: Canadian Wood Council (CWC), Vancouver, B.C.
The Case for Tall Wood Buildings validates the use of mass timber products as a viable structural building material option, thanks to a new open design methodology. The CWC-commissioned report highlights wood products’ ability to offer flexible tower construction, meet building codes and be price competitive with concrete and steel structural options.
Read MoreSources: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.; CP staff
Beyond fuel and transportation, rising oil prices directly impact street and highway building and maintenance costs, compounding the hundreds of millions of dollars states lose due to outdated bidding policies that favor petroleum-based asphalt over other paving materials.
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