Source: Concrete Industry Management, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
In preparation for its eighth annual auction scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6 at World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the CIM program—a business-intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management—is seeking donations. The silent auction will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the live auction following at 1 p.m.
Read MoreSources: Clark Pacific, West Sacramento, Calif.; CP staff
Already a major player in West Coast architectural and structural precast solutions, Clark Pacific has closed on the California assets of Hanson Structural Precast, including a flagship plant in Irwindale and 80-acre industrial-zoned site in Adelanto.
Read MoreSources: MDU Resources Group, Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff
Terry D. Hildestad will retire in early January as MDU Resources president and chief executive officer—a post he has held since 2006—and cap a 38-year career that began with the company’s Knife River Corp. subsidiary. Following his 1991 appointment as president, he oversaw Knife River’s expansion in aggregates, ready mixed concrete and road-building businesses, from the Dakotas to the West Coast and to Iowa and Texas. Construction materials emerged as a complimentary business to parent company MDU’s core utility and energy operations.
Read MoreSource: Eric Mower + Associates Group (EMA), Syracuse, N.Y.
As brand loyalists, professional contractors purchase building supplies and tools based on names they know and trust, according to national research from the EMA B2B Contractor Specialty Group. Its survey of 500 general contractors and trade specialists also reveals methods of driving contractors to try new products.
Read MoreSources: Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.; Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill.
A new software tool for design, engineering and construction professionals studies all phases of a building’s life cycle, from materials acquisition through demolition, to determine its true environmental footprint.
Read MoreMilwaukee-based Maxon Industries recently crossed the four-figure unit production threshold for its flagship concrete placing vehicle, delivering it to Zignego Company Inc., a Waukesha, Wis., contractor with an integrated, five-plant ready mixed business.
Read MoreMack Trucks has announced Complete Care, a preventive maintenance and inspection plan that promotes compliance, safety and accountability (CSA), while keeping customers’ trucks in top running condition. Operators using the plan simply contact OneCall, Mack’s ’round-the-clock customer support network, to schedule their next service.
Read MoreTo maintain compliance with 2010 Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for heavy-duty diesel engine emissions—and prepare for EPA and U.S. Department of Transportation greenhouse gas rules in 2014 and 2017—Navistar International Corp. has scheduled rollout of a new clean engine solution, In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+), for early next year.
Read MoreThe WatchDog wastewater treatment system is used for NPDES permit compliance at industrial sites, allowing personnel to easily control pH levels of wastewater discharge. Through the use of a non-hazardous compound, sodium bisulfate, pH levels are monitored and adjusted automatically with minimal employee involvement. The pH WatchDog allows ready mixed, precast concrete, asphalt and mining operations to achieve regulatory compliance, avoid fines and maintain worker safety.
Read MoreThe newly redesigned Keystone Batch Control system is equipped with advanced, nonproprietary hardware to offer what GivenHansco officials note is the same Keystone quality producers depend on in a more compact package, but suited to concrete operations of any size.
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