September 4, 2012 – Concrete Products

NRMCA set to verify Environmental Product Declarations per new LEED, IgCC versions

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.

NRMCA has become an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program Operator, a designation enabling it to help members meet new requirements in LEED v4, International Green Construction Code (IgCC) and the Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products. EPDs are third-party verified reports published by product manufacturers that provide quality assured and comparable information regarding the environmental performance of their product.

Lattimore Materials marks 2 million hours sans lost time injury

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: Aggregate Industries (US), Waltham, Mass.

Aggregate Industries’ Texas ready mixed and aggregate subsidiary Lattimore Materials Corp. has surpassed 2 million hours without a lost time injury—one requiring an employee to take time off work to recover.

Turner imparts Lean construction methods in annual Safety Stand-Down

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: Turner Construction Co., New York

Turner Construction safety managers were set to suspend work September 4 to deliver a message—Lean and Safe: Material Management for a Safer Work Environment—timed with the general contracting giant’s annual Safety Stand-Down.

Home builder logs 2,000th Superior Walls foundation order

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: Superior Walls, New Holland, Pa.

Over the past four decades EGStoltzfus Homes, LLC has constructed 6,000-plus new homes throughout south central Pennsylvania, with more than one-third of them using Superior Walls’ precast foundation.

Terver, Ruiz gain expanded roles in Holcim Ltd., U.S. operations

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: Holcim (US) Inc., Waltham, Mass.

Holcim (US) President and CEO Bernard Terver has joined the executive committee of Swiss parent, Holcim Ltd., and will assume responsibility for a new Group region encompassing the U.S. and Canadian namesake plus Aggregate Industries (US) and (UK) businesses. The appointment coincides with “Holcim Leadership Journey,” an initiative to streamline and strengthen Holcim Ltd. global operations.