Source: Construction Materials Recycling Association, Aurora, Ill.
The utilization of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) as an unbound base product in the highway environment is extensively examined in a new Construction Materials Recycling Association white paper, prepared especially for highway engineers and their federal, state and local agency colleagues.
Read MoreSources: Turner Construction Co., New York City; CP staff
The 2012 Green Building Market Barometer survey from top gun general contractor Turner Construction finds that real estate owners, developers and corporate owner-occupants remain committed to sustainable practices, but are increasingly cool on costs associated with U.S. Green Building Council LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for projects.
Read MoreSource: Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
In a statement congratulating President Obama and Vice President Biden on their re-election, BCTD’s Sean McGarvey offers this take on second-term activity affecting members and the construction industry:
“Over the past four years, America’s Building Trades Unions have lamented the toxic nature of our politics that sought to win the latest news cycle but rarely put the needs of constituents ahead of political party goals. With yet another convincing general election victory, President Obama correctly pointed out that the American people decisively ‘voted for action, not politics as usual…it’s about your jobs, not ours.’
Read MoreSource: Grace Construction Products, Cambridge, Mass. Grace Construction Products will effect 5 to 15 percent prices increases across North American concrete and masonry product lines, effective January 2013. The increases reflect supply and demand imbalances for certain chemical streams, which have put pressure on the cost and availability of raw materials used in the admixture product lines.
Read MoreSource: Hanley Wood Exhibitions, Dallas
Show management reports that next year’s World of Concrete, February 5–8 in Las Vegas, will be larger than their 2012 gathering and packed with a lineup of 100-plus educational sessions (February 4–8), hands-on product demonstrations, spectator events, and competitions.
Read MoreSource: HawkeyePedershaab, Mediapolis, Iowa
Germany’s MBK, the world’s leading manufacturer of reinforcement cage machinery, has extended a prior sales and marketing agreement with global concrete pipe machinery leader HawkeyePedershaab. It calls for MBK to purchase the rights to the HawkeyePedershaab Cageflex product line and associated technologies, and HawkeyePedershaab to represent MBK cage machinery exclusively as North American sales agent.
Read MoreSource: Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala.
Vulcan Materials Co. announced the following leadership changes:
Sources: RMC Research and Education Foundation, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff
As the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states continue with clean up and recovery from the “Perfect Storm” of Hurricane Sandy and the front that came from the northwest, insurance industry and building code officials can reference findings from “Coast in the Eye of the Storm–Hurricane Katrina: August 29, 2005.”
Read MoreSource: Robert Ober & Associates, Inc., San Antonio
Robert Ober & Associates announced the acquisition of Con-Cool, LLC (ConCool) of the UK, and its parent company Concrete Temperature Control (CTC), Inc. of Belleview, Wash., from the estate of Thomas Read.
Read MoreSources: Allan Block Corp., Minneapolis; Expocrete Concrete Products Ltd., Edmonton; CP staff
The British Columbia Ministry of Transport has approved Allan Block segmental retaining wall systems in heights up to 9 meters (29 feet), adding the brand to its Recognized Product List earlier this month.
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