Source: Elematic Oy Ab, Finland
The parent company of Milwaukee-based precast production specialist Elematic Inc. has secured a contract with South Korea’s Hanwha Engineering & Construction for a massive plant in Iraq.
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Group aims to quell developing nations’ practice of shovel-mixed concrete
Source: Cart-Away Concrete Systems, McMinnville, Ore.
North American production and practice experts are teaming to promote sound concrete mixing and placement methods in poor nations, where builders’ use of shovels to mix material for homes and buildings has the potential for devastating consequences due to finished concretes’ low compressive strengths.
Read MoreNRMCA workshops underscore disaster resilient construction
Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.
To help local officials and residents reconsider their approach to post-Hurricane Sandy construction, NRMCA, in partnership with the Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative, is continuing a workshop series, Adopting Disaster Resilient Construction at the Local Level.
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