A leader in bringing building information modeling (BIM) software and online tools to the architectural, engineering and construction markets, Tekla Inc. has included in its latest version of 3D modeling software, Tekla Structures 19, a new graphic feature to help contractors and ready mixed producers plan concrete orders in optimal delivery sequences.
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By the Editors of Concrete Products
As U.S. cement consumption nears 80 million metric tons, Congressional drama threatens to stifle a return to 2005 record highs.
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By Don Marsh
Solidia Technologies approaches commercialization of its branded cement and concrete, trading hydration-based binding and curing methods for carbonation
Read MoreSource: Federal Highway Administration
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Technology Implementation Group (TIG) is reviewing product, material and equipment submissions for the TIG Lead State Team and Peer to Peer deployment model.
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CTLGroup Senior Petrographer Jean Randolph has been promoted to the Petrography Laboratory manager. An expert concrete petrographer with an accomplished consulting background in field and laboratory testing interpretation, she will oversee day-to-day operations and marketing of the lab as well as work in close collaboration with the firm’s Materials Consulting Practice and Laboratory.
Friedrich W. Schwing, Sr. (1909–1992), who built a company synonymous with concrete placement and secured more than 100 patents covering material handling and construction equipment innovations, is a 2013 inductee to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Hall of Fame.
Read MoreWorld of Concrete debuted February 1975 with sponsors American Society for Concrete Contractors, American Concrete Pumping Association and Concrete Construction Publications, plus participating organizations, American Concrete Institute and Portland Cement Association. From that modest start would emerge the largest, annual international trade geared to commercial concrete construction.
Read MoreJames DeWulf continues to transform concrete into functional art. Widely recognized for his innovative work with the industrial material, DeWulf has revealed several new contemporary furniture pieces.
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Titan America LLC introduced the proprietary PaveDrain system to the South Florida market this fall through a 650-sq.-ft. demonstration at Ft. Lauderdale City Hall. A Permeable Articulating Concrete Block Pavement System (P-ACB), PaveDrain is placed either in mat sections, typically 8-feet wide and up to 40-feet long, or as individual units much like conventional paving stones.
Read MoreFall 2013 saw the release of one set of positive quarterly financials after another from New York Stock Exchange-traded companies with integrated U.S. concrete, aggregate, cement and asphalt businesses. Uniformly upbeat sales, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and net earnings reports encompass the peak 2013 construction season; MDU Resources Group summing up conditions likely shared with peers: “The [Knife River] construction materials group had its best quarter since 2007.”
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