Manufacturers offer a range ofperformance options as producers gear for improved market conditions.
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Day: January 7, 2014
Bim, Erp Integration Key To Future Of Software For The Precast Industry
Two acronyms go well together, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and BIM (Building Information Modeling). But what is the relationship between BIM & ERP? Why is it important to understand both? And what possible interest could more software have to a precaster? BIM and ERP each represent one half of the whole software automation picture as it relates to precast concrete manufacturing. Integrated and taken together, BIM & ERP will provide precast producers the design, production control and financial management tools they need to fully take advantage of the coming revolution in building construction.
Read MoreExpo Evolution
National Concrete Masonry Association’s ICON-Xchange debuts.
Read MoreMonumental Mobilization
Silvi Concrete neared the 2013 season close mustering almost its entire payroll for a weekend pour. The project entailed a 49,000-sq.-ft. foundation, 3-ft. thick, for a monument joining a recreational facility and temple in Robbinsville, N.J., built by BAPS, a worldwide Hindu organization.
Read MoreTwin Steers to Twin Shafts
Fleet management is one of the competencies positioning Raleigh, N.C., ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt producer Sunrock Group among the Carolinas’ stronger independent operators. A 2001 change to Allison 4600s in its rear discharge mixer truck specs made the group’s concrete brand, Carolina Sunrock, an early adopter of fleetwide automatic transmissions.
Read MoreSurface Texture Standards An Industry First
In response to requests by architects and engineers to resolve consistency issues associated with quality levels achieved by polished concrete surfaces, the Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association has released two technical documents—an industry Standard and a Best Practice.
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PRODUCERS
| Per Faivre, Director of Construction Services. |
Waukesha, Wis.-based Spancrete has named Per Faivre director of Construction Services, where he will focus on implementing the producer’s commitment to increasing value for customers and maximizing efficiency through all phases of the precast project. Faivre will oversee and direct project managers, superintendents, erection crews, subcontractors and related services. A civil engineer with a degree from the University of Illinois, Faivre previously worked as the precast division leader at Area Erectors, Inc., based in Rockford, Ill.
Read MoreU.S. Concrete Business Approaches Three-Mile Bridge Schedule
Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc., a business unit of U.S. Concrete, Inc., has begun a contract covering land-supplied ready mixed for the New Tappan Zee Bridge. The $3 billion-plus Hudson River crossing will succeed an obsolete, maintenance-prone structure, dating to the mid-1950s and presently carrying upward of 140,000 metro New York commuters between Rockland and Westchester counties.
Read MoreLafarge Canada Builds A Better Website
Launched in conjunction with the Construct Canada show in Toronto, the www.buildingbettercities.ca website offers customers and stakeholders rich content to understand the complete range of building solutions from Lafarge Canada Inc., the country’s largest construction materials producer.
Read MoreHousing Activity Drives Hardie’s $135 Million In Fiber Cement Plant Outlays
Pointing to U.S. home building market improvement, management of Dublin-based James Hardie Industries Plc confirms in recent investor guidance progress on new machinery installations at three operations specializing in the company’s flagship Hardie-Plank and other fiber cement siding products.
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