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 MoreIn 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.
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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 MoreLaunched 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.
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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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Prepared with an eye toward new green building rating system requirements, the Angelus Block Co. Environmental Product Declaration spans a substantial set of 69 individual mix designs for products from seven southern California concrete masonry operations, serving Central Coast to San Diego markets.
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Officials at Titan Concrete announced late last year their company is the first ready mixed producer in the state of Florida and second in the United States to produce environmental product declarations (EPDs) using the Product Category Rules (PCR) of the University of Washington/College of the Built Environment-hosted Carbon Leadership Forum.
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National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s newest certification program is a Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with ISO 9000 standards and suited to ready mixed producers aiming to supplant prescriptive concrete specifications with performance-based alternatives.
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A Mack Granite Axle Forward model mounted with a McNeilus 11-yd. Bridgemaster mixer is the centerpiece of the 2014 Concrete Industry Management Program auction, to be staged this month during World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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