To align donors and related funding sources with researchers and current or pending projects, the American Concrete Institute-aligned ACI Foundation has teamed with key industry organizations to launch the Concrete Research Network.
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ACI global strategy informs MBA choice for new international business post
The American Concrete Institute has named Bernard Pekor international business development director, responsible for relationship building with industry organizations outside the U.S. He will coordinate strategic development and implementation of plans for the key regions of India, Russia, China, and the Middle East, while helping to develop products and services for local markets beyond North America.
Read MoreBacking accident prevention kicks off online driver training series
In advance of an online driver training series to be formally released this month at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s ConcreteWorks Conference & Expo, the RMC Research and Education Foundation has posted on YouTube a preview of a two-lesson module addressing truck backing safety. The series will offer participants e-learning lessons 24/7, with backing accident prevention to be followed by lessons on equipment lock out/tag out procedures, plus slip, trip and fall prevention—topics that lead Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation activity among ready mixed producers. The lessons were shot at NRMCA producer members’ plants and at onsite pours so viewers relate to how a concept applies directly to their circumstances.
Read MoreNRMCA debuts Improving Concrete Quality course
Geared to concrete producers, material suppliers, engineers, testing labs and contractors, a new one-day course explores ways to quantify tangible and intangible benefits attributable to improving quality. Modeled on National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s new publication Improving Concrete Quality, it premiers Wednesday, October 15 in Silver Spring, Md.
Read MoreSPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM FINISHES FIRST IN 52-TON TRUCK PULL
Continuing a 12-year sponsorship, San Jose-based Central Concrete Supply Co. dispatched one of six 15-member teams to the Special Olympics Northern California Annual Power Pull at Great America, Santa Clara. Accompanied by a Special Olympian, each team competed for time on 20-ft. pulls of a 38,000-lb. Central Concrete mixer and 66,000-lb. Sunnyvale (Calif.) Department of Public Safety fire engine. The teams raised $23,000 for the Special Olympics.
Read MoreVersatility key ingredient of General Shale’s kitchen series
Johnson City, Tenn.–based General Shale has expanded its outdoor living line with the Alfresco Kitchen Series, whose six components enable a customizable layout suited to most any space. One of the series’ marketable features is the ability to create a versatile cabinet system, built with a combination of Napoleon Gourmet Grills, stainless steel cabinets and drawers, straight line and corner pieces, Normandy building stone, and custom stain-ready concrete countertops.
Read MoreModular RR crossing system arrives at Hanson
Hanson Pipe & Precast is producing Premier Railroad Crossing, a precast, reinforced concrete system that allows for smooth roadway crossings over railroad tracks, its installation and life cycle faster and longer than alternative styles.
Read MoreParking facility group embraces green practices
The seven winners of the International Parking Institute’s 2014 Awards of Excellence competition demonstrate that today’s parking structures and surface lots can be architecturally innovative. Honorees in the 32nd annual competition range from the cast-in-place, post-tensioned Park Place in Missoula, Mont., to the green 201 Claremont Street surface lot in Toronto.
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