Sources: Superior Concrete Products, Euless, Texas; CP staff
Branded Superior Ballistics, a new reinforcing feature doubles the strength of Superior Concrete Products (SCP) fence and barrier panels, making them impervious to close-range fire from high caliber ammunition.
Read MoreSources: Duke Energy, Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff
Duke Energy will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) December 12 for a study of ways to beneficially reuse coal ash, plus analysis of current and emerging technologies. It encourages industry specialists, academic institutions, research organizations and those with coal ash expertise to register to receive the RFP by submitting organization names and contacts, phone number and email address to [email protected].
Read MoreSources: Port of Call Online, Inc., Yuba City, Calif.; CP staff
A venture stage company with OTC Markets Group-traded shares, Port of Call Online (POCO) has entered an agreement to purchase a 280-acre, San Bernardino County, Calif., plot known as the Snow White Pozzolan Mine from U.S. Mine Corp. of Cameron Park, Calif.
Read MoreSources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
In an overview for ready mixed producers on the reorganized ACI-318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, NRMCA Senior Vice President, Engineering Colin Lobo notes how the just-released version: consolidates concrete mixture-specific references from 318-11 Chapters 3 (Materials), 4 (Durability) and 5 (Strength and Construction Issues) into new Chapters 19 (Concrete: Design and Durability Requirements) and 26 (Construction Documents and Inspection). The reorganization of these sections permitted an evaluation and elimination of some Code provisions related to concrete mixtures and construction when better addressed in other referenced standards.
Read MoreSource: Charah Inc., Louisville, Ky.
Coal combustion products (CCP) management specialist Charah has entered into or renewed agreements involving three Louisville Gas & Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. facilities: Mill Creek Generating Station in Jefferson County, Trimble County Generating Station, and Ghent Generating Station near Carrollton, Ky.
Read MoreSources: Freedonia Group, Cleveland; CP staff
U.S. demand for clay or concrete brick and block is forecast to rise 8.8 percent per annum from a $5.8 billion base in 2013 to $8.9 billion by 2018. Recovery across all building and construction market segments will be the primary driver as unit masonry shipments improve from declines rooted in the 2006 home building market contraction and subsequent economic recession.
Read MoreSources: Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, Chantilly, Va.; CP staff
ASTM International recently organized ICPI and National Concrete Masonry Association member meetings to draft Product Category Rules on segmental concrete paving products, plus a parallel document on masonry products. Following a public comment period and independent review panel oversight, the draft PCR on segmental concrete paving products is being finalized for December release.
Read MoreSources: ASHRAE, Atlanta; CP staff
New requirements to further reduce energy and environmental impacts in buildings’ construction and operating phases—vehicles’ jobsite idle time and long-term stormwater management guidelines among them—are detailed in the 2014 version of the green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council and Illuminating Engineering Society.
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