Sources: Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc., Denver; CP staff
Concrete pumping contractor Brundage-Bone has broadened its Rockies and Southwest market presence with the acquisition of O’Brien Concrete Pumping Inc., serving Colorado and Arizona residential and commercial customers with a fleet upwards of 70 machines.
Read MoreSource: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff
The forthcoming ASTM E3130, Developing Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies will inform authorities on ways to respond, withstand, and recover from a range of potential catastrophes, such as natural hazards, utility outages, and human-caused disruptions. The standard provides an economic framework to evaluate investment strategies, along with a seven-step approach to help communities formulate resilience plans.
Read MoreSources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
The American Concrete Institute and American Society of Concrete Contractors have designated ACI Committee 310, Decorative Concrete, a joint ACI-ASCC committee, tasked with compiling and releasing information on the application of artistic finishes of cast-in-place concrete; avoiding duplication of efforts; and, speeding document development.
Read MoreSources: Thomas Concrete Group AB, Gothenburg, Sweden; CP staff
Thomas Concrete recently acquired 21 Georgia ready mixed concrete production sites—eight active, the remaining idle or in standby mode—from Vulcan Materials Co. They strengthen Thomas Concrete’s metro Atlanta presence and bring the U.S. footprint of its Swedish parent company to 70 plants across Georgia and the Carolinas.
Read MoreSources: Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff
Hundreds of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater leaders and professionals representing the largest organizations or authorities in the country are taking to Capitol Hill during Water Week 2018 (April 15 -21). In meetings with lawmakers, they will advocate for national policies that advance clean, safe, affordable and sustainable water for all Americans, calling on Congress to:
Read MoreSources: Associated Builders & Contractors, Washington, D.C.; CP staff
Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December, more than half of contractor members ABC recently polled plan to hire additional staff and invest in workforce development, while 90 percent indicate that employees have seen an increase in their paychecks.
Read MoreSources: Pioneer Landscape Centers, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; CP staff
Pioneer Landscape Centers’ first 2018 acquisition plants the hardscape and outdoor living products retailer deep in Arizona. With six stores across the Phoenix area, Surprise, Ariz.-based Grand Materials & Supply solidifies Pioneer as the state’s largest full-service supplier for retail, contractor and commercial accounts.
Read MoreSources: Smith Midland Corp., Midland, Va.; CP staff
FAM Construction LLC (a Ferrovial Agroman US and Allan Myers joint venture) has awarded Smith-Midland a contract to supply 900,000 square feet of SoftSound noise absorptive precast concrete sound wall panels for the Interstate 66 Outside the Beltway Express Lanes. The 22.5-mile, northern Virginia project will provide two express lanes along three regular lanes from Interstate 495 to Route 29 in Gainesville, plus other amenities and space reserved for future transit options.
Read MoreSources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff
University of Illinois Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering David Lange was elected 2018-19 ACI president during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Salt Lake City. Joining him for two-year terms are Vice President Jeffrey Coleman, principal partner of The Coleman Law Firm, Minneapolis; and, Senior Vice President Randall Poston, senior principal, Pivot Engineers, Austin, Texas.
Read MoreSources: Green Building Initiative, Portland, Ore.; CP staff
After three years of open dialogue and consensus-based decision making, Green Building Initiative (GBI) is consummating an American National Standards Institute-modeled process to update ANSI/GBI 01-2010: Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings, which frames the 2013 Green Globes building rating system.
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