August 2018 – Page 2 – Concrete Products

Respirable silica dust protection enters second phase

August 20, 2018 Concrete News

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s revised protection and monitoring requirements for respirable silica dust exposure in Construction and General Industry workplaces are set, with or without universal employer compliance. Robert Bosch Tool Corp. in Mt. Prospect, Ill., reminds producers and contractors working with concrete, stone or masonry materials of new OSHA requirements in this question & answer with Jim Bohn, director of Strategic Development – North America:

Summit Materials enters lightweight aggregate through Buildex

August 20, 2018 Concrete News

Sources: Summit Materials Inc., Denver; CP staff

Summit Materials recently closed on Buildex Inc., Ottawa, Kan.-based proprietor of the Haydite brand of expanded shale lightweight aggregate. One of four businesses added during second quarter transactions totaling $75 million, Buildex spans two plants and 750,000 cubic yards’ capacity, and is strategic to sister cement, ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt operations in Great Plains and Intermountain states. Companion June-July deals brought Summit quarry and asphalt production assets in Olathe, Kan., plus Virginia and Texas aggregates producers Buckingham Slate and XIT.

Oldcastle Precast rebranding frames bigger public works picture

August 20, 2018 Concrete News

Sources: Oldcastle Infrastructure, Atlanta; CP staff

The Oldcastle Inc. business unit that helped propel Dublin-based CRH Plc into a North American concrete, aggregates and cement powerhouse over the past four decades has a new name.

The Future of Dispatch

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

Data is becoming the most important ingredient in concrete. The more information concrete dispatchers have at their fingertips—and can share with their customers—the more streamlined, accurate and profitable the process becomes.

EMISSIONS ERASURE

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

Renewable natural gas fuels 100-plus mixer fleet

BAY STATE BRAND

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

Massachusetts Ready Mix instills Quality and Safety across an expansive, Boston-bordering market area

MANUFACTURERS – AUGUST 2018

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

Command Alkon has named Craig Tate as chief revenue officer, charged with driving deeper integration and alignment across sales and services teams, while “ensuring current and prospective customers realize maximum business value from their investments in Command Alkon solutions.”

ORGANIZATIONS – AUGUST 2018

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

The American Society for Concrete Contractors will hold its 17th annual conference September 20-23 at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, N.C. Concrete contractors, manufacturers, designers and other industry professionals will gather for three days of educational events and networking.

PRODUCERS – AUGUST 2018

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

LafargeHolcim has acquired Tarrant Concrete Co., which operates three ready mixed plants on two sites, and builds on a Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex platform created under Holcim (US). With 90 employees and annual sales hovering $40 million, Tarrant Concrete becomes the first bolt-on transaction in domestic ready mixed production since the Aggregate Industries U.S. and Holcim (US) businesses, along with Lafarge North America, were brought under LafargeHolcim Ltd. in the 2015 Lafarge Group and Holcim Ltd. merger.

Irving Materials propels CIM campaign to critical watermark

August 17, 2018 Concrete News

The School of Concrete and Construction Management at Middle Tennessee State University, which hosts the Concrete Industry Management program, has received the largest company donation to their building campaign from Greenfield, Ind.-based Irving Materials, Inc. With this contribution, the school has reached 50 percent of its $5 million goal.