The Future is Bright
Month: February 2020
Packing Productivity
Rhome, Texas-based Turner Company set the stage for another decade by fortifying a wet and dry cast concrete product catalog that had evolved since 2001 from septic tanks and grease traps to larger utility or drainage structures and site walls.
Read MoreNew decade, new opportunities for mining professionals
In today’s world of material extraction, the National Mining Association notes, it has never been more important to stay competitive: As digital capabilities open doors to new possibilities, companies are embracing advanced technologies to reduce downtime, increase efficiency and improve safety. Now is the time to discover new solutions to current operational issues, invest in innovation and embrace new technology—and there’s no better place to do that than MINExpo International, NMA affirms.
Read MoreMANUFACTURERS – FEBRUARY 2020
Montreal-based McInnis Cement has appointed Baudouin Nizet as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jean Moreau, who has held the posts in an interim capacity since 2018. Nizet’s tenure in cement includes tours of duty in Montreal as Holcim (Canada) senior vice president, Quebec and Atlantic Region, 2006-2013; and Toronto as president and chief executive officer, 2013-2017, spanning the migration to CRH Canada Group. He has also served as Cement Association of Canada and Canada Green Building Council director.
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS – FEBRUARY 2020
Doug Dayton, P.E., has been named president of the American Concrete Pipe Association, transitioning from that same capacity at Professional Services Industries Inc., a major consulting engineer and construction materials testing firm.
Read MorePRODUCERS – FEBRUARY 2020
Bob Cartmel has joined Colorado-based GCC of America as vice president of U.S. Ready Mix. He arrives with 25-plus years’ experience at Lafarge Canada, serving as president and chief executive officer, regional president of Aggregate and Concrete, and vice president of Strategy and Business Development.
Read MoreLighting strike-level temperatures test concrete block walls
From the National Concrete Masonry Association and Sandia National Laboratories … High-power electrical discharges can trigger explosions reaching upward of 35,000°C, vaporizing steel and spewing hot metal particles. In a power plant, such high-energy arc faults can quickly spread, a condition researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., are trying to prevent by finding a new way to peer into flames approximating lightning strike heat. Those flames bear useful information that can help keep power plants operating safely, researchers suggest.
Read MoreCulvert shift leads to permit compliance for treatment plant
New cast-in-place concrete structures and relocation of existing precast box culvert helped League City, Texas, extend the Dallas Salmon Wastewater Treatment Plant effluent line with an eye to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permit compliance.
Read MoreDeveloper demonstrates speed, labor efficiency in 3D-printed home
An industrial and consumer 3D printing equipment developer reports completion of the world’s largest permitted project of its kind to date: A three-bedroom home whose foundation, exterior walls and interior partitions were printed in 48 hours over an eight-day window with temperatures in the 30s at a cost below $6,000. SQ4D Inc. deployed its Autonomous Robotic Construction System (ARCS) for the 1,900-sq.-ft., Calvern, N.Y. project.
Read MoreBook profiles Construction Robotics brick, block mason machines
Author Jonathan Waldman traces development of the Construction Robotics Semi-Automated Mason (SAM) and Material Unit Lift Enhancer (MULE) machines for laying brick and block in SAM – One Robot, a Dozen Engineers and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build.
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