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Month: November 2020

NRMCA, Dubai partner assemble world’s producers, practitioners

Concrete News

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association will stage a first-of-a-kind virtual conference and exhibition to engage practitioners, researchers and policy makers around the world in an exchange of knowledge and tools driving the future of concrete. Over a November 30-December 10 schedule, the Global Concrete Summit will address design, specifying, production, testing, construction, maintenance and research within the sustainable development…

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West Virginia asphalt interests settle $100M antitrust suit

Concrete News

Sources: West Virginia Governor and Attorney General Offices; CP staff West Virginia and six local governments have closed a case of alleged trade restraint, monopolization and attempts to monopolize markets involving 11 defendants tied to state Department of Transportation and city or county asphalt supply and paving contracts. Denying wrongdoing and avoiding protracted litigation, lead and co-defendants agreed to a…

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Payload gaming app tests concrete, materials dispatching competence

Concrete News

Sources: Inform Software Corp., Atlanta; CP staff A free gaming app allows industry dispatchers to assign trucks to orders with a simple drag and drop move, then test their skills at optimizing dump, tanker or mixer fleet assets and driver schedules. PayloadTheGame has debuted at the Apple App Store for iPhone and Apple devices, and will soon be available for…

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NPCA, PCI move 2021 Precast Show toward Memorial Day

Concrete News

Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago Recognizing the potential for continued travel and meeting restrictions, plus other pandemic-related complications, the National Precast Concrete Association and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute have rescheduled the 2021 Precast Show from the last week of February to May 18-22. Along with education sessions, committee meetings, PCI annual convention and National Bridge…

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S. Dakota State set for fifth Concrete Industry Management program

Concrete News

Sources: CIM National Steering Committee; CP staff The Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee (NSC) is on track to formalize an agreement whereby South Dakota State University, Brookings, begins offering a four-year CIM degree program in fall 2022. The school would become the Midwest companion to existing CIM venues, each backed by active patrons groups: Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro;…

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Pacific Steel cites antitrust violations in Commercial Metals suit

Concrete News

Sources: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, San Francisco; CP staff San Diego-based rebar fabricator and installer Pacific Steel Group (PSG) seeks damages and injunctive relief in a suit alleging federal antitrust and California business practices law violations by Commercial Metals Co. (CMC), Irving, Texas, and its principal plant builder, Danieli Corp., Cranberry Township, Pa. The suit details the efficiency of…

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ASTM C01/09 symposium to cover cement, concrete, 3D printing

Concrete News

Sources: ASTM International, West Conshocken, Pa.; CP staff ASTM Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates are sponsoring the virtual Symposium on Standards Development for Cement and Concrete for Use in Additive Construction, December 7-8. Using the WebEx platform, committee members will present potential 3D-printed mortar or concrete test methods that can be standardized through ASTM…

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Titan Florida earns first zero waste nod from LEED administrator

Concrete News

Sources: Titan America, Norfolk, Va.; CP staff Better known as Pennsuco, the Titan Florida cement plant in Medley is the first operation of its kind to attain the highest level of certification under the Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) rating system for zero waste. Administered alongside the Leadership in Energy and Enviromental Design (LEED) rating system by the U.S.…

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Strescore-assisted Notre Dame teams top PCI Big Beam Competition

Concrete News

Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff Two University of Notre Dame student teams took first and second place in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 2020 Engineering Student Design Competition. Now in its 20th year and also known as Big Beam, the national competition educates college students in an applied learning environment—imparting structural engineering skills they can use throughout their careers…

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