December 3, 2020 – Concrete Products

NRMCA – Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards

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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association honors 11 plants and their owners in the 2020 Environmental Excellence Awards program. Now in its 25th year, the competition offers NRMCA producer members national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound management practices in their operations. The awards salute operators that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance…

MANUFACTURERS – NOVEMBER 2020

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Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala., has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the Trimble Construction Logistics business, whose technology equips ready mixed concrete and aggregates delivery managers to track, schedule and route their mixer and dump truck fleets. Trimble CL hardware and software afford automated real-time vehicle location and status, turn-by-turn navigation, monitoring and diagnostics, as well as business analytics and…

ORGANIZATIONS – NOVEMBER 2020

December 3, 2020 Concrete News

To address an industry education void attributable to the cancellation of last month’s Hardscape North America gathering, the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute has developed a 10-hour virtual event, with 42 interactive sessions around Business, Installation and Marketing & Sales learning tracks. The January 26-27 program will expand HNA’s educational opportunities beyond traditional in-person classrooms to a much wider international online…

PRODUCERS – NOVEMBER 2020

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SiteOne Landscape Supply of Roswell, Ga., has gained a deeper foothold in Canada through the acquisition of Burnco Landscape Centres Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alberta-based Burnco Rock Products Ltd. The business serves Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan from 12 locations, and will continue to operate with long-time president Morgan Martel at the helm.

Watson family shores up strong Palm Beach Atlantic University ties

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Rinker Materials veterans Karl H. Watson Sr. and Karl H. Watson Jr. will donate $2.5 million to Palm Beach Atlantic University, a West Palm Beach, Fla. institution with whom they have a 30-year-plus history. The gift will endow programs that are especially meaningful to their family: the new Center for Biblical Leadership (CBL) and Palm Beach Atlantic Athletics.

Brickworks’ North American Design Studio premiers with urban backdrop

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Brickworks North America, parent company of Pennsylvania-based clay brick specialist Glen-Gery Corp., has sited its first Design Studio in Philadelphia. The 3,500-sq.-ft. facility affords the architectural and design community a premium design experience where project stakeholders can collaborate; select from a broad product portfolio of high-end, stylish brick; and, host or attend industry and networking events. It joins six studios…

Survey finds increasing mixer driver recruitment, demand equilibrium

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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Mixer Driver Recruitment & Retention Survey shows an improved, year-over-year outlook for ready mixed concrete producers to maintain a healthy delivery professional pool. In 2019, 47 percent of respondents turned away orders due to lack of mixer truck drivers, down from 60 percent in 2018. The number of producers citing mixer driver vacancies dropped…

Pumping group makes inaugural training simulator endorsement

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Vortex training simulator developer CM Labs cites release of the first concrete pump operator program of its kind. With curriculum developed in collaboration with the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA), it ensures operators are proficient with using the remote-control box before being exposed to work site stress. The Concrete Pump Simulator allows operators to develop basic skills such deploying outriggers,…

Partners eye new plateau in scanner-derived structural data capture

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Concrete News

A collaboration between Semcon Norge AS of Sweden and ELOP of Norway is set to deliver Cobri, a market-ready scanner for critical concrete infrastructure by year end. “Semcon will complement ELOP’s expertise in scanning with further expertise in multi-disciplinary solution development. We are looking forward to provide all our experience from material technology, embedded electronics development, design for manufacturing, UX…

Lehigh Hanson parent at home with Sustainably Managed Companies

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HeidelbergCement AG of Germany ranks 37 among 100 Sustainably Managed Companies that the Wall Street Journal recognized in its mid-October edition. The concrete, aggregate and cement giant scores 73.2 overall on a list where such scores range from 78.8 (#1 Sony) to 71.1 (#100 International Paper). HeidelbergCement ranks in upper and lower quartiles in the list’s four categories: Environment (#8),…