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Month: February 2021

LafargeHolcim enters roofing, siding & insulation via Firestone Building Products

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LafargeHolcim Ltd. projects a second quarter closing on a $3.4 billion deal for Nashville-based Firestone Building Products (FBP), the largest acquisition in the company’s five-year history and one stretching well beyond its cement, aggregate and ready mixed concrete production competencies. With a full range of EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer), thermoplastic polyolefin, PVC, asphalt and metal offerings, FBP is a…

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Brick plant data nets Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration

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The Brick Industry Association reports that clay unit masonry can now contribute toward fulfillment of Materials and Resources requirements for (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) LEED v4.0 and v4.1 certification candidate projects. A new United States-Canada Industrywide Clay Brick Environmental Product Declaration (Brick Industrywide EPD) has been third-party certified and published, and reflects data surrounding the manufacture of units…

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Rule guides block, paver, veneer Environmental Product Declarations

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An updated Product Category Rule (PCR) will inform new Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for block, segmental retaining wall, segmental paving, manufactured stone veneer and other manufactured concrete units. A PCR provides an established methodology for preparing EPD and conducting a life cycle analysis. Submission of declarations increasingly influences specification of products or materials where project principals target environmental certification or…

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Surveys track modest year-over-year gains for block, SRW unit shipments

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The 2020 National Concrete Masonry Association CMU Sales Survey, reflecting data from 187 plants, shows respective 2019 increases of 1.9 percent and 0.9 percent in the U.S. and Canada against prior-year figures. In 8-in. unit equivalent terms, producers shipped 1.17 billion block in the U.S. and 101.5 million block in Canada in 2019.

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Basalite Rocky Mountain flagship takes center stage at ICON+365 LIVE

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Basalite Concrete Products is previewing what is sure to be one of the decade’s most ambitious greenfield concrete masonry production facilities in North America. The California-based producer will host a February 17 (1:15-3:00 p.m. EST) visit to its new 188,000-sq.-ft. operation in Fort Lupton, Colo., north of Denver, as part of the National Concrete Masonry Association ICON+365 LIVE Virtual Plant…

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Jensen Precast builds Pacific Northwest market presence with EnCon United deal

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Nevada-based Jensen Precast has acquired the EnCon Northwest LLC and EnCon Washington LLC precast concrete plants in Camus and Puyallup, Wash. The transaction provides Pacific Northwest infrastructure customers with direct access to the suitor’s portfolio of utility vaults and pull boxes, box culvert, stormwater systems, highway barriers, pump stations, underground enclosures, and earth retention systems, along with an in-house engineering…

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Block producers ace home buyer, occupant, builder, developer engagement

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A campaign by Florida Concrete & Products Association and Florida Concrete Masonry Education Council Inc., both of Orlando, has achieved a milestone in building awareness of the benefits of concrete block construction in single family home and multiunit dwellings: Its centerpiece, the consumer- and professional-geared www.BlockStrong.com site, has surpassed the 1 million annual visitor mark.

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Council survey: California leads states in energy-saving rule adoption

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More U.S. states have adopted or advanced new energy-saving targets and vehicle or electric appliance rules, but Covid-19 slowed other efficiency efforts, according to the 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). For the first time in four years, California took first place nationwide, followed by Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland,…

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