Sources: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.; CP staff The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named members of a technical team investigating the June 2021 partial collapse of the reinforced concrete Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla. Cornell University Professor of Civil Engineering Kenneth Hover and ACI Committee 318 Immediate…
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Patents recognize TopCure sheet’s pH-modifying, anti-skid results
Sources: Anchor Capital Partners, Southlake, Texas; Transhield Inc., Elkhart, Ind.; CP staff Transhield has been awarded two additional patents for its TopCure product, a moisture-retaining sheet rolled onto fresh concrete slabs or surfaces and recognized for imparting abrasion resistance. U.S. Patents 10,919,181 and 10,987,827 reflect continuous product improvement by Transhield’s Research & Development team, and join an initial utility patent…
Read More3D concrete printing specialist closes $200 million-plus funding round
Source: ICON, Austin, Texas Construction technologies company ICON has completed a $207 million series B round of financing led by venture and growth equity investment firm Norwest Venture Partners. The investment brings ICON’s total funding since launching its revolutionary 3D printing technology in 2018 to $266 million.
Read MoreLafargeHolcim applies ready mixed delivery tech tools to cement
Sources: LafargeHolcim, Chicago; CP staff Lafarge and Holcim cement customers across the U.S. will soon have an app- and web-based solution offering delivery status details, plus access to bill of lading and order history files. The new CementDirect app mimics technology well established in ready mixed concrete order dispatch and recordkeeping.
Read MoreVulcan Materials consummates U.S. Concrete deal
Sources: Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala.; CP staff Texas-based U.S. Concrete Inc. has become a wholly-owned Vulcan Materials subsidiary with the completion of a stock buyout offer announced in June. The transaction, notes Vulcan Materials Chairman Tom Hill, “Is an important milestone as we welcome U.S. Concrete and its talented team while also taking the next step in our growth…
Read MoreInstitute does project math in Concrete Solutions, Embodied Carbon Guides
Sources: RMI, Boulder, Colo.; CP staff Energy market-driven RMI has released Concrete Solutions Guide in tandem with the broader Reducing Embodied Carbon in Buildings, the former presenting specific opportunities for “a nearly ubiquitous material with a sizable climate impact” and expanding on the need to optimize mixes to reduce overall embodied carbon in buildings at little to no additional cost.
Read MoreDOT Advisory Board guides FRP reinforcement certification
Sources: Regulatory Resources LLC, Westfield, Ind.; CP staff Engineering and construction consultancy Regulatory Resources, along with the DOT Advisory Board it administers, have created an auditing program to certify the quality of structural concrete-grade fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs). Scheduled for early-2022 release, their FRP Quality Control Manual will serve as a guidance document for an auditing program currently under American…
Read MoreBoral Resources sale imminent as parent sunsets North America role
Sources: Boral Ltd., North Sydney, Australia; CP staff Boral Ltd. Managing Director Zlatko Todorcevski confirms in investor guidance accompanying the August 24 release of FY2021 results that “following a detailed assessment of strategic options, we are now entering the final stages of a divestment of our North American fly ash business.” The writing was on the wall for Boral Resources—the…
Read MoreWells welcomes third Spancrete veteran, Safety chief Felsinger, to C-suite
Sources: Wells, Albany, Minn.; CP staff Minnesota-based Wells, one of the top North American operators in precast, prestressed, has promoted Phyllis Felsinger to senior vice president of Safety. She previously served as director of Safety for Spancrete, an old-line Wisconsin peer that Wells acquired in 2020, and will be responsible for company-wide leadership of employee safety programs, plus local, state…
Read MoreGCCA issues call for ‘Concrete in Life’ entries
Source: Global Cement and Concrete Association, London The Global Cement and Concrete Association is accepting entries through October 22 for the third annual “Concrete in Life” global photography competition, open to professional and amateur photographers via social media and spanning four categories:
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