Explore the Path to a Clean Air Future

With ever-changing public sentiment, public policy and regulatory requirements, the pressure is on to lessen your environmental footprint. This exclusive C&W DustTech webinar will explore the path to a clean air future through high-performing dust collection systems. Watch to learn how effective dust collection can drive more meaningful change in your operation – for employees, your community and beyond. In…

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CRH venture capital unit: $250M facility, Cemex veteran at helm

Sources: CRH Plc, Dublin; CP staff The parent of the CRH Americas and Oldcastle businesses has organized a venture capital unit to support development of new technologies or innovations addressing customers’ increasingly complex needs and evolving construction trends. With access to $250 million, CRH Ventures will focus on companies that are:  • Developing the next generation of advanced sustainable building…

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Decades of performance data points inform new PCA RCC Design Manual

Sources: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The Portland Cement Association’s second edition of Design Manual for RCC Spillways and Overtopping Protection provides the latest insights on design trends, control sections, and construction means or methods surrounding roller-compacted concrete for water resources infrastructure. Observing best practices from projects in service for 40-plus years, they have added a new chapter…

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NPCA, PCI veteran Frank leads ACI Center for Carbon Neutral Concrete

Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The American Concrete Institute-aligned NEU: Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete has named Dean Frank, P.E. as executive director, following prior roles as NEU director of Validation and ACI program developer. He brings extensive experience in sustainability, International Standards Organization standards, and certification development of personnel, products and concrete operations.…

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Concrete Pipe group sums up new brand: Water + Resilience + Strength

Sources: American Concrete Pipe Association, Irving, Texas; CP staff The American Concrete Pipe Association has effected a major brand update with the unveiling of a new signature intended to be more modern, scalable, and representative of the products or markets the group represents and serves. Underscoring the effort are a new ACPA logo presented as the sum of Water +…

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Cemex marks volume milestone for branded, lower-carbon concrete mix

Sources: Cemex USA, Houston; CP staff Cemex USA has delivered more than 1 million yd. of Vertua for public and private projects in California, where the lower carbon mix recently debuted as part of the producer’s Future in Action program. When measured on embodied carbon metrics, Vertua offers carbon dioxide emission reduction of at least 30 percent when compared to…

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Mack, McNeilus continue to pay it forward with CIM Auction donation

Sources: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee; CP staff The CIM National Steering Committee has a customary December dispatch: Mack Trucks and McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will once again deliver a Granite-mounted Bridgemaster mixer for an annual auction staged during World of Concrete and benefitting undergraduate Middle Tennessee State University, California State University, Chico, New Jersey Institute of Technology, South…

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CMC budgets $450M for 500K tpy West Virginia rebar mill

Sources: Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas; CP staff Commercial Metals will increase concrete reinforcement bar capacity with a greenfield operation in Berkeley County, W.V., scheduled for late-2025 start up. Dubbed MM4, the plant becomes the producer’s fourth straight length (#3-#18) and spooled (#3-#6) rebar micro mill, and will have projected capacity of 500,000 tons per year. The project’s estimated $450…

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Con-Tech, Peterbilt package bolsters CIM Auction pool

Source: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee Con-Tech Manufacturing Inc. and Peterbilt Motors Co. are putting the finishing touches on their 2023 Concrete Industry Management Auction donation: An Extreme Duty mixer mounted on a Model 567 with set-back front axle. The truck will be among the final items on the block for the January 18 event, scheduled for 11 a.m.-2…

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Survey confirms coal ash consumption gains in cement and concrete

Sources: American Coal Ash Association, Denver; CP staff The American Coal Ash Association 2022 Production and Use Survey reflects 2021 data from coal-fired power stations, which yielded 77.3 million tons of ASTM C618 Class F or Class C ash and lesser grade coal combustion products (CCP), up from 69.1 million tons the prior year. When measured against 2020 figures, last…

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