Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va. NRMCA is accepting orders through June 15 for themed polos, t-shirts, trucker or baseball caps, tumblers, coozies and multi-function tools celebrating the 2022 National Mixer Driver Appreciation Week, August 1-5. The limited window enables production and shipment of all orders by July 15 and delivery by August 1. The NRMCA Safety, Environmental…
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Sika raises Mid-Atlantic market service with Virginia admixture plant
Sources: Sika Corp., Lyndhurst, N.J.; CP staff Sika has expanded concrete admixture capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market with a 42,600-sq.-ft. production facility in Stafford, Va. Two 6,000-plus gallon mixers equip the new plant for 50,000 tons’ annual capacity. Along with responding to high demand in the region, the operation guarantees optimized logistics, shorter transportation routes for raw materials…
Read MoreLehigh White Cement parent company packages UHPC binder
Sources: Cementir Group, Italy; CP staff Cementir presents the just-launched Aalborg InBind as a flexible white binder enabling manufactured-concrete producers to optimize ultra-high performance mix designs leveraging locally available materials. Based on FutureCem technology formulations—heavy on limestone and calcined clays—InBind supports the recently introduced InWhite Solutions packaged concretes and mortars. The first InWhite offerings, Excel and Extreme, are available in…
Read MoreCarbonBuilt garners Morgan Stanley Institute connections, $250K award
Sources: Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, New York; CP staff CarbonBuilt, developer of carbon dioxide-sequestering technology for manufactured concrete, is one of five organizations in the 2022 Sustainable Solutions Collaborative cohort under financial services giant Morgan Stanley. Along with a $250,000 award to increase the impact of their initiative, each organization enters a yearlong strategic collaboration with the Morgan…
Read MoreMo-Sai: Brutally resilient
A 165-room Hilton Tapestry Collection property opening this month in Connecticut, Hotel Marcel New Haven, reimagines architect Marcel Breuer’s Armstrong Rubber Company headquarters. Opened in 1970, the Brutalist style building combines architectural precast with cast-in-place concrete and structural steel. Precast elements exhibiting intricate geometry and texture, including more than 500 recessed window pieces, exemplify quality associated with Mo-Sai Institute licensees.…
Read MoreTRUCKS & COMPONENTS
Our annual roundup of innovations from heavy-duty OEM, body builders and niche manufacturers serving mixer, dump, tanker and flatbed fleets. REMORA | TRUCK EXHAUST CO2 CAPTURE Pittsburgh-based flatbed fleet JLE Industries plans a 90-day pilot for a truck frame-mounted tank assembly that filters and isolates tailpipe carbon dioxide. Tanks capture up to 80 percent of the CO2, which represents about…
Read MoreSioux engineers automated mixer truck washing station
Sioux Corp. has leveraged its long history in industrial cleaning and concrete batch plant equipment to deliver ready mixed producers a mixer truck cleaning and rinsing station machined and piped to cover the drum, chutes, and charge hopper. The Sioux Truck Wash System is built and programmed to keep drivers safe in the cab and execute a quick, thorough cycle…
Read MoreCoastal Dispatch
Exorbitant land costs, NIMBY (not in my back yard) undercurrents, and a thick extra layer of plant approval or permitting measures hamper concrete plant development or upgrades along much of the California coast. No stranger to new construction or site improvement challenges, Half Moon Bay (HMB) Building and Garden Inc. has raised ready mixed production capabilities by reconfiguring a third…
Read MoreMANUFACTURERS – MAY 2022
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc. earned Constructech Top Product/Trusted Product category honors for its FLEX Controls system—the sixth such award in as many years. Constructech Top Awards recognize the best technology products serving the construction industry. The Trusted Product category includes technology that has been in the market for at least three years and upgraded or enhanced platforms. FLEX Controls…
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS – MAY 2022
During last month’s Annual Membership Meeting, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association elected inaugural Chairwoman Karen Hubacz, chief executive officer of Bond Construction Corp., Spencer, Mass. aggregate and asphalt supplier. She succeeds Darin Matson of Nashville-based Rogers Group, under whose leadership, noted NSSGA CEO Michael Johnson, “Our industry has adapted to succeed during the Covid-19 pandemic. I know that…
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