Lehigh Hanson builds aggregates recycling capacity in Pacific Northwest

Lehigh Hanson has acquired JEV Recycling Inc., which runs a major concrete and asphalt materials facility in Woodinville, Wash. The deal times with the addition of a similar operation in Redmond, Wash. at Cadman Inc., Lehigh Hanson’s Pacific Northwest franchise and a key Seattle market ready mixed and aggregates player. The new facility processes slab or structural rubble into recycled…

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Colorado Front Range operations next stop in Holcim brand migration

Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CP staff A Holcim US corporate banner is uniting legacy brands Aggregate Industries, Metro Mix Concrete and Transit Mix Concrete, serving Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and Ft. Collins, Colo. markets. Ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt operations will join the producer’s namesake cement plant in Florence, Colo. The regional rebrand follows similar action in Texas and, Holcim…

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Report confirms embodied carbon reduction priorities across concrete practice

New Dodge Construction research reveals how building interests are actively seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete construction. Data shows that 81 percent of structural engineers and 69 percent of contractors working with concrete are tracking the embodied carbon on their projects, and about one third taking action to address the metric.  Published in partnership with CarbonCure Technologies with…

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