St. Louis-based Afinitas, a leader in concrete plant product machinery and equipment, has appointed of Jason Duncan to its executive leadership team as Afinitas Forming Systems Division president. He succeeds Jamie Wegner, who will remain on the Afinitas executive leadership team, focusing on strategic and organizational initiatives. Prior to joining Afinitas, Duncan spent more than 16 years with Forterra, serving…
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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. Prior to ACI, Frank gained a comprehensive working knowledge…
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The board of Nevada-based Jensen Precast, one of the United States’ largest and most respected operators in non-architectural structures or elements, has appointed Eric Jensen, 55, as chief executive officer. A Harvard Business School graduate and past National Precast Concrete Association director, he joined the family business as a teenager, a series of assignments leading to the chief marketing officer…
Read MoreHolcim US acquires Pioneer Landscape Centers’ aggregate operations
Holcim US has closed on the 13 Colorado and Arizona quarries of Pioneer Landscape Centers of Highlands Ranch, Colo. With the growing rate of construction in the Denver, Colorado Springs and Phoenix markets, the deal strengthens Holcim’s position by adding to local reserves, alleviating supply constraints and expanding existing sand, gravel and stone output. “This acquisition brings about significant synergies…
Read MoreHolcim ECOPact series mixes conform to Amazon Web Services data center specs
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has approved ECOPact brand mixes for northern Virginia data centers—facilities whose electrical and mechanical infrastructure typically spells inordinate concrete mass. Holcim US ready mixed operations design ECOPact orders with cementitious material blends, optimizing portland cement dosages and lowering concrete slabs and structures’ embodied carbon levels. A new AWS standard for U.S. data centers calls for mix…
Read MoreCommand Alkon rounds out senior leadership team with three appointments
Continuing a senior leadership transition that began in 2021, Birmingham, Ala. information technology services provider Command Alkon has named John Pumpelly as chief financial officer, Brett Bertz as senior vice president of Global Professional Services, and Steve Cox as vice president of Customer Success. “John is a proven CFO with a superior record of delivering results and creating value,” says…
Read MoreNational Park Service warms to UHPC specs after pilot structure success
University of Southern California (USC) faculty and architecture students convened late last year in Joshua Tree National Park to dedicate the Carapace Pavilion. The unique structure demonstrates ultra-high performance concrete mixes’ potential in thin cross section precast elements. Hosted by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute West chapter and PCI Foundation, the event included representatives of Clark Pacific, which oversaw fabrication of…
Read MoreCRH seeds venture capital unit, taps Cemex veteran to lead the charge
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 products and accelerating the industry’s path to…
Read MoreConcrete Pipe producers sum up new brand: Water + Resilience + Strength
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 + Strength + Resilience, plus an evolution of the www.concretepipe.org…
Read MoreConcrete Masonry Checkoff Board seeks full-time chief executive
Sources: Concrete Masonry Checkoff Board, Washington, D.C.; CP staff
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