Sources: Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff Heidelberg Materials is extending its Revolve Recycled Aggregates brand through the Little Calumet Yard in Chicago and nearby Gary Yard over the Indiana state line. Both sites serve customers seeking responsibly sourced inputs for their sustainable construction projects. Heidelberg Materials is working with a strategic partner, Z Materials, to accept clean…
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Sysdyne Technologies, HaulHub advance e-Ticketing for DOT work
Sources: Sysdyne Technologies, Stamford, Conn.; CP staff Sysdyne Technologies and HaulHub have entered a partnership to simplify, digitize and automate processes between state public sector projects and ready mixed concrete producers. By aligning around their shared goal to promote e-Ticketing, they aim to remove or eliminate paper and manual tasks; provide real-time material and delivery management information; and, automate inter-stakeholder…
Read MoreBlock-Lite, CarbonBuilt, Aircapture eye carbon dioxide-to-concrete first
Sources: CarbonBuilt, Los Angeles; CP staff The 4 Corners Carbon Coalition has awarded $150,000 to Arizona concrete masonry producer Block-Lite, plus partners CarbonBuilt and Aircapture, to develop the world’s first fully-integrated direct air capture (DAC)-to-concrete assembly. Based at the producer’s Flagstaff plant, the project has the potential to yield market rate block exhibiting 70 percent lower embodied carbon versus conventional…
Read MoreCouncil envisions better proposal vetting in new code development process
Source: International Code Council, Itasca, Ill. The International Code Council has outlined development process changes, effective 2024-2026 toward the 2027 International Codes (I-Codes). In the new timeline, year one will include two Committee Action Hearings for Group A Codes; year two will include two Committee Action Hearings for Group B Codes; and year three will be the joint Public Comment…
Read MoreResearchers convert post-service life cement paste to new slag binder
Sources: Materials Processing Institute, Middlesbrough, U.K.; CMCM staff The United Kingdom’s Materials Processing Institute is testing the potential to transform finely graded cement paste, extracted from demolition concrete, to new cementitious material using scrap steel melted by an electric arc furnace. Dubbed Cement 2 Zero, the two-year project could prove at commercial scale the Cambridge Electric Cement (CEC) process developed…
Read MoreLabor Department schedules Davis-Bacon prevailing wage sessions
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor The Labor Department Wage and Hour Division will offer online seminars for contracting agencies, contractors, unions, workers and other project stakeholders on the requirements for paying prevailing wages on federally funded construction. Part of the division’s effort to increase awareness and improve compliance, the seminars will include recorded training videos on a variety of Davis-Bacon…
Read MoreNPCA honors largest Master Precaster cohort to date
Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind. A late-February ceremony in Columbus, Ohio saw a record 63 individuals recognized for earning the distinction of NPCA Master Precaster, where candidates complete an intensive two-year program covering the industry, safety, production, technical knowledge, quality assurance and leadership. The event was among National Precast Concrete Association activities dovetailing The Precast Show in the…
Read MoreInstitute releases design guide for SpeedCore high-rise system
Sources: American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago; CP staff The latest addition to the American Institute of Steel Construction technical library is all about speed: Design Guide 38, SpeedCore Systems for Steel Structures is the tool engineering professionals need to take advantage of a nonproprietary, concrete-filled composite steel plate shear wall assembly for building tower cores. In its 2018-19 debut,…
Read MoreRecord Precast Show participation reflects producer confidence
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind. The National Precast Concrete Association logged nearly 5,300 registered attendees for The Precast Show 2023, February 23-25 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in the Ohio capital. Upward of 400 exhibitors occupying 120,000 square feet of show floor presented attendees a wealth of material, equipment or information technology innovations, product licensing opportunities, and…
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