Sources: Outdoor Living Supply, Rochester, Minn.; CP staff Concrete and natural stone hardscapes retailer Outdoor Living Supply has acquired Apache Stone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wisconsin-based Halquist Stone Co. The transaction includes hardscape, masonry and landscape yards in Phoenix and Apache Junction, Ariz. plus Las Vegas, home to a Bedrock Landscape Supply yard that OLS acquired in late-2022. The…
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Recon Wall Systems, sister businesses define Precast Forte Group
Sources: Precast Forte Group, Coon Rapids, Minn.; CP staff Leadership of licensing innovator Recon Wall Systems has unveiled The Precast Forte Group, a parent entity affording clarity of purpose for each of four companies while sharing manufactured concrete domain expertise. On the strength of the Recon Wall Systems flagship, the Forte portfolio has grown to include proprietary product or structure…
Read MoreTransportation Institute quantifies ballooning costs of traffic congestion
Sources: American Transportation Research Institute, Washington, D.C. A new American Transportation Research Institute study shows traffic congestion adding $94.6 billion in 2021 to trucking industry costs. The latest Cost of Congestion study utilizes ATRI’s unique truck GPS database to calculate trucking delay impacts from 2017 through 2021 on major U.S. roadways. While year-over-year decreased in 2020 due to the Covid-19…
Read MoreDesign-Build Institute revisits project benchmark reference
Sources: Design-Build Institute of America, Washington, D.C.; CP staff The new Design-Build Institute of America Project Delivery Primer provides owners information regarding contract structure and terms. Authors combine two previous DBIA resources, What is Design-Build? and Choosing a Project Delivery Method, to reflect changes in building and infrastructure work, chiefly the growth of design-build and decline of the traditional design/bid/build…
Read MoreTIME recognizes maturity sensor developer Wavelogix
Sources: Time USA LLC, New York; CP staff TIME, the century-old weekly magazine, names the Rebel Concrete Strength Sensor in “Best Inventions of 2023 – 200 innovations changing how we live,” a November 4 edition feature. The sensor is the charter product of Wavelogix Inc., an Indiana startup founded by Purdue University Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering Luna Lu. Measuring…
Read MoreEdge Materials, Cummins, PCCH2, Terex Advance spec hydrogen-fueled mixer
Sources: Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind.; Terex Advance Mixer, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; CP staff A four-party memorandum of understanding will extend recently announced Cummins Inc. and Terex Advance Mixer work toward an X15H-powered Commander Series front discharge mixer. Cloverdale, Ind. ready mixed producer Edge Materials Inc. and Kentucky green hydrogen processing specialist PCC Hydrogen Inc. (PCCH2) will team with the manufacturers…
Read MoreChryso, GCP application lab supports Great Lakes, Midwest producers
Sources: GCP Applied Technologies, Alpharetta, Ga.; CP staff A new Chryso and GCP Applied Technologies application lab in Chicago focuses on aggregate, mortar or concrete testing, and serves as a dedicated technical center for Ductilcrete engineered slab systems. The facility is equipped and staffed to provide hands-on services so customers can see how their materials perform with Chryso or GCP…
Read MoreResearchers tie U-bolt connectors to rebar cage safety, integrity
Sources: Charles Pankow Foundation, Haymarket, Va.; CP staff An investigation geared to identifying fabrication and assembly practices curtailing rebar cage collapse or failure incidents confirms the potential of U-bolt hardware to replace tie wires commonly used in lateral and transverse bar connections and increase cages’ lateral strength. The Pankow Foundation teamed with the American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Institute,…
Read MoreNucor weighs Pacific Northwest for fourth rebar micro mill
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Nucor is scouting the Pacific Northwest to build a rebar micro mill with annual capacity of 650,000 tons, a full range of product sizes, and spooling capabilities for smaller bar. The facility would become the company’s fourth such operation, its template especially tailored to concrete reinforcements and lower cost production than larger steel…
Read MoreHolcim US to add 600,000 mtpy capacity for flagship cement plant
Sources: Holcim US, Chicago; CP staff An investment upward of $100 million will raise clinker and limestone grinding capacity while improving logistics for the Holcim US Ste. Genevieve (Mo.) Cement Plant, located south of St. Louis along the Mississippi. In addition to the largest single-kiln line in the world, the facility is equipped with sophisticated emissions controls, fully automated quality…
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