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…
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