Sources: Eagle Roofing Products, Rialto, Calif.; CP staff After a late-2023 soft launch of an app proven to save truck drivers upward of 15 minutes in concrete tile and component order loading time, Eagle Roofing Products is expanding its Time Is Money online reservation system to all production plants and satellite yards, Florida to California. Through the digital platform, full…
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Carbonation process specialist makes XPRIZE Carbon Removal final cut
Sources: Silicate, Dublin; CP staff Silicate, developer of treatment technology accelerating the carbon dioxide sequestration potential of finely graded limestone or hardened concrete, is one of 20 finalists in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, funded by the Musk Foundation with a $50 million grand prize. Finalists hail from around the world; earned their slots based on performance in the key…
Read MoreChandler Concrete: ‘A Member of the Chaney Family’
Already one of the East Coast’s fastest growing concrete operators, Maryland-based Chaney Enterprises will nearly double its production footprint by acquiring Chandler Concrete Co. Inc., Burlington, N.C. The latter operates 44 ready mixed and three block plants, plus one building supply store in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. They align with Chaney Enterprises’ growing Virginia and North Carolina…
Read MoreCalPortland, Fortera mark milestone in mineralized CO2 concrete binder
San Jose-based Fortera Corp. has started ReAct concrete binder processing at a facility adjacent to the CalPortland Co., Redding, Calif. cement mill. The Redding ReCarb Plant is North America’s first industrial green cement and carbon dioxide mineralization facility—and one of the largest operations in the carbon capture and use class the world over. It is equipped for annual output of…
Read MoreLang to succeed retiring Tindall Corp. CEO Force
Sources: Tindall Corp., Spartanburg, S.C.; CP staff Tindall Corp. has announced the June 30 retirement of Chief Executive Officer Greg Force, who joined the six-plant precast, prestressed concrete operator in 1988 as chief engineer of Tindall Concrete Virginia Inc., now the Virginia Division. Ahead of executive appointments, beginning with Virginia vice president and general manager in 1998, he excelled in…
Read MoreGHG Inventory shows cement plant CO2 emissions’ positive trend
The latest Environmental Protection Agency Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks cites 2022 GHG loads of 5.489 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, a 1.3 percent increase from the prior year. The GHG Inventory factors emissions of CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride—all pegged for their global warming potential when released to…
Read MoreReduced Carbon Concrete Consortium assists states’ FHWA grant pursuits
The American Concrete Pavement Association, Iowa State University-hosted National Concrete Pavement Technology Center and allies have formed the Reduced Carbon Concrete Consortium (RC3) to assist state departments of transportation and other qualifying entities eyeing grants under the just-announced Federal Highway Administration Low-Carbon Transportation Materials (LCTM) program. RC3 will provide DOTs technical assistance and facilitate contractor preparedness with critical next steps…
Read MoreEPA outlines 2029-2032 mixer, dump, day cab emissions standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claims avoidance of 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $13 billion in net society benefits attributable to GHG Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3. If upheld after near-certain legal challenges, new thresholds in the final rule, measured against Phase 2 targets, will equate to CO2 emissions reduction levels of a) 8-40…
Read MorePortland-limestone cement reaches universal state DOT approval
Portland Cement Association reports across the board state agency approval of portland-limestone cement, or ASTM C595 Type IL binder, on the heels of a Connecticut Department of Transportation green light for the material. Compared to ASTM C150 Type I/II portland cement, PLC is finished with higher limestone content, while exhibiting a carbon dioxide emissions footprint up to 10 percent lower.…
Read MoreGraphene for Carbon-Neutral Concrete
Graphene technology promises carbon-neutral ready mixed concrete. Those seeking to aggressively push a transition to carbon neutrality should look to Adam Smith, known as the father of capitalism, for guidance. According to the 18th-century Scottish philosopher and economist, “By pursuing his own interest [the individual] frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote…
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