Holliday Rock partners with graphene developer for admixture testing

Sources: Rimere, Newport Beach, Calif.; CP staff Rimere, a developer of processes extracting high value compounds from natural gas, has entered a codevelopment agreement with California neighbor Holliday Rock, a key player in ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt production, to quantify the potential of graphene to improve concrete strength, elasticity, shrinkage, shielding and durability. Composed of a single layer of…

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Copper blend earns Eagle Roofing Color of the Year designation

With 35-plus years in concrete roof tile production, California-based Eagle Roofing Products is known for an extensive line of durable, elegant and eye-catching offerings, among them Bridgeport Blend Copper, the producer’s Color of the Year. An amalgamation of grays, taupe, brown and black hues accented by subtle orange-luster streaks, Bridgeport Blend Copper mirrors Sequoia trees’ deep sepia tones and ash…

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Belgard adds texture to national catalog with Papyrus pavers

Belgard, the leader in outdoor living essentials made of concrete, metal or composite materials, has announced nationwide availability of is newest paver texture. Papyrus is the latest concrete paver addition to the Artisan Collection, which offers new and unique textures designed for elegant, contemporary outdoor living. Reminiscent of handmade textiles or dried earth, Papyrus embodies the spirit of biophilic design,…

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Béton Provincial solidifies Eastern Canada footprint with CRH assets

Béton Provincial Ltée of Quebec City, the largest Canadian-owned company in cement and concrete, has closed on a major asset transaction with CRH Canada Group Inc., netting: the Ash Grove Cement mill in Joliette, Quebec, plus one Solvay, N.Y., two Greater Montreal and three Labrador or Newfoundland terminals; nine Demix Béton ready mixed plants, seven in Greater Montreal, two in…

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Argos, CRH, Holcim pave path to Titan America Wall Street listing

Brussels-based Titan Cement International S.A. has informed investors of an initial public offering of shares in Titan America, which reported $1.6 billion in 2023 cement, supplementary cementitious material, aggregate and ready mixed concrete sales across coastal Mid-Atlantic and Southeast operations. With a projected early-2025 completion on a Wall Street exchange, the IPO would span a sizable stake in Norfolk, Va.-based…

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ERP Implementation

Investment in an enterprise resource planning system can represent a considerable cost, but if done right, the benefits will be realized in a relatively short time. Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is 1,000 pages of overwhelming complication. Very few people have succeeded in reading it cover to cover. That, my friends, pales in comparison to the Herculean task of selecting…

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The Surprising Comeback of Retail

I live in suburbia. My town just outside of New Orleans looks like every other suburb in America, replete with good schools, a vibrant restaurant scene, and plenty of traffic at rush hour and during school times. My wife and I moved here 32 years ago, escaping the challenges of urban living—crime and potholes—for the comfort and security of life…

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Concrete producers lead the way in federal agency’s Buy Clean agenda

The White House and General Services Administration have marked the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)-funded low embodied carbon (LEC) construction materials procurement program pilot, noting “a dramatic increase of thousands more environmental product declarations used to identify sustainably-manufactured construction materials over the past year. EPDs are a key tool for gaining visibility into a product’s environmental impacts…

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