Somero screed adds finishing touch to CIM Auction upper tier

Sources: Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee; CP staff Somero Enterprises Inc. has once again joined big ticket Concrete Industry Management Auction item donors, committing a S-485 Laser Screed model to this year’s event. A motorized 4-wheel drive, stand-on, multi-function machine with 8- or 10-ft. vibrator beams, the S-485 is capable of fine grading most subbase materials, raking concrete level,…

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Very viable viaduct

The American Society of Civil Engineers salutes the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement with Gold honors in the 2024 Outstanding Civil Engineering Awards (OCEA) program. The largest, most complex bridge project in Los Angeles history, the $588 million crossing replaces an iconic double-steel-arch structure, one seen in many movies and TV series, with a span featuring 10 pairs of sculptural arches.…

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Portable concrete recycling

The mobile Krokodile machine is equipped with a 4- x 5-ft. crusher opening to reduce hardened concrete or culls in ready mixed, block, pipe or precast plants—or debris from demolished slabs or structural elements—to 3.5-in. minus material. The manufacturer’s companion compact jaw crusher, mobile screener and conveyor offerings can process, separate and transfer Krokodile output to ¾-in. minus grades. The…

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Ashcor sets two-year schedule for Michigan ash beneficiation operation

Sources: Ashcor Technologies Ltd., Calgary; CP staff Ashcor USA Inc. and Michigan-based Consumers Energy have outlined an agreement to extract millions of tons of impounded coal ash from the J.H. Campbell Generating Complex. Over a projected 20-year timetable, Ashcor’s Reclaimed Ash Management (RAM) technology will transform stored volumes at the Port Sheldon Township, Mich. power facility into concrete-grade fly ash.…

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CalPortland closes on Grimes Rock, State Ready Mix assets

Sources: CalPortland Co., Summerlin, Nev.; CP staff CalPortland has grown its southern California concrete and sand & gravel production footprint, acquiring the assets of Grimes Rock Inc. in Fillmore and affiliates, State Ready Mix Inc. and State Ready Mix Recycling, in Oxnard. “This addition aligns with our commitment to strategic growth in the aggregate and concrete markets and to provide…

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