The U.S. Geological Survey has updated its “Top 100 Producers of Construction Sand & Gravel” and companion “Crushed Stone” lists, both reflecting data available through October 2023. Final 2022 production figures indicate the categories’ leading producers: CONSTRUCTION SAND & GRAVEL1. CRH Americas Materials2. Vulcan Materials3. Martin Marietta Materials4. Knife River Corp.5. Summit Materials6. Cemex USA7. Holcim US8. Heidelberg Materials9. Teichert…
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Besser ushers CMHA lab centerpiece to World Center
Sources: Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association, Herndon, Va. A small-scale block & paver production line installed in 2007 at the former National Concrete Masonry Association Research & Development Lab is being transferred to the World Center for Concrete Technology at Alpena Community College in northern Michigan. Besser Co., whose world headquarters borders the ACC campus, is supporting the move of…
Read MoreCementitious, pozzolanic material plant project grants approach $110M
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CP staff The Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) has announced $428 million for 14 projects to accelerate clean energy manufacturing, each subject to final negotiation and industry cost-sharing commitments. More than a quarter of the funding could spur three projects involving primary or supplementary concrete binders.
Read MoreResidential Building Products Demand Meter premiers
An industry-first data offering from John Burns Research & Consulting, Irvine, Calif. and Home Innovation Research Labs, Bethesda, Md. tracks current and historical U.S. residential installed volumes (final demand) for concrete and 17 other material or product categories. The Building Products Demand Meter, profiled at www.jbrec.com, measures volumes and year-over-year growth rates in new building, repair and remodel segments back…
Read MoreSika consummates Master Builders deal with former Chryso investor
Sources: Sika AG, Baar, Switzerland; Cinven Ltd., London; CP staff The parent of New Jersey-based Sika Corp. has opened May with two transactions on its European home turf, both continuing a global concrete admixtures business transformation that began with 2021-22 Saint-Gobain Group deals for Chryso Group and GCP Applied Technologies. Sika AG acquired MBCC Group of Mannheim, Germany, then sold…
Read MoreMajor hardscape unit installer expands to Lone Star State
Sources: Systems Pavers, Santa Ana, Calif.; CP staff A key player in outdoor living design and hardscape unit installation, California-minted System Pavers, is set to open a Texas office by month’s end. “We are excited to bring our first-class service to the Houston market and enable homeowners to realize their vision of transforming spaces into beautiful, personalized outdoor living environments,”…
Read MoreNPCA Plant Certification measures up to Ocean State DOT
Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation recently approved the National Precast Concrete Association’s Plant Certification program as an accepted quality certification option for manufactured precast concrete facilities in the state. It joins 40 other states and more than 75 municipalities in recognizing NPCA certification when specifying construction projects. The program is dedicated to…
Read MoreSuperior Block turns to Big Apple towers as CarbonCure process CO2 sources
Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply Company Inc., a concrete masonry unit producer equipped to deploy CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide mineralizing process, will source “Sustainable CO” extracted from New York City apartment buildings’ mechanical system flue exhaust. After a 2022 pilot installation at The Grand Tier (1930 Broadway), Glenwood Property Management (unaffiliated with the producer) plans Q1 deployment of modular CarbonQuest Building…
Read MoreDutchland deal delivers wastewater, water tank depth for Lindsay Precast
Private equity operator MiddleGround Capital of Lexington, Ky., recently closed on Dutchland Inc., Gap, Pa. precast concrete tank producer and installer. Dutchland offers a unique combination of engineering and process design, operations expertise, and control systems implementation to allow for the efficient execution of water and wastewater projects. The transaction was announced a year after a MiddleGround fund acquired Ohio-based…
Read MoreCeco Construction veteran heads ACI Center for Advancing Productivity
The American Concrete Institute has chartered PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Concrete Industry Productivity as a catalyst for solving constructability barriers. PRO will collaborate with design and engineering professionals, material suppliers, plus contractors to resolve issues that negatively impact output in concrete site operations. “The concrete contractor’s input on design details, specifications, and material criteria that embraces…
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