ORGANIZATIONS – April 2023

Texas-based Inland Pipe Rehabilitation has rebranded as Premier Underground Renewal Infrastructure Solutions or PURIS after recently joining forces with Inliner Solutions and Murphy Pipeline Contractors. A portfolio business of New York investor J.F. Lehman & Co., PURIS is a leading provider of turnkey water infrastructure solutions, specializing in environmentally sustainable trenchless pipeline rehabilitation. It operates throughout North America and provides…

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New RMC Foundation banner stresses resilience and sustainability themes

The RMC Research and Education Foundation is now the Concrete Advancement Foundation, a change Executive Director Julie Garbini announced last month at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Board of Directors meeting in Las Vegas. Foundation Trustees approved the move to better reflect their organization’s body of work, which for three decades has helped propel sustainability and resilience in the…

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Cement multinationals compound their SBTi CO2 emissions target validations

The parent company of Heidelberg Materials is the latest multinational producer in its sector to validate 2030 carbon dioxide emissions reduction target according to the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) 1.5°C framework. Across U.S., Canadian and overseas operations, HeidelbergCement AG commits to reduce gross (GHG Protocol-defined) Scope 1 and 2 emissions by a combined 26.7 percent per ton of cementitious…

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Burnco, Lafarge Canada, Carbon Upcycling plan $11 million ash project

Carbon dioxide utilization technology and supplementary cementitious material developer Carbon Upcycling, Calgary, has enlisted Alberta neighbors Burnco Rock Products and Lafarge Canada for testing a process to convert landfilled coal combustion residuals to concrete-grade fly ash. Beyond the CCR harvesting aspect, the process sequesters CO2 gas. Of the project’s $11 million budget, Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is contributing $4.4 million—part…

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Portal tracks PCA Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality stakeholder progress

Through their Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, Portland Cement Association members have committed to developing cutting-edge methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions associated with clinker production and finishing—all while continuing to deliver premium ASTM C 150 output. Such efforts are being tracked on www.CementProgress.com, a new microsite highlighting the industry’s advancements and oriented around the Roadmap pillars of Clinker, Cement, Concrete,…

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Cemex turns page on 1990s signature

Sources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff Cemex has unveiled an updated brand consistent with a corporate goal of helping the world reach the next frontier of sustainable living by becoming a more agile, innovative, and approachable company. The global cement, aggregate and concrete producer is changing its logo for the first time in more than 30 years,…

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Holcim US acquires Pioneer Landscape Centers’ aggregate operations

Holcim US has closed on the 13 Colorado and Arizona quarries of Pioneer Landscape Centers of Highlands Ranch, Colo. With the growing rate of construction in the Denver, Colorado Springs and Phoenix markets, the deal strengthens Holcim’s position by adding to local reserves, alleviating supply constraints and expanding existing sand, gravel and stone output.  “This acquisition brings about significant synergies…

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A new portal for Buy Clean era

We are into a second decade of covering ready mixed and manufactured concrete producer response to construction market catalysts driving Environmental Product Declaration preparation and submittals: The Architecture 2030 Challenge (2012), compelling proof of lower embodied carbon materials or products in project specifications, and the U.S. Green Building Council LEED v4 standard (2014-16), the first broad-based mechanism incentivizing suppliers, producers…

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Lafarge Canada harvests ash from retired TransAlta power station

Sources: Lafarge Canada (West), Calgary; CP staff Lafarge Canada and Geocycle, a Holcim Ltd. waste management services subsidiary, will apply the Ash-TEK Ponded Ash Beneficiation System to derive Class F fly ash from material landfilled at a coal-fired TransAlta Corp. power station west of Edmonton. The project stems from a $15 million Emissions Reduction Alberta grant secured in 2021. As…

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Augmented reality app developer programs slab-scanning Flatness Check

Florida-based 3D digital solutions provider Faro Technologies Inc. has released its first augmented reality app for concrete. Flatness Check visualizes slab flatness and levelness to ensure pours are completed on schedule; quality of work is improved; and, expensive rework typical in high-rise residential and office concrete construction is eliminated.  The app integrates with Sphere, Faro’s cloud-based and Software as a…

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