Josie Patterson – Concrete Products

Project Primed, Workforce Wanted

April 19, 2022April 25, 2022 Josie Patterson

A visit with 2022 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Chair Matt DeVoss As Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) members embrace a booming, post-pandemic building market, a new chair brings perspective from an independent, single plant operator in the Gulf South.

Chemical supply hitches hit accelerator, MRWR, strength-enhancing admixtures

December 7, 2020December 11, 2020 Josie Patterson

Source: CP staff Domestic and overseas chemical processors and distributors indicate potential price increases in the 40-75 percent range for sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN), a key compound concrete admixture producers use in non-chloride set accelerators, mid-range water reducers and strength-enhancing agents.