Timed with the World of Concrete opening, the Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative unveiled its 2010 goals and initiatives to align sustainable development
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Boral Usa Brings Kane Full Circle From Pioneer Concrete
Mike Kane, perhaps the past decade’s best-traveled North American construction materials executive, has been named president of Atlanta-based Boral USA,
Read MoreIcpi Crafts Permeable Pavement, Level Ii Installer Certification
Two new classroom-based certificate programs will be offered this year by Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute-trained instructors. Addressing increased
Read MoreBasic Block Builds Midwest Products
Midwest Block & Brick recently closed on Basic Block, whose 15-acre operation in Springdale, Ark., includes a four-at-a-time Tiger machine-equipped plant,
Read MoreAsh Grove Subsidiary Seals Sakrete’s Midwest And West Expansion
Charlotte, N.C.-based Sakrete has expanded its licensing agreement with Ash Grove Materials Corp.’s Materials Packaging Corp., netting a greater production
Read MoreMarine Reserve Campus Marches In Gulf Coast’s Largest Tilt-Up Job
On schedule and on budget was the message of a recent progress report on the 411,000-sq.-ft., $150 million Federal City Marine Forces Reserve complex
Read MoreCompetitors Counter Cambridge PaversÌ Advertising Claims
Responding to challenges by Capitol Pavers & Retaining Walls, Concrete Stone & Tile, Grinnell Concrete Pavingstones and Unilock New York regarding accuracy of Cambridge Pavers Inc. print, broadcast and Internet advertising, the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ National Advertising Division has recommended Cambridge discontinue certain comparative and performance claims for its ArmorTec process pavers
Read MoreHarrington Heads Lehigh Hanson
Effective this month, Lehigh Hanson Inc. Chief Operating Officer Daniel Harrington succeeds CEO James Kitzmiller, who is retiring after nearly 40 years
Read MoreDeals Of The Decade
In a follow-up to the December 2009 Decade Defined editorial, Concrete Products tracks nine-figure and higher deals that have reshaped North
Read MoreJim Kitzmiller: From Gifford Hill To Lehigh Hanson
The January 2010 Lehigh Hanson Inc. management transition sees the retirement of one of the industry’s key dealmakers of the past two decades following
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