A joint venture of Turner Construction and Devcon Construction charged with design-build delivery of a $1.2 billion, 68,500-seat stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., has awarded the precast contract to West Sacramento-based Clark Pacific. Designed by architect HNTB, the new home to the San Francisco 49ers NFL franchise is scheduled to open for the 2014 season, making the venue the first new NFL stadium built in California in 50 years.
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Call for SCC 2013 Conference papers
Organizers of SCC 2013, Fifth North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete, envision a program for their May 13–15 gathering in Chicago around a) demonstrating outcomes of recent self-consolidating concrete research and practice; b) upholding a platform to further address strategies advancing SCC use; and, c) promoting greater interactions between international SCC researchers and users.
Read MoreRocla greenfield plant on track for 750K rail road tie output
Prestressed concrete railroad tie market leader Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc. will vacate its Denver site for a plant under way in Pueblo, Colo. Scheduled for completion in fourth quarter 2012 on a St. Charles Industrial Park plot, the operation will have a payroll in excess of 100 at full capacity. It will be the company’s largest plant, joining Amarillo, Texas, and Baer, Del., sites.
Read MoreHanson reaches midpoint of 20-mile highway project
Hanson Pipe & Precast was selected by Base Construction to provide more than 130,000 ft. of precast concrete pipe, box culverts and inlets for the McLennan County IH-35 project located near Waco, Texas. Construction began in October 2010; Hanson’s products are used to move and manage basic stormwater runoff in the project designed to ease traffic congestion by widening nearly 20 miles of highway and frontage roads. Completion is projected for late 2014.
Read MoreAtlas Block, Basalite Concrete, Shaw Brick demonstrate carbon dioxide-based curing
Eastern Canada concrete masonry market leader Shaw Brick has scheduled a spring launch of CarbonCure block, a CSA-grade unit that uses carbon dioxide in the molding cycle to improve compressive strength development.
Read MoreBig River rebrands three aggregates
Big River Industries in Alpharetta, Ga., has effected a branding initiative aimed at showcasing expanded clay lightweight aggregate spanning six applications, including Masonry, Concrete, Geotechnical, Asphalt, Horticulture, and Storm Water Management. It consolidates three previous brands, Gravelite, Livlite, and Arkalite under a new brand, Riverlite.
Read MorePathfinder, Bergen pen mold-marketing alliance
Block & paver machinery specialist Pathfinder Systems, Holland, Mich., has become the exclusive North American marketing and sales agent for Mountain Top, Pa.-based Bergen Industries. A new alliance calls for the companies to work seamlessly to provide premium quality, competitively priced molds and mold parts, delivering concrete products industry orders in a timely manner.
Read MoreBrick group weighs pros and cons of competing exterior products
A new video and fact sheets debunk what the Brick Industry Association contends are common myths about genuine clay brick versus its competitors. With frank pros and cons on the latest in sustainability features, maintenance needs, costs and fire safety, the package stacks brick against the top alternatives: vinyl siding, concrete masonry, manufactured stone, fiber cement siding and Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS), otherwise known as synthetic stucco.
Read MoreConsortium unveils fly ash-based, geopolymer panels, and roof tiles
HySSIL Pty Ltd. in Melbourne, Australia, has launched a range of lightweight building products, touting reduced greenhouse gas emissions and lower embodied energy when factoring their production against conventional alternatives. The technology was developed by the government-owned CSIRO, Australia’s leading industrial research organization and a founding HySSIL shareholder.
Read MoreAustralian precaster takes global BIM award
The use of Tekla BIMsight building information modeling technology helped Bianco Precast secure a segment contract for the $812 million South Road Superway project, the largest public works undertaking to date in South Australia.
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