Founded nearly 40 years ago as a designer and producer of concrete hog feeders, Ontario-based Stubbe’s Precast has been a mainstay in commercial and residential construction markets for the last two decades. The producer has enjoyed continuous growth in the industry, leveraging innovation to diversify and expand its portfolio to offer total precast structures.
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A review of high-range water reducing admixture offerings from key sources demonstrates how polycarboxylate technology remains at the forefront of concrete mix designs and plant or field practice.
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The Hyperion volumetric scanning system is built from a network of fixed-position LIDAR (light detection and ranging) units mounted around a designated yard or stockpile area for fast and accurate sand, gravel and crushed stone volume calculation.
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Sealmaster of Allentown, Pa. packages and ships pavement maintenance products to 50-plus countries through more than 100 distribution centers in North America and Asia. Its headquarters plant uses silica sand as a filler to improve durability and add skid resistance to pavement sealers. The 60 mesh (250 micron) sand arrives by pneumatic truck trailer equipped with a 1,000-cfm blower. A…
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Last year saw ready mixed concrete producers adopt paperless documentation for common procedures in a big way. Many such measures were focused on customer service activities and quality control, yet officials from Florida-based Link2Pump suggest it might be time to extend paperless documentation to a fleet fueling system.
Read MoreA round up of current mobile and stationary models for portable production and fixed ready mixed plants, transit or central mixed.
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The ready-mix concrete industry prides itself on leveraging technology to optimize the customer experience. Its technology investments generally focus on improving production and delivery such as quality and service. To its discredit, technology does not always provide direct benefits to employees—the resource that leaders in ready-mix production universally acknowledge is the most important. However, through the championing of cutting-edge technology,…
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The construction materials testing (CMT) industry is excited by the possibilities of estimating concrete strength via the non-destructive maturity method. This method provides a number of enhancements to the traditional laboratory compression test method. But the maturity method is not an alternative or replacement. Indeed, maturity testing relies completely on the traditional compression test method.
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Flooring materials manufacturer Forpac realized more efficient operation through an investment in modern silo aeration at its Haines City, Fla. operation. “We had been operating with airpads in our 144-ton silos that store white cement powder and calcium carbonate used to make our thin set adhesive and grout for tile floors,” observes Plant Manager Mike Dulin. The result, he adds,…
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“It’s not uncommon to see a mixer truck roll off the assembly line using drum drive technology from the 1980s,” says PMP Industries North America General Manager Robert Magness. While the maturity of such technology may provide confidence in the equipment, he adds, mixer fleet owners are prevented from realizing important drive and control performance improvements in an age of…
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