Sources: American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va.; CP staff The ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) seeks members for a committee overseeing revision of ASCE 26-97, Standard Practice for Direct Design of Buried Precast Concrete Box Sections; ASCE/CI 27-17, Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Pipe for Jacking in Trenchless Construction; and, ASCE 28-00, Standard Practice for Direct Design…
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BuiltWorlds survey reveals robotics’ depth in concrete, construction
BuiltWorlds, a research, advisory and events company with global member client network, spotlights Onsite, Offsite and Automated Machinery & Related Solutions category brands in its 2025 Robotics Top 50 list. Building on previous editions, it includes a significant degree of segmentation, identifying the top performing technologies by function across 10 distinct subcategories: ONSITE ROBOTICS OFFSITE ROBOTICS AUTOMATED MACHINERY & RELATED…
Read MoreConcrete Block Pavement Conference hosts call for papers
Source: Pavers and Blocks Manufacturers Association, Mumbai The organizing committee for the 13th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP), April 9-10, 2026 in Hyderabad, India invites candidate paper abstracts or presentation summaries through July 31. Committee members especially welcome content under such themes as Road Construction; Pavement Design; Street and Landscape Design; Urban Planning and Transportation; Infrastructure Innovations and Research;…
Read MoreFBI, HUD vacate vintage reinforced concrete, precast headquarters
Sources: U.S. General Services Administration; CP staff Citing potential taxpayer savings approaching $1 billion, the General Services Administration has announced the relocation of Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in Washington D.C. The FBI will move from a 1970s reinforced concrete colossus, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, to the Ronald Reagan Building, located…
Read MoreSteel Dynamics rebar, structural products earn Climate Council certification
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; Steel Dynamics Inc., Ft. Wayne, Ind.; CP staff The Global Steel Climate Council has certified eight hot-rolled Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) and Arkansas Steel Associates (ASA) products, including concrete rebar milled at the former company’s Columbia City, Ind. and Roanoke, Va. operations. Independent verification of the producers’ output marks a significant expansion in…
Read MoreAero Aggregates’ 60K yd3 load anchors critical embankment project
Sources: Aero Aggregates of North America LLC, Eddystone, Pa.; CP staff Aero Aggregates, developer of an ultra-lightweight, foamed glass aggregate (UL-FGA) processing technology, has concluded a voluminous backfill material supply contract for the Wyoming Department of Transportation Teton Pass Big Fill Slide permanent repair. The project entailed reconstructing a 100-ft. high embankment and incorporating drains into the slope. Instead of…
Read MoreSusMaX advances harvested ash to lightweight aggregate conversion process
Sources: SusMaX, Philadelphia; CP staff On the heels of a pilot campaign utilizing 30 tons of material from Pennsylvania and Georgia utility partners, SusMaX has taken a major step toward commercializing proprietary lightweight aggregate production from sub-grade coal ash. The company has refined a method of pelletizing, chemically treating and calcining feedstocks extracted from landfills or power generating station impoundments. …
Read MoreEngineering groups eye carbon optimization in ACI, AISC, ASCE codes
Sources: Charles Pankow Foundation, Haymarket, Va.; CP staff A Charles Pankow Foundation Research Grant Agreement will support the first phase of Code Updates for Reduction of Embodied-Carbon (CURE), scheduled for mid-2026 completion. Investigators will review how modifications in the three codes underlying structural engineering practice could yield lower carbon dioxide emissions equivalent metrics in reinforced concrete or structural steel buildings. …
Read MoreCommand Alkon tightens trucking handle with Digital Fleet
Sources: Command Alkon, Birmingham, Ala.; CP staff Command Alkon is closing the first half of 2025 with the acquisition of Chicago-based Digital Fleet, calling the deal a strategic move reinforcing a “commitment to delivering purpose-built, modern technologies that enhance operational performance, streamline logistics, and empower business transformation for heavy building materials producers worldwide.” The transaction includes a full product suite…
Read MoreACA calculates data center projects’ swelling material requirements
Sources: American Cement Association, Washington, D.C. The number of data centers in the U.S. is on track to climb from 5,426 at present to more than 6,000 by 2027, a trend fueled by the advent of artificial intelligence technology. A new American Cement Association Market Intelligence report projects thatconstruction of data centers hosting AI platforms will require upward of 1 million…
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