Sources: Quikrete Cos. and Best Block, Atlanta; Construction Robotics, Victor, NY; CP staff Masonry Madness at World of Concrete 2021 offered a prime venue to show the speed and productivity of building with Best Block 32-in. Large Format Masonry (LFM) and the Construction Robotics Material Unit Lift Enhancer, best known as the MULE. A two-day equipment demonstration was set up…
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Batch plant equipment exhibitors top World of Concrete loyalists
Sources: Informa Markets, Irving, Texas; CP staff Although subdued compared to its normal January volume of booths, exhibit space and attendees, World of Concrete concluded three upbeat days at the Las Vegas Convention Center—likely the North American construction industry’s largest 2021 gathering, as well as a strong affirmation of interest in live, business-to-business functions.
Read MoreGeneral contractor reinvents dry mix preparation with mechanical verve
Sources: Steele House Industries, Novato, Calif.; CP staff Continuing a show tradition where tradesmen spawn the best new mousetraps for batching, mixing, placing or finishing concrete, northern California general contractor Stephen Steele arrived at World of Concrete 2021 with a mechanical marvel bound to challenge conventional methods for preparing packaged concrete, mortar or grout.
Read MoreGomaco powers first battery-operated slipform curb machine
Sources: Gomaco Corp., Ida Grove, Iowa; CP staff Instead of waiting for a bigger stage next year in Las Vegas, or bauma 2022 in Munich, the best known operator in concrete paving equipment chose World of Concrete 2021 to unveil the first battery-powered slipform curb machine.
Read MorePrecast tunnel rings connect to LV Convention Center visitors
Sources: The Boring Co., Los Angeles; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; CP staff Precast concrete tunnel segments’ engineering simplicity and efficacy are on full display between the two sweeping entrances to the new Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, dedicated June 8 concurrent with the World of Concrete 2021 opening. A full scale, 12-ft. inside diameter tunnel segment model…
Read MoreRenewed Davis-Bacon support permeates White House, Capitol Hill
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust, Washington, D.C.; CP staff A White House Spring 2021 regulatory update, coupled with a U.S. Senate vote on a Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act amendment, illustrate administrative and legislative branch underpinnings for one of the most contentious statutes affecting construction: the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (Davis-Bacon…
Read More4K video rewrites site delivery tracking from crane, aerial perches
Sources: Quartz Systems, San Francisco; CP staff Construction technology services provider Quartz demonstrated the quality control and productivity gauging potential of its new Concrete Deck Analysis program at World of Concrete 2021. The integrated hardware and software platform uses ultra-high resolution 4K video streams, machine learning, plus a web and mobile app to enable project principals to track and understand…
Read MoreNational Ready-Mix fills mixer-geared, high clearance CNG fuel tank
Sources: Momentum Fuel Technologies, Roanoke, Texas; CP staff Momentum Fuel Technologies’ small diameter, side-mounted compressed natural gas tank, available in 32 or 55 diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) models, debuted earlier this month at the Las Vegas Convention Center on a Peterbilt 367-mounted Con-Tech Mfg. BridgeKing mixer. The truck is bound for the Los Angeles fleet of National Ready Mixed Concrete…
Read MoreWorld of Concrete takes national stage, pandemic steps aside
Sources: Inform Markets, Irving, Texas; CP staff The 2021 World of Concrete opened June 8 as an event of national significance, shutting the door on a lengthy period of travel restrictions, lockdowns, face mask mandates and other disruptions to business and personal life.
Read MoreLehigh, Giant parents scrap Keystone Cement purchase agreement
Sources: U.S. Federal Trade Commission; CP staff HeidelbergCement AG of Germany and Elementia S.A.B. de C.V. of Mexico, along with their North American subsidiaries—Lehigh Hanson Inc., Lehigh Cement Co. LLC and Giant Cement Holding, Keystone Cement Co., respectively—have terminated an agreement regarding the sale of Keystone’s Bath, Pa. plant to Lehigh Cement. The move responds to a U.S. Federal Trade…
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