Sources: Thomas Concrete Inc., Atlanta; CP staff Ryan Chandley, MBA, will shift from Thomas Concrete senior vice president to chief executive officer on July 1, overseeing a regional powerhouse in ready mixed production, with 85 plants across Georgia and Carolinas Divisions. He succeeds the retiring Alan Wessel, who will transition to a senior advisor role. “We continue to pursue strong…
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Bond offering confirms investor interest in Amrize, Holcim spin-off
Sources: Holcim Ltd., Zug, Switzerland; CP staff Amrize, the North American entity set for spin-off from Holcim Ltd., completed a $3.4 billion bond offering in four tranches: $700 million two-year and three-year notes, respectively maturing in 2027 and 2028, and $1 billion five-year and 10-year notes, respectively maturing in 2030 and 2035—the fixed coupons at 4.6 percent to 5.4 percent.
Read MoreFHWA contextualizes SCM reactivity, test methods
Sources: Federal Highway Administration; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The latest Federal Highway Administration TechNote sheds critical light on a metric that concrete practitioners will weigh as the supplementary cementitious materials universe expands and market conditions compel a lower portland cement clinker factor in mix designs. FHWA HRT-25-050 Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials authors assess the chemical reactions…
Read MoreCombilift streamlines precast transport in signature, disruptive style
Sources: Combilift, Monaghan, Ireland; CP staff Combilift extends the outside the box thinking behind its multidirectional, sideloading and articulated forklift series to the Self-Propelled Inloader COMBi-SPI, a vehicle handling up to 30-tonne elements in precast concrete operations. The truck muscles concrete—or large glass or glazing assembly—loads on industry standard Inloader Pallets, which lift on and off twin rails running the…
Read MoreUT Austin Professor Juenger begins term as ACI president
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff Meeting in Toronto earlier this month for the ACI Concrete Convention, American Concrete Institute members elected University of Texas Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Professor Maria Juenger, FACI, as president for the 2025-2026 term. She is active in numerous ACI committees and, over a 2009-2020 window, earned the organization’s…
Read MoreACI, PCI bring Structural Precast Concrete Code full circle
Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff The American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute have released ACI/PCI CODE-319-25: Structural Precast Concrete – Code Requirements and Commentary. The document provides essential guidance for the materials, design and detailing of structural precast concrete buildings or nonbuilding structures, while completing a key tenet of a strategic plan that PCI directors adopted in…
Read MorePost-PCA, Sullivan channels industry insights through new platform
Source: CP staff Former Portland Cement Association Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Market Intelligence Ed Sullivan remains a principal information source for cement, concrete and construction stakeholders through “The Sullivan Report,” a new Substack portal offering. “I plan to continue to assess the U.S. economy and how that relates to the construction and cement industries,” he tells Concrete…
Read MoreNPCA campaign shows vital role of precast in building the world
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff The National Precast Concrete Association has kicked off an advocacy campaign, Precast Life, with robust website, promotional video, targeted social media content, and multi-channel advertising. The www.precastlife.com site serves as a hub for resources and educational assets telling the story of how precast concrete underpins modern civilization. It presents brief profiles of innovative industry leaders;…
Read MoreNew Keystone parent emerges as Heidelberg Materials closes on Giant Cement
Sources: Keystone Cement Holding Inc., Bath, Pa.; Heidelberg Materials North America, Irving, Texas; CP staff The Fortaleza Materiales Group has created a new parent company, Keystone Cement Holding Inc., over three namesake Cement, Aggregates (formerly Kapco) and Resource Recovery divisions. The move follows Fortaleza Materiales’ early-April sale of its main U.S. cement production and distribution business, South Carolina-based Giant Cement…
Read MoreASTM C01/09 call for Low-Carbon Concrete Workshop papers
Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff ASTM Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates are accepting 250- to 300-word abstracts of candidate papers for Workshop on Low-Carbon Concrete, scheduled for December 7, 2025 amid standards development meetings in Atlanta. The program will examine the release of new code requirements, government grants, and increased use…
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