The Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Applied Science & Research Center has received ISO/IEC17025 accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for key concrete testing methods. The accreditation (Certificate Number: 6551.01) entailed a stringent evaluation process with A2LA professionals observing and auditing the Waltham, Mass. facility in 2022. It affirms SGH’s commitment to quality and positions the construction…
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Infrastructure investor lifts precast pavement specialist Porous Technologies
Ember Infrastructure, a carbon- and resource-minded New York private equity firm, has announced a stake in Low Impact Development Technologies LLC, whose Porous Technologies LLC business has developed a modular precast concrete stormwater management product portfolio. Porous Technologies is best known for the Stormcrete pavement panel and Urban Raingarden concepts. Stormwater Compliance LLC, an LID Technologies sister business co-located in…
Read MoreRecon licenses EV Blocks precast charging base foundation production
Minnesota precast concrete production technology licensor Recon plans to bring universal electric vehicle charging base foundations to North America through a partnership with U.K.-based EV Blocks Ltd. The arrangement anticipates a U.S. market upward of 1.5 million station installations by 2030, owing to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provisions. EV Blocks precast foundations are currently sold across the United Kingdom,…
Read MoreInvestor unites Colorado Barricade and Pavement Surface Control
Denver-based Colorado Barricade Co., a leading traffic control and road safety service provider in the Mountain Region, has merged with like-minded Pavement Surface Control Inc. (PSC), based in Kennewick, Wash. The combination spawns one of the largest road safety and infrastructure service providers in the Western U.S., with operations from the Rockies to the Cascades. PSC President Matt McDaniel will…
Read MoreOldcastle, Cemstone veteran pens definitive dispatch/customer service playbook
Success in a typical ready mixed concrete operation can turn on the performance of a small team with outsized influence on human capital and physical asset utilization, as well as customer loyalty and profitability. In Making It Happen – Achieving Excellence in RMC Transportation & Customer Service, Jack Delperdang seeks to fill a void in industry references for building an…
Read MoreASTM advisory report samples field of 3D printing, additive construction
ASTM International-aligned advisory Wohlers Associates of Fort Collins, Colo. has released Specialty Report: Building an Additive Construction Future, covering a rapidly growing market segment fueled by additive manufacturing and 3D printing developments. “ASTM International sees additive construction as the next frontier,” notes Market Intelligence Head Terry Wohlers. “To gain a view of what is ahead, it is important to understand…
Read MoreAugmented reality app developer programs slab-scanning Flatness Check
Florida-based 3D digital solutions provider Faro Technologies Inc. has released its first augmented reality app for concrete. Flatness Check visualizes slab flatness and levelness to ensure pours are completed on schedule; quality of work is improved; and, expensive rework typical in high-rise residential and office concrete construction is eliminated. The app integrates with Sphere, Faro’s cloud-based and Software as a…
Read MoreCommercial Metals plans 500,000 tpy rebar mill in West Virginia
Texas-based Commercial Metals Co. will increase its concrete reinforcement bar capacity through a Berkeley County, W.V. greenfield operation, scheduled for late-2025 start up. Dubbed MM4 with a budget upward of $450 million, the plant represents the producer’s fourth micro mill tailored to straight length and spooled rebar, and will have projected annual capacity of 500,000 tons. “West Virginia offers several…
Read MoreConcrete Reinforcing Steel Institute revises Industry Wide EPD for rebar
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Schaumburg, Ill., has released Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Fabricated Steel Reinforcement Bar, superseding a 2017 declaration. Aware of the increasing interest in transparent reporting of a construction product’s cradle-to-gate environmental performance, CRSI aims to demonstrate members’ sustainability leadership, underscored by their a) output of reinforcing bars of more than 97 percent recycled content, and…
Read MorePlastics recycler CRDC dedicates concrete-grade aggregate plant
With support from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Georgia Pacific Recycling, New Jersey-based CRDC Global has opened a York, Pa. plant equipped to convert difficult-to-recycle plastic waste into Resin8, a fine aggregate-like material suiting dry or wet cast concrete mixes. The first in the U.S. and the second of its kind in the world, the facility uses a…
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