Investor 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…

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Oldcastle, 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…

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ASTM 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…

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Augmented 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…

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Commercial 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…

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Concrete 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…

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Plastics 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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ConExpo-Con/Agg management affirms record space threshold

ConExpo-Con/Agg 2023, March 14-18, is set to be the largest edition in the event’s 27-year history, owing to organizer Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ sale of remaining Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) exhibit area. At 2.8 million square feet, the event will encompass 5 percent more space than 2020, which set a new watermark for equipment, product, material and service provider…

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Top donors Mack Trucks, McNeilus uphold CIM Auction custom

The Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee followed through with a customary, late-year dispatch: Mack Trucks and McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will once again deliver a Granite-mounted Bridgemaster mixer for an annual auction benefitting undergraduate Middle Tennessee State University, California State University, Chico, New Jersey Institute of Technology, South Dakota State University and Texas State University Concrete Industry Management degree…

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VCNA’s Ruiz, Buzzi Unicem’s Toso named PCA chair, vice chair

Filiberto Ruiz, president and chief executive officer of Toronto-based Votorantim Cimentos North America, has been elected to a two-year term as Portland Cement Association chair, succeeding his GCC of America counterpart Ron Henley. “Portland Cement Association plays a crucial role in the advancement of the cement and construction industries, not only in the U.S., but in partnership with other like-minded…

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