Lafarge Canada backs maturity, curing device specialist Exact Technology

Sources: Lafarge Canada Inc., Toronto; CP staff Lafarge Canada has announced an investment in Exact Technology Corp., a developer of digital concrete quality control solutions based in Toronto with Orlando, Fla. satellite office. Exact Technology offers Monitor, Match, Cure and Track hardware and software for cast-in-place or manufactured concrete, along with Sure Cure, an electric curing system suiting precast, prestressed…

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NCP Industries adopts CaptureCrete agent for carbon-absorbing veneer stone

Sources: Carbon Limit, Boca Raton, Fla.; NCP Industries, Neb.; CP staff NCP Industries has turned to Carbon Limit’s CaptureCrete admixture for eCO2LUXE, a precast veneer stone announced at the 2023 Deck Expo in Las Vegas. Packaged in supersacks and dosed by cement weight, CaptureCrete is formulated from minerals that are highly reactive to atmospheric carbon dioxide and capable of permanently…

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Foley captures StormPrism intellectual property, territory in Precon deal

Under an agreement with California-based Precon Products, Foley Products Company LLC of Newnan, Ga. has been assigned patents and trademarks for the StormPrism precast concrete structure in Canada and all U.S. markets excepting California. StormPrism installations are engineered to store large volumes of stormwater runoff underground and promoted for their ease of installation, access and maintenance. The system joins value-added…

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Bristol Precast deal rounds out critical geography for Fabcon

Fabcon LLC, a top player in architectural precast concrete wall products east of the Rockies, has acquired Bristol Precast, a division of Lexington, Ky. design-build specialist Bristol Group Inc. The transaction includes a Lexington office and advanced Charlestown, Ind. production facility. Bristol Precast’s order log has included architectural and structural precast packages for industrial, multi-family, hospitality, commercial, corrections and parking…

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New CEO brings public and private sector executive tenure to NPCA

The National Precast Concrete Association has appointed Nick Rhoad as president and chief executive officer, effective December 1. He will arrive with 20-plus years of experience in association management, state government roles and private sector economic development work. Rhoad was most recently chief executive officer of the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials in Fishers, Ind. and previously served…

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Pacing energy transition, Lindsay Precast launches Renewables division

Ohio-based Lindsay Precast, one of the top operators in non-architectural and underground concrete or steel structures for industrial, electrical, utility, transportation and environmental markets, has formed a new profit center to serve the energy transition. Charter Lindsay Renewables concrete offerings include Battery Energy Storage Systems elements; skid mounted power infrastructure solutions; electric vehicle charging platforms; landfill-grade solar panel ballasts; plus,…

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Carbon removal credit platform bears on CaptureCrete performance

Citing launch of the first forward crediting platform for carbon removal (CDR) projects that ensure at least 1,000 years of permanence, San Francisco climate technology startup Covalent is poised to connect innovators and new financing sources, starting with CaptureCrete developer Carbon Limit. The Boca Raton, Fla. company formulates its signature concrete additive to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide then mineralize the…

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NRMCA surveys producers ahead of Industry-Wide EPD 4.0 validation

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is assessing producer data behind the Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration Version 4.0 (IW-EPD v4) and Benchmark Report, set for 2024 release. The new document will feature carbon dioxide emissions and other environmental impacts or metrics attending more than 100 mix designs, including air-entrained and non-air-entrained concretes plus a new high-strength category (> 8,000 psi);…

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Patio Drummond commercializes CarbiCrete block, CO2 metrics in tow

CarbiCrete, Montreal developer of a process where slag cement and carbon dioxide replace portland cement and steam in concrete masonry unit mixes and curing, has taken a critical step in commercialization thanks to its charter North American producer, Quebec-based Patio Drummond. After extensive testing and trials, the concrete hardscapes producer has begun selling CarbiCrete block directly from its Drummondville plant…

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Mixer Driver Championship: Skills, Smarts, Sportsmanship

Jason Erickson, based at CPC Materials’ Smokey Point Concrete plant in Arlington, Wash., won the 2023 National Mixer Driver Championship, held early last month in Nashville as part of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks Conference. Taking the stage at a jam-packed Gaylord Opryland Resort ballroom, he praised his peers along with CPC Materials and CalPortland Co. management and…

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