Six National Ready Mixed Concrete Association committees or divisions recognized two NRMCA State Affiliates and seven producer members at an awards ceremony during the group’s annual convention earlier this year in Arizona. Those honored, by AWARD: WILLIAM B. ALLENThe Business Advancement Committee presented John Carew, president of Wisconsin-based Carew Concrete and Supply Co., with the 2025 William B. Allen Award.…
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UT Austin Professor Juenger leads slate of ACI officers and directors for 2025
Meeting in Toronto earlier this spring 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 Walter P. Moore, Jr. Faculty Achievement, Young Member/Professional Achievement,…
Read MoreACI Foundation names council chairs, realigns project funding methods
New chairs have been announced for the three ACI Foundation councils. Leading the Concrete Innovation Council is Lesley S.C. Ko, who serves as director for Cementitious and Sustainable Materials at Structural Technologies LLC, part of Baltimore-based Structural Group Inc., North American market concrete repair and maintenance leader. She previously held a Product Development manager post at Master Builders Solutions US…
Read MoreBiochar asphalt additive generates inaugural carbon credit
St. Louis-based low-carbon construction materials developer Verde Resources Inc. cites the sale of the world’s first-ever Biochar Carbon Removal Credits from asphalt applications following a successful proof-of-concept project at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Test Track (NCAT) in Alabama. In collaboration with Oregon Biochar Solutions and NCAT, Verde produced and placed 110 tons of asphalt with 5 tons of…
Read MorePacific Steel’s California rebar mill pacing 2027 start up
San Diego concrete reinforcement fabricator and subcontractor Pacific Steel Group recently broke ground at a 174-acre Mojave, Calif. site for a mill with annual #3-#11 rebar capacity of 380,000 tons, abiding a schedule outlined in 2022. The Golden State’s first new steelmaking operation in 50 years is dubbed the Mojave Micro Mill, owing to its Danieli MIDA Hybrid continuous feed…
Read MoreScrap volumes position steel in a circularity league of its own
Domestic producers of concrete rebar, structural members and other hot-rolled steel products in construction markets or beyond will enjoy a strong recycling message in perpetuity, based on projections in the just published “A Transition Towards Scrap-based EAFs Accelerates the Competitiveness and Decarbonization of the American Steel Industry.” Electric arc furnace (EAF) steel accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. production,…
Read MoreACI and PCI bring Structural Precast Concrete Code full circle
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 2018. “ACI/PCI CODE 319-25 has been a…
Read MoreInvestor empowers remote delivery-driven Modern Concrete
Big 7 Ventures, a northern California private equity firm targeting industrial service and product investments, recently closed on Elko, Nev.-based Modern Concrete Inc., a volumetric mixer fleet operator known for deliveries to isolated construction, mining and communications infrastructure sites. The producer serves an Interstate 80 corridor spanning one of the least populated areas in the West and measures its delivery…
Read MoreCommunity service anchors Metromont milestone observances
Leading into a centennial anniversary celebration later this year in their Upstate South Carolina home base, Metromont Corp. officials plan to mark a century in the construction business through community service efforts involving six precast, prestressed concrete operations. Team members from Greenville, S.C. headquarters, Florida, Georgia and Virginia plants will assist local groups or national organization chapters, including American Red…
Read MoreEconomist sees cement consumption approaching six-year low
Sources: American Cement Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff American Cement Association Regional Economist Trevor Stork projects U.S. cement shipments dropping 1.6 percent this year, to 99.98 million metric tons (Mt), from 101.57 Mt in 2024 and 107.13 Mt in 2023—representing 0.6 percent and 5.25 percent year-over-year declines. The 2025 figure is part of a baseline scenario, one of three he…
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