Cesar Constantino has been named director of Strategic Development – North America at Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, tasked with overseeing Chryso and GCP admixture brand growth. He arrives after a lengthy Titan America tenure spanning tours in concrete and cement operations and the sister Separation Technologies fly ash business. Most recently, he was vice president of Marketing and Sales for CemAI…
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Ash Grove adds natural pozzolan production in Geofortis deal
Sources: Ash Grove Cement, Overland Park, Kan.; CP staff Ash Grove Cement has acquired Geofortis LLC, operator of a Toole, Utah raw natural pozzolan milling and classifying line and nearby deposit. Since starting production in 2021, Geofortis has obtained approvals for its supplementary cementitious material from agencies in California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. They are among Western states where public…
Read MoreUC Davis Lab-to-Slab team tests Purebase metakaolin SCM
Sources: Purebase Corp., Ione, Calif.; CP staff The Sustainable Concrete Lab-to-Slab Initiative under the University of California, Davis Pavement Research Center will see testing of three slabs bearing 2.5 yd. or more of concrete mixes designed with novel binders, including a supplementary cementitious blend from metakaolin producer Purebase. Through prequalification testing, QA/QC, mid-term monitoring, plus environmental, constructability and life cycle…
Read MoreTexas market veteran Szecsy takes the helm at Big Town Concrete
Sources: Big Town Concrete, Irving, Texas; CP staff One of the best traveled executives and experts in Texas concrete production and broader technical circles has been named chief executive officer of Big Town Concrete, a ready mixed producer with Dallas and Fort Worth plants. Richard Szecsy, P.E., PhD arrives at the independent producer with 25-plus years in management, operations, safety,…
Read MoreOrganizations – June 2024
The National Steering Committee for the Concrete Industry Management program has appointed former National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Chief Operating Officer Nicole Maher as interim executive director, effective this month. She succeeds Dr. Rex Cottle, who has led the NSC since July 2022, and arrives with a wealth of experience and impressive track record of leadership, including 11 years in…
Read MoreACI schedules charter meeting for Committee 243, Seawater Concrete
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich. The American Concrete Institute has formed a committee whose mission is to develop and report information on concrete made with brackish, saline, and brine water and sea aggregates. The inaugural ACI Committee 243, Seawater Concrete meeting will be November 3 at the ACI Concrete Convention in Philadelphia. The committee formation “is another critical…
Read MoreA Sustainable Future
By Josephine Patterson A visit with 2024 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Chair Jim Fabinski With 30 years of experience in the precast concrete industry, Jim Fabinksi, vice president and general manager of EnCon United, brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his leadership role as Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute chair. In fact, he has been involved with the institute for two…
Read MoreConcrete Reinforcing Steel Institute reflects on a century of impact
The 2024 World of Concrete provided the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute a springboard for 100th anniversary observances. Founded in 1924 with priorities that included legal measures to ensure fabricator payments, CRSI has emerged as the trusted industry resource and standards development organization for steel reinforcement, specifically rebar, in concrete construction. Since its inception, the Institute has continually built upon partnerships…
Read MoreNmai, Khan anchor Master Builders Solutions Sustainability Group
Master Builders Solutions has formed a Concrete Sustainability Group aimed at positioning the admixture giant as a go-to knowledge provider for low embodied carbon concrete. The group will focus on fostering effective collaboration among architects, engineers, producers, and contractors to ensure successful outcomes of projects with low-embodied carbon concrete requirements. The company has tapped Director of Sustainability Dr. Charles Nmai,…
Read MoreACI spotlights Low-Carbon Concrete Code at global climate conference
Sources: NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff American Concrete Institute and NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete previewed ACI 323, Low-Carbon Concrete Code at (Conference of Parties) COP28, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-hosted meeting in Dubai. The soon-to-be-released document was the subject of an…
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