Land Unlocked

By Don Marsh Rising property values and light rail system build out, coupled with municipal planning measures promoting conversion of industrial to mixed use zoning and transit-oriented development, have spurred a pattern in and around the Colorado capital: A manufactured-concrete operator vacates a legacy site within or bordering the Mile High City in favor of a greenfield parcel on the…

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Basalite Rocky Mountain flagship takes center stage at ICON+365 LIVE

Basalite Concrete Products is previewing what is sure to be one of the decade’s most ambitious greenfield concrete masonry production facilities in North America. The California-based producer will host a February 17 (1:15-3:00 p.m. EST) visit to its new 188,000-sq.-ft. operation in Fort Lupton, Colo., north of Denver, as part of the National Concrete Masonry Association ICON+365 LIVE Virtual Plant…

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ORGANIZATIONS April 2014

The National Concrete Masonry Association elected its board of directors during the NCMA Annual Convention earlier this year in Palm Springs, Calif. Dale Puskas of Basalite Concrete Products was elected NCMA chairman of the board, citing among primary goals, “Maintaining and growing market share against competitive systems, improving the recent decline in membership due to the economic downturn and the perceived value of associations in general, advocating for government regulations and establishing organizational succession planning as new leaders begin to emerge in our industry.”

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Green-minded property developer backs carbon dioxide-based curing process

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Inc., Halifax, N.S.; CP staff

Developer-led green building technology investment group 350 Capital, Toronto, has taken a stake of undisclosed sum in CarbonCure, whose carbon dioxide injection process is in the early stages of commercialization among concrete masonry producers Atlas Block, Hillsdale, Ontario; Shaw Brick, Lantz, Nova Scotia; and Basalite Concrete Products, Dixon, Calif.

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Atlas Block, Basalite Concrete, Shaw Brick demonstrate carbon dioxide-based curing

Eastern Canada concrete masonry market leader Shaw Brick has scheduled a spring launch of CarbonCure block, a CSA-grade unit that uses carbon dioxide in the molding cycle to improve compressive strength development.

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