MANUFACTURERS – February 2023

St. Louis-based Afinitas, a leader in concrete plant product machinery and equipment, has appointed of Jason Duncan to its executive leadership team as Afinitas Forming Systems Division president. He succeeds Jamie Wegner, who will remain on the Afinitas executive leadership team, focusing on strategic and organizational initiatives. Prior to joining Afinitas, Duncan spent more than 16 years with Forterra, serving…

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Command Alkon rounds out senior leadership team with three appointments

Continuing a senior leadership transition that began in 2021, Birmingham, Ala. information technology services provider Command Alkon has named John Pumpelly as chief financial officer, Brett Bertz as senior vice president of Global Professional Services, and Steve Cox as vice president of Customer Success.  “John is a proven CFO with a superior record of delivering results and creating value,” says…

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Superior Block turns to Big Apple towers as CarbonCure process CO2 sources

Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply Company Inc., a concrete masonry unit producer equipped to deploy CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide mineralizing process, will source “Sustainable CO” extracted from New York City apartment buildings’ mechanical system flue exhaust. After a 2022 pilot installation at The Grand Tier (1930 Broadway), Glenwood Property Management (unaffiliated with the producer) plans Q1 deployment of modular CarbonQuest Building…

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Central Concrete, CarbonCure loop Heirloom-captured, atmospheric CO2

Sources: Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Brisbane, Calif.; CP staff San Francisco Bay Area leader Central Concrete Supply has joined partners Heirloom Carbon Technologies and CarbonCure Technologies in a first for ready mixed concrete: Permanent storage of carbon dioxide gas extracted by the Direct Air Capture (DAC) method.  A February 1 demonstration at the Central Concrete San Jose headquarters operation saw CO2 from…

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Glenwood Mason Supply taps Big Apple towers’ CO2 for CarbonCure process

Sources: Glenwood Property Management, CarbonQuest, New York City; CP staff Brooklyn-based Glenwood Mason Supply will source CarbonQuest “Sustainable CO,” processed from New York City apartment building mechanical flue exhaust, for concrete masonry unit (CMU) production incorporating CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide mineralizing method. CarbonQuest engineers collection and separation assemblies to purify and liquify CO2 from commercial building mechanicals. Stored in high pressure,…

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Bank of Montreal, CarbonCure ink emissions credit agreement

Sources: BOM Financial Group, Toronto The Bank of Montreal has committed to purchase carbon credits over five years, representing 5,750 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal and reductions, via an agreement with Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies. The credits are expected to be delivered on September intervals through 2026.  Carbon neutrality-minded BMO is the first North American bank to purchase CarbonCure carbon…

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Report confirms embodied carbon reduction priorities across concrete practice

New Dodge Construction research reveals how building interests are actively seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of concrete construction. Data shows that 81 percent of structural engineers and 69 percent of contractors working with concrete are tracking the embodied carbon on their projects, and about one third taking action to address the metric.  Published in partnership with CarbonCure Technologies with…

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CarbonCure streamlines environmental product declaration preparation

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staff CarbonCure Technologies has launched a namesake service, Express EPD, with which concrete producers can expedite preparation of verified environmental product declarations (EPD). It  streamlines the complex life cycle assessment process declarations require by automating much of the data collection. Concrete producers can generate accurate, mix-specific EPDs through a secure program at an accessible…

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ORGANIZATIONS – July 2022

Pacific Structures, a business of San Francisco-based Build Group with subcontracting entities across the West Coast, has named Brandon Tirri as chief executive officer. He will direct and oversee the namesake subsidiary, a structural concrete specialist, along with sister drywall, plaster and insulation, flooring and carpentry, plus exterior building envelope contracting operations. Combined, these entities generate over $400 million in…

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CarbonCure carbon credit purchase agreement: $30 million over 10 years

Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure Technologies has signed a pioneering carbon credit purchase agreement underpinned by the company’s process of mineralizing and storing carbon dioxide in ready mixed or manufactured concrete. Valued at $30 million over a 10-year window, it entails majority and minority funding partners, Invert Inc. of Calgary and Ripple Inc. of Ottawa, providing up front capital in exchange for…

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