Last month, I focused on the general housing inventory issue, which has gone from serious to critical in many markets. I opined that we won’t see any relief from these inventory challenges until interest rates start to fall, but there is more that comes into play beyond interest rates that will steady the housing market; another factor is simply builder…
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Solidia applies decade of CO2 utilization R&D to charter dry cast line
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies plans a Q3 2024 start for its first concrete production line, configured in an existing 53,000-sq.-ft. building at Alamo Junction in Elmendorf, Texas—near the company’s new San Antonio headquarters. The operation will produce pavers and other concrete units using Solidia Cement, a pioneering technology credited with dramatically reducing (≥ 50…
Read MoreSysdyne advances e-Ticketing, CRM functions with HaulHub, Slabstack
Sysdyne Technologies, Stamford, Conn. specialist in cloud-enabled concrete production and delivery software, and Boston-based HaulHub Technologies have entered a partnership to simplify, digitize and automate processes between state public sector projects and ready mixed concrete producers. By aligning around a shared goal to promote e-Ticketing, they aim to remove or eliminate paper and manual tasks; provide real-time material and delivery…
Read MoreNatural gas-powered mixers, tractors roll into Cemex fleet
In one of the latest moves to achieve carbon neutrality in cement, aggregate and concrete production and delivery by 2050, Cemex USA has added 30 mixer trucks and eight tractors, all running on compressed natural gas or renewable natural gas. The vehicles are earmarked for the Lytle Creek operation in Rialto, Calif., where work on natural gas compressor and fueling…
Read MoreNatural gas-powered mixers, tractors roll into Cemex California fleet
Sources: Cemex USA, Houston; CP staff In one of the latest moves to achieve carbon neutrality in cement, aggregate and concrete production and delivery by 2050, Cemex USA has added 30 mixer trucks and eight tractors, all running on compressed natural gas or renewable natural gas. The vehicles are earmarked for the Lytle Creek operation in Rialto, Calif., where work…
Read MoreConcrete-AI draws investors, recruits Master Builders veteran
Sources: Concrete-AI, Los Angeles; CP staff Mix design software developer Concrete-AI has raised $2 million in a seed financing round with participation by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, a prominent family office, and other marquee investors. The investment will accelerate rollout of the firm’s pioneering data science platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning…
Read MorePatrons, allies salute Concrete Industry Management Program milestone
Concrete Industry Management National Steering Committee (NSC) members formally celebrated the CIM Program’s 25th anniversary late last month at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The venue is near Middle Tennessee State University, which in 1996 launched the four-year CIM degree program, since expanded to California State University, Chico; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark; Texas State University, San…
Read MoreLafarge R&D, Holcim Apasco veterans to oversee LafargeHolcim Americas
The 10-member LafargeHolcim Ltd. Executive Committee has been realigned to reflect an evolved global cement, aggregate and concrete production asset portfolio, and close an integration phase commencing with the July 2015 Lafarge Group and Holcim Ltd. merger. Representing the Western Hemisphere are region heads Pascal Casanova, North America, and Oliver Osswald, Central & South America.
Read MoreLafarge R&D, Holcim Apasco veterans to oversee LafargeHolcim Americas businesses
Sources: LafargeHolcim Ltd., Zurich; CP staff
The 10-member LafargeHolcim Executive Committee has been realigned to reflect an evolved global cement, aggregate and concrete production asset portfolio, and close an integration phase commencing with the July 2015 Lafarge Group and Holcim Ltd. merger. Representing the Western Hemisphere are region heads Pascal Casanova, North America, and Oliver Osswald, Central & South America.
Read MoreEPD, EMS, recycling metrics populate LafargeHolcim sustainability plan
Looking beyond rationalized cement capacity with integrated concrete and aggregate production assets, LafargeHolcim Ltd. aims to make its mark in the global construction supply chain as part of a new sustainability initiative, The 2030 Plan.
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