Confirming the Associated Builders & Contractors’ endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, ABC CEO Michael Bellaman and 2024 Chair of the ABC National Board of Directors Buddy Henley (Henley Construction Co. Inc.) note in a letter to his campaign: “After almost four years of anti-competitive, inflationary and divisive policies undermining taxpayer investments in America’s infrastructure, ABC is looking forward…
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Sunroc enters Phoenix market with Arizona Metro Mix deal
Sources: Sunroc Corp., Spanish Fork, Utah; CP staff Sunroc Corp. has closed on Arizona Metro Mix LLC, which serves the Phoenix area with four batch plants and 72 full-time team members. “This acquisition marks the beginning of an exciting chapter for Sunroc in the Phoenix market,” says President Mark Elder. “We bring a reputation that is known throughout the Intermountain…
Read MoreWhite Cap adds Ohio’s B&R Reinforcing
Source: White Cap L.P., Atlanta; CP staff White Cap, the top player in construction supplies and safety products, continues to build concrete contractor offering and service depth, acquiring B&R Reinforcing Inc. of Columbus, Ohio. The transaction follows closely on the heels of White Cap’s acquisition of Ohio-based Dayton Superior Corp., plus deals for five rebar supply and fabrication facilities from…
Read MoreThe Surprising Comeback of Retail
I live in suburbia. My town just outside of New Orleans looks like every other suburb in America, replete with good schools, a vibrant restaurant scene, and plenty of traffic at rush hour and during school times. My wife and I moved here 32 years ago, escaping the challenges of urban living—crime and potholes—for the comfort and security of life…
Read MoreSuperior Ready Mix: Where Innovation Lives
In an era of continual investments, divestments and mergers of large, global materials producers, it’s easy to view the “big players” as agents of change. But look closely: true innovation is second nature to regional leaders like Superior Ready Mix, a family-owned and operated producer of concrete, asphalt and aggregates based in Escondido, Calif. The company began in 1958 as…
Read MorePerformance specs drive dematerialization strategy
Building Transparency, the Seattle-based organization behind the environmental product declaration-fueled Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3), raises a “less is more” premise for carbon emissions-minded architectural, engineering and construction professionals. Authors of its latest report, Manufacturers Guide to Embodied Carbon, frame “dematerialization” as a strategy where the lowest cost, lowest carbon footprint specification results from a design requiring less raw material per…
Read MoreCMHA, GCP join Embodied Carbon Calculator developer Building Transparency
Sources: Building Transparency, Seattle; CP staff The latest Lead or Pilot Partners supporting the nonprofit organization building the Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3) represent a diverse set of manufacturers, suppliers, organizations or individual architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) entities fostering low-carbon public or private contract procurement. In addition to the Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association, GCP Applied Technologies and other new…
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 MoreEmissions calculator programmer EC3 releases embodied carbon primer
Sources: Building Transparency, Seattle; CP staff The nonprofit organization behind the environmental product declaration data- and document-laden Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3), has published a guide preparing manufacturers, producers and suppliers for the Buy Clean policies surfacing at federal, state and local agency levels. In Manufacturer’s Guide to Embodied Carbon, Building Transparency provides building carbon emissions accounting basics and steps for…
Read MoreGoofy Ideas
I have written in the past about Hans Christian Anderson’s famous folktale from the 1830s, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and some recent events prompt me to remind readers about this very instructive lesson in life. The story relates a tale of two swindlers who arrive at the capital city of an emperor who spends lavishly on clothing at the expense…
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