Kansas City-based heavy/civil construction operations management software developer XBE and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association bill their new AskConcrete.com platform as an artificial intelligence-powered answer engine for intricate questions related to ready mixed concrete material science, production, and logistics matters. Example queries for which the site is programmed to deliver near-instant answers might include: AskConcrete.com embodies hundreds of NRMCA…
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Build America, Buy America fine print contrasts cast-in-place, precast concrete
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has formally delineated Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements as they relate to concrete materials for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)-funded building or nonbuilding construction projects. Final BABA sourcing requirement guidance issued last month indicates procurement interpretations relating to cast-in-place and precast concrete. It puts to rest questions surrounding IIJA…
Read MoreAsphalt group: Underride guard rule unworkable in current dump trucks
Sources: National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), Lanham, Md.; CP staff
While the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association cites cost and weight concerns surrounding prospective changes NHTSA outlines in “Rear Impact Protection, Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment, Single Unit Trucks,” NAPA sees new underride guard specifications fundamentally altering members’ truck and paving machine fleets.