Oldcastle APG, Atlanta-based CRH Company, wrapped up 2024 taking a controlling interest in Yardzen, an outdoor living design and build platform that uses technology, including satellite imagery, 3D rendering software and AI, to create custom landscape plans and connect homeowners to vetted service providers. The stake in venture capital-backed Yardzen Inc. further drives the outdoor living platform’s unique ability to…
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Eight skilled teams take Sakrete Concrete Combat Season 2 stage
Sakrete, Oldcastle APG’s leading bagged concrete materials brand, has released the second season of its reality competition show, Concrete Combat. Premiering on Roku TV, it brings together eight teams of professional contractors to compete for $10,000. Six episodes feature different challenges utilizing Sakrete bagged concrete materials, as well as additional Oldcastle APG brands like Belgard hardscapes, ushering new elements into…
Read MoreLightweight Belgard retaining wall unit defines vertical tolerances
Sources: Oldcastle APG, Atlanta; CP staff At 54 lbs. per 1-sq.-ft. block, the newest addition to Belgard residential and commercial concrete retaining wall offerings affords shipping efficiencies by enabling legal truck loads bearing up to 25 percent more product than conventional units. The Diamond Pro Air series suits gravity walls up to 40 inches or geogrid reinforced retaining walls up…
Read MoreSummit Materials deal perpetuates Quikrete and CRH/Oldcastle rivalry
This year began with a shareholder vote realigning the portfolio and ownership of Denver-based Summit Materials Inc. around Argos North America Corp. cement and ready mixed production assets and top shareholder Cementos Argos S.A. It closes with prospects for a similar action transforming New York Stock Exchange-traded Summit Materials to a subsidiary of privately held Quikrete Holdings Inc., Atlanta. The…
Read MoreOldcastle APG broadens design, sales bandwidth in Yardzen stake
Sources: Oldcastle APG, CRH Company, Atlanta; CP staff Oldcastle APG has acquired a controlling interest in Yardzen, an online design and build platform powered by “inventive software engineers, world-class landscape architects, exterior designers, creative marketers, curious product managers, horticulturists, operations whizzes construction experts and experienced builders.” The investment extends a partnership allowing Oldcastle APG to present its hardscape, fencing and…
Read MoreAmerimix 3D Printing Mortar speeds three-home demonstration
Oldcastle APG’s trades-geared packaged material division recently teamed with Peri 3D Construction to demonstrate the efficiency of using 3,000-lb. 3D Printing Mortar Mix supersacks to feed a Cobod printer placing exterior and interior walls for three New Standard Homes residences. Results from the Shriner, Texas project help position Amerimix as a premiere provider of 3D printing mix or ink materials—well…
Read MoreCRH names CFO Mintern as successor to retiring CEO Manifold
The Dublin parent company of CRH Americas Materials Solutions, Ash Grove Cement, Oldcastle APG and Oldcastle Infrastructure has appointed Chief Financial Officer Jim Mintern as successor to Albert Manifold, who will cap an even 11 years as chief executive officer at the end of 2024. Mintern is a 22-year CRH Plc veteran who has held various senior leadership roles and…
Read MoreOldcastle APG raises Arizona market stake with Master Block deal
Oldcastle APG, Atlanta-based CRH Company, has acquired Master Block Inc., a single plant operator in El Mirage, Ariz. The producer will seamlessly integrate into a regional concrete masonry, hardscapes and packaged dry mix platform anchored by Superlite, a charter Oldcastle APG business in Phoenix. Additionally, Pebble Technology International, a Scottsdale, Ariz. sister business specializing in swimming pool finishes, offers West…
Read MoreAmerimix 3D Printing Mortar makes short work of three-home demonstration
Sources: Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, Atlanta; CP staff Oldcastle APG’s trades-geared packaged material division has teamed with Peri 3D Construction to demonstrate the efficiency of using 3,000-lb. 3D Printing Mortar Mix supersacks to feed a Cobod printer placing exterior and interior walls for three New Standard Homes residences. Results from the Shriner, Texas project help position Amerimix as a…
Read MoreCRH CFO Mintern to succeed retiring CEO Manifold
Sources: CRH Plc, Dublin; CP staff The parent company of CRH Americas Materials Solutions, Ash Grove Cement, Oldcastle APG and Oldcastle Infrastructure has appointed Chief Financial Officer Jim Mintern to replace Albert Manifold, who will close an even 11 years as chief executive officer at the end of 2024. A 22-year veteran of CRH Plc, serving in various senior leadership…
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