Sources: Open Compute Project Foundation, Austin, Texas; CP staff The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has tapped construction materials testing and engineering giant Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. (WJE) to measure a set of low embodied carbon concrete mixes for their potential in data center floors. The mixes use supplementary cementitious materials plus a portland cement alternative binder derived from…
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Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete proves ideal partner as Facebook operator applies artificial intelligence to low-carbon mix designs The spotlight on buildings’ life cycle carbon dioxide emissions is driving recognition of Environmental Product Declaration-defined Product, Construction Process, Use and End-of-Life Stage benchmarks. After methodically lowering the Use Stage CO2 factor for its 14 operational, energy-intensive data centers in North America, Silicon…
Read MoreOzinga RMC improves AI-generated mix designs for Meta data center
Sources: Ozinga Bros. Inc., Mokena, Ill.; CP staff Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete is assisting Meta and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) researchers on a concrete schedule for the carbon-minded social media giant’s DeKalb, Ill. data center. The producer has demonstrated the potential to build on the low carbon metrics of mix designs generated from an artificial intelligence model that…
Read MoreTruck Tracking 2.0: What’s next?
We can see where drivers are and how they spend their time, but our ready-mix trucks can tell us so much more
By Victoria K. Sicaras
Read MorePRODUCERS – SEPTEMBER 2019
A routine shuffling of the Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. C-suite will see Jaime Muguiro Dominguez, president of South, Central America and the Caribbean, transition this month to the post of Cemex USA president, succeeding 23-year company veteran Ignacio Madridejos.
Read MorePRODUCERS – DECEMBER 2016
Maryland-based Chaney Enterprises has promoted Francis H. (Hall) Chaney, III from executive vice president to president, where he assumes responsibility for all ready mixed concrete, aggregate, construction material and supply operations.
Read MoreRising to the Challenge
Mobley Concrete, Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Irving Materials professionals lead 2016 National Mixer Driver Championship
Read MoreOzinga mixer amplifies Ice Bucket Challenge for mother & son team
Sources: Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Mokena, Ill.; CP staff
Ozinga RMC driver Joel Alford and his mother Barb, who works in the producer’s central dispatch office near southwest suburban Chicago headquarters, rose to the occasion when nominated to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. A decision to up the ante to a 1,200-gal. load of chilled water from Joel Alford’s rear discharge mixer garnered coverage from local and national news organizations, some stemming from a 90-second YouTube post.
Read MoreOzinga RMC integrates Aggregate Industries/Meyer Material’s Illinois sites
A definitive agreement with Aggregate Industries US, centered on ready mixed production and fleet assets at 14 Meyer Material Co. sites, has netted Ozinga Bros. Inc. an expanded footprint across seven northern Illinois counties. The deal transfers concrete plant operation and delivery to Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, while Aggregate Industries/Meyer Material maintains six aligned sand & gravel properties.
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