The CPC entry was among 133 organizers booked in the 2022 bauma Innovation Award Construction, Climate Protection, Digitalization, Mechanical Engineering and Research categories. The competition is a joint project of VDMA Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering and bauma host Messe München, plus the Federation of the German Construction Industry, German Construction Confederation and German Building Materials Association. Companies and…
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Tindall Infrastructure’s Sheets elected NPCA chair
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff Joel Sheets, vice president of Operations for Spartanburg, S.C.-based Tindall Infrastructure, was elected 2022-23 National Precast Concrete Association chair during the group’s 57th annual convention, staged earlier this month in Amelia Island, Fla. “I will work with the Board to increase the visibility and significance of precast concrete products through every…
Read MoreL.B. Foster deepens precast market stake in VanHooseCo asset deal
Sources: L.B. Foster Co., Pittsburgh; CP staff L.B. Foster subsidiary CXT Inc., a key player in prestressed concrete railroad ties with additional presence in precast geared for transportation markets, has acquired the operating assets of VanHooseCo Precast LLC. With a payroll of 100, the Loudon, Tenn. independent specializes in wall, drainage and conventional precast elements or structures for industrial, commercial…
Read MoreClark Pacific halves embodied carbon in new mix design offering
Sources: Clark Pacific, West Sacramento, Calif.; CP staff Clark Pacific, a top West Coast precast, prestressed concrete and design-build operator, has announced Carbonshield, a mix with 50 percent less embodied carbon than conventional concrete alternatives. By leveraging factory-controlled, accelerated curing techniques, Carbonshield offers the same performance as traditional mixes with significantly less portland cement, and affords architects and their clients…
Read MoreBoykin Brothers investor revives Louisiana Concrete Products brand
Sources: Louisiana Concrete Products, Baton Rouge, La. Precast producer Boykin Brothers is now operating as Louisiana Concrete Products, a change that reflects the company’s strong legacy and future growth under new majority owner, GKB Management, an investment and management firm based in south Louisiana. GKB will help position the Baton Rouge operator to meet the anticipated demand for precast and…
Read MoreClark Pacific taps arrays on fast track to renewable energy-powered plants
Sources: Clark Pacific, West Sacramento, Calif.; CP staff A top player in West Coast precast, prestressed concrete production and related design-build work, Clark Pacific has entered a partnership with NewGen Energy that will see solar array installations meeting nearly 100 percent of electricity requirements across three California concrete operations. Enlisting the Loomis, Calif. array engineer and installation services provider in…
Read MoreLintel and sill market leader Cast-Crete draws investor
A New York middle-market private investment firm, Monomoy Capital Partners, recently closed on Seffner, Fla.-based Cast-Crete Holdings LLC, a specialist in precast or prestressed concrete lintels and sills. The vertically-integrated producer delivers manufactured concrete elements, along with sourced complementary items, directly to residential or commercial building sites. “As we embark upon a new chapter with the support of Monomoy, I…
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS – November 2021
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute bestowed honors to members who have made significant contributions to the precast concrete industry at its 2021 PCI Committee Days conference in Rosemont, Ill.
Read MoreStressCrete spun pole harbors electric vehicle charging station
StressCrete Group of Burlington, Ontario has begun embedding a Level II Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station, or VoltLock, in its centrifugally cast, prestressed concrete Alexander pole. The package provides a discrete and convenient means of powering EV batteries. Base cavities in the lighting structure conceal power supply equipment, affording station users and owners a safe, tamperproof solution. The Alexander profile…
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Eager to open a new chapter bearing on one of the most advanced and robust precast operations in North America, Tindall Corp. Utility Division completed a midyear move from legacy Spartanburg, S.C. headquarters to a 42-acre parcel about a mile away. At the former site, it shared batch plant capacity, traffic lanes, and property constraints no less than eastbound Interstate…
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