Fiber reinforced polymer rebar manufacturers and distributors see increasing traction for their alternative to conventional concrete steel reinforcement. Tampa Steel & Supply of Florida recently aligned with manufacturer SFTec Inc. to offer SFT-Bar FRP in the Southeast. Sales and engineering staff promote the SFT FRP rebar for: The addition of SFT-Bar in the Tampa Steel offering, company officials note, “heralds…
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Commercial Metals adds specialty cage, hardware line through EDSCO
Sources: Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas; CP staff Concrete reinforcing steel market leader Commercial Metals has acquired Denton, Texas-based EDSCO Fasteners LLC from MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm with New York and Kentucky offices. EDSCO custom engineers anchor cages, bolts, and fasteners to secure high voltage electrical transmission poles to concrete foundations. As the top source of such cages,…
Read MoreBolsinger Rebar adds SensyRoc maturity sensors to contractor packages
Sources: Sensytec Inc., Houston; CP staff Cascade, Iowa-based concrete reinforcing steel supplier and fabricator Bolsinger Rebar has introduced wireless SensyRoc devices through its contractor program. Sensytec Inc. engineers the slab- or structure-embedded sensors to monitor temperature and electrical resistivity to ensure the concrete is curing under favorable conditions—minimizing thermal cracking and shrinkage risk. SensyRoc alerts engineers and contractors when formwork…
Read MoreReport gauges building codes’ impact on embodied carbon in project specs
Sources: New Buildings Institute, Portland, Ore.; CP staff The most recent New Buildings Institute (NBI) report offers language to incorporate embodied carbon requirements in codes, and explains the need for jurisdictions to address such criteria for materials or products with the highest carbon dioxide emissions factors. “Lifecycle GHG Impacts in Building Codes” presents potential CO2 benchmarks or thresholds for ready mixed…
Read MoreWhite Cap closes on Cook & Boardman rebar operation
Source: White Cap Supply Holdings, Atlanta White Cap Supply has added Nashville, Tenn. concrete reinforcement and accessories capacity formerly under building products distributor Cook & Boardman Group. “This location will allow us to provide expanded rebar services to our customers in a fast-growing market,” says White Cap CEO John Stegeman. “We are excited to continue to deliver exceptional service thanks…
Read MoreIndependent rebar fabricators sustain investor interest
Sources: Argonaut Private Equity, Tulsa, Okla.; CP staff Argonaut Private Equity has entered a partnership with Houston-based FABco, a provider of concrete materials and supplies, including engineered steel rebar and associated construction products. FABco has provided products, services and installation since 2010. Beyond Houston headquarters, it operates production and technical resource facilities in Central and North Texas, Colorado and Utah.
Read MoreOwens Corning threads Buy America needle for Mateenbar Fiberglas Rebar
Sources: Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions LLC, Toledo, Ohio; CP staff Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions (OCIS) has scheduled a mid-April dispatch for the first load of domestically produced Mateenbar Fiberglas Rebar, an Ohio Department of Transportation bridge site in Henry County the destination. OCIS is the exclusive North American distributor of the FRP product from Mateenbar USA’s new 130,000-sq.-ft. plant in…
Read MoreRebar top gun Nucor wires renewable energy into steelmaking loop
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CP staff Leading concrete reinforcing steel producer and fabricator Nucor has signed a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with EDF Renewables North America for 250 megawatts of new solar array-derived energy in Texas. A first for Nucor, the agreement positions EDF Renewables to add more clean energy to the South Central power grid and becomes…
Read MorePacific Steel cites antitrust violations in Commercial Metals suit
Sources: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, San Francisco; CP staff San Diego-based rebar fabricator and installer Pacific Steel Group (PSG) seeks damages and injunctive relief in a suit alleging federal antitrust and California business practices law violations by Commercial Metals Co. (CMC), Irving, Texas, and its principal plant builder, Danieli Corp., Cranberry Township, Pa. The suit details the efficiency of…
Read MoreTrimble improves rebar, hollowcore detailing in Tekla Structures
The latest solutions for Trimble’s advanced Building Information Modeling and structural engineering software—Tekla Structures 2020, Tekla Structural Designer 2020 and Tekla Tedds 2020—were unveiled last month at ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas. New Tekla Structures features enable efficient workflows for better productivity, increased mobility and collaboration across project teams, including:
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