Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff Reflecting on a late-May program that drew 500-plus members to New Orleans and ushered a return of Ernest N. Morial Convention Center business activity, 2021 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Chairman Dennis Fink (Northeast Prestressed) observes, “It felt good to reunite with my PCI family and attend the PCI Convention and The Precast Show. We…
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Optimism Mile High at The Precast Show 2018
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association; CP staff
Drawing 4,500-plus attendees late last month to Denver, The Precast Show continues a steady, post-recession growth trajectory as North America’s largest annual, precast-specific trade show. This year’s event had 375 exhibitors across 73,000 net square feet of Colorado Convention Center space.
Read MoreNPCA opens Sustainability Awards call for entries
Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.
NPCA is accepting 2018 Sustainability Awards submissions in two producer and two associate member categories, respectively: Best Project and Best Company/Plant; Best Product and Best Company/Plant. Each category will have one winner; other approved entries will receive honorable mention. Graphics profiling all approved entries will be prominently displayed at The Precast Show 2018, February 22-24 in Denver, and featured at www.precast.org and in upcoming NPCA periodicals.
Read MorePCI opens call for 55th Annual Design Award entries
Source: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
PCI is accepting entries for its 2018 PCI Design Awards through September 18. The program recognizes design excellence, innovation, and construction quality using precast concrete. All winning projects will be showcased at the 2018 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference at The Precast Show in March 2018, and included in a summary article of PCI Journal, Aspire, and Ascent magazines.
Read MoreElematic extrusion technology: Automation, speed, concrete optimization
Chief among innovations at this year’s World of Concrete in Las Vegas and The Precast Show in Houston was a new generation of extruding equipment that represents a significant step forward for prestressed hollow-core slab flooring production.
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