FHWA's 'Highways for L.I.F.E.' program gaining momentum
The Federal Highway of Administration's (FHWA) Highways for L.I.F.E. (L.I.F.E. represents long lasting, innovative and fast construction of efficient and safe highways and bridges) program is gaining ground, …
TNAH showcases concrete energy saving benefits
This winter homeowners throughout the nation can expect their home heating bills to increase nearly 26 percent according to a recent Department of Energy forecast.
CFA returns 2006 meeting to Midwest
The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) has brought its Annual Summer Meeting back to the Midwest after six years of meeting on the east and west coasts.
RMC funds study of Gulf Coast area evaluating buildings
The RMC Research Foundation has announced funding of a forensic study to evaluate how various building systems are affected by hurricanes, high winds and flooding.
Seretta wins two TCA Achievement Awards for churches
Seretta Construction has won two Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) Achievement Awards for St. Sarkis Armenian Church and Indian Rocks Baptist Church.
Ready Mixed Concrete Industry LEED Reference Guide available
The RMC Research Foundation has released "Ready Mixed Concrete Industry LEED Reference Guide," which will educate ready mixed concrete producers, construction contractors, architects, and others in the construction industry about the environmental benefits of concrete…
AGC endorses House proposal on Clean Water Trust Act of 2005
The Clean Water Trust Act of 2005, introduced last month by Congressman John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, would help to fund water and wastewater infrastructure needs to protect…
Diamond grinding road surface benefits include reducing accidents
Diamond grinding the surface of a concrete pavement is typically done to restore smoothness, friction and low-noise characteristics.
NRMCA to sponsor Pervious Concrete Symposium
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is sponsoring the 2006 Concrete Technology Forum: Focus on Pervious Concrete May 24-25 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
The Association Report
IRMCA, partners install pervious concrete pathway at exhibit at Indiana fairgrounds
Building storm-resistant buildings is the topic of daylong-long seminars in April
How to build concrete storm-resistant houses and commercial buildings will be the topic of three day-long seminars April 11, 12 and 13 in three Gulf Coast states now rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina.
Bentley Systems acquires STAAD.Pro product line-up
Bentley Systems Inc. has acquired the Research Engineers International (REI) business from netGuru, Inc. The business features the STAAD.Pro line of leading structural engineering analysis software, which is now offered by Bentley worldwide.
The 'Turning Torso' is Sweden's newest landmark
The 54-story "Turning Torso" tower, built by the Swedish housing association HSB, twists through 90 degrees from base to top and counts as one of Sweden's most debated construction projects. – By Görel Espelund
Tilt-Con completes 4 projects, begins work on 5 new ones
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Tilt-Con, one of the nation's largest tilt-up concrete constructors, has just recently completed Beacon Lakes Buildings 6 and 10, located in Miami.
Seretta nears completion on several projects
Seretta Construction Inc., concrete tilt-up contractor for Southridge II in the Southridge Business Park in Orlando, Fla., will finish the 39,616-square-foot building this month.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Degussa Admixtures Inc. has appointed Dan Bobrowski to the North Central Area manager position, located in Chicago. In this role, he will direct Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North and South Dakota.
Marketing Concrete
The process of finding and hiring productive sales people is not always fun or easy, but it is one of those necessary evils of business.
WORKING WITH RETREADS
Rebuilt, remanufactured, reconditioned . . . they all have the same meaning - adding renewed life to an existing product. According to The Remanufacturing Institute (TRI), remanufacturing grew out of necessity into an annual $100 billion global industry, …
Tech Talk
FF and FL criteria have, for more than a decade now, been the accepted method for specifying and measuring the flatness and levelness for random traffic floors. The testing standards are given in ASTM-E1155-96/01. – By Andrew McPherson
Changing cement mix eliminates parking garage cracks
In the early 1990s John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif. was continuing its growth into a major airport. With that growth came the need for a parking structure. – By Dave Flax
ICF Solutions acquires Greenblock
ICF Solutions Inc., a California holding company and a provider of insulating concrete form (ICF), has acquired Colorado-based Greenblock Worldwide Corp., a privately held insulated form manufacturing, sales and marketing company.
The Industry Report
JLG Industries Inc., a producer of access equipment (aerial work platforms and telehandlers and highway-speed telescopic hydraulic excavators) have completed the purchase of certain equipment, tooling and intellectual property of Caterpillar's telehandler product line.
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