Recently added articles from The Concrete Producer:
An environment for opportunities.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2006; Yelton, Rick ... The manager at the Aunt Sally's Creole Pralines store in New Orleans' French Quarter asked me to spread the news. "Tell everyone you can to visit because we're open and ready for business," said the 30-something manager. I was surprised by her comments. The last time I visited the store, ...
Business is great in the Northwest.(In the Mix)
Sep 01, 2006; Bagsarian, Tom ... The land of gourmet coffee, airplanes, and personal computers is treating concrete producers quite nicely. While the Seattle region is not experiencing the explosive growth of other Western cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas, the future looks bright for producers. Things are ...
Concrete safety on the Web.(In the Mix)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Anew page on OSHA's Web site provides web-based assistance for concrete industry employers and employees. The federal agency's newest Safety and Health Topics page is a result of OSHA's partnership with the ...
Indiana producer fined $4 million.(In the Mix)(Builder's Concrete & Supply of Fishers, Ind.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Builder's Concrete & Supply of Fishers, Ind., was fined $4 million in an ongoing price fixing scandal. A judge said he wanted to impose a stiff fine without putting the five-plant producer out of business ....
Spancrete expansion.(In the Mix)(Spancrete Industries Inc.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Spancrete Group will increase the manufacturing capacity of its structural and architectural product lines thanks to the completion of two building expansions at plants in Valders, Wis., and Crystal Lake, ...
ASTM.(Associations in the Mix)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The 2006 ASTM International Katherine and Bryant Mather Scholarship has been awarded to Raissa Ferron, a teaching assistant and Ph.D candidate studying self-consolidating concrete and cementitious materials at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. Papers are invited for a ...
RMC.(Associations in the Mix)
Sep 01, 2006 ... "Coast in the Eye of the Storm-Hurricane Katrina: August 29, 2005" has been released. This forensic evaluation of building systems and how they are impacted by hurricanes, high winds, storm surge, and flooding was conducted by ...
PTI.(Associations in the Mix)(Post-Tensioning Institute introduced Post-Tensioning Manual 6th ed.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Post-Tensioning Institute has made available the new sixth edition of its "Post-Tensioning Manual." First published in 1972, the first edition provided the industry standard for design and ...
TCA.(Associations in the Mix)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has added a project database and search function on its Web site. Visitors can browse case study ...
Upcoming conferences & events.(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2006 ... American Housing Conference The second annual American Housing Conference by Hanley Wood, publisher of THE CONCRETE PRODUCER, will be held Sept. 26-27 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago. The event delivers market intelligence, forecasts, trends, and housing industry analysis to help ...
Keeping an eye out: now it's economical to put a Webcam in any office.(E-CONCRETE)(ICONtrol Inc.)
Sep 01, 2006; Klemens, Tom ... If you have a satellite office or even an office trailer way out at the back end of the yard where you've wished you could do some things by remote control, now's the time to make that a reality. A new service from iControl Networks, Palo Alto, Calif., lets you monitor and ...
A pallet-able solution: a European technology offers an alternative to steel pallets.(What's New)
Sep 01, 2006; Yelton, Rick ... Most zero-slump product producers in the United States have avoided using wooden pallets. In a plant's fast-paced production setting, producers often found that the pallets wouldn't last long enough. In a very short time, they would absorb moisture and begin to warp. That ...
Hot weather concrete practices.(Problem Clinic)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Q. We regularly seem to experience our largest number of customer complaints and callbacks on concrete placed in the late summer and early fall. What can you suggest to help keep hot weather concrete production free from these common problems? A. To answer your question, we ...
A bright future: the next quarter century looks strong for ready mixed concrete.(Concrete Returns)
Sep 01, 2006; Villere, Pierre ... The long expected housing slowdown, predicted in this column and in other business publications, has finally taken hold of the construction materials industry. This slowdown is being felt particularly by those ready mixed producers whose businesses have a large residential component. ...
Self-auditing: perhaps we should look at ourselves just as we monitor our plants.(As the Drum Turns)
Sep 01, 2006; Ambrose, Jimmy ... One of the in-things our environmental manager has been practicing recently has been self-audits. These are periodic walkthroughs in which an observer looks for practices or situations that are not up to snuff and should be addressed. His discussion got me to thinking about ...
Learning your APCs: architectural pervious concrete will give you a smooth, stampable finish.(Cover story)
Sep 01, 2006; Davis, Kelly ... From all of the articles I have read and all of the presentations I have seen on pervious concrete, one key point remains a constant: To be successful, pervious concrete must be designed with very few no fine aggregates. But this is not always the case. There are admixtures ...
Getting up to speed: extraordinary tales of perseverance one year after Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 01, 2006; Yelton, Rick ... On Sept. 17, curators for the New Orleans Museum of Art planned to close at least one chapter of the area's post-hurricane recovery efforts. When the New Orleans cultural landmark reopened last spring, the marquis event was the unveiling of "Katrina Exposed," a collection of photographs, ...
Water works: how producers handle water from plant to product.
Sep 01, 2006; Yelton, Rick ... Environmental responsibility is not merely a sign of good corporate stewardship. Not keeping plants in good operating condition is against the law. One activity under increased enforcement is how process water is handled before and after concrete has been delivered. In many ...
Concrete contractors: a very busy year: 2005 was the best year since the late 1990s.(Statistical table)
Sep 01, 2006; Palmer, William D., Jr. ... In December, 2004, The Brookings Institution, an independent research organization, issued a report on the forces that will affect U.S. building trends over the next 25 years. "In 2030, about half of the buildings in which Americans live, work, and shop will have been built after 2000," ...
Seeing through the FOG: a new ASTM standard will help strengthen concrete's role in removing fats, oils, and grease.(casting trends)
Sep 01, 2006; Yelton, Rick ... More than two years ago, reviewers of the Model Plumbing Code began debating how to best update their standards to help municipal officials find the best way to reduce their maintenance costs of sewer lines. One topic of great focus has been determining the best method to capture fats, ...
