When time is of the essence in a large project, individually-placed concrete blocks just won’t work. That’s what Chris Boel discovered when construction started on his new 16-unit warehouse in Toms River, N.J. The solution? Boel turned to precast concrete panels from Superior Walls.

M Property Services proudly announces the hiring of Dr. Ramona Tumblin-Rucker, PEng, MBA, MPM, CHC, as Director of Design/Build & Construction Management.

Alberici Corporation, Byrne & Jones Construction and Central Building & Preservation, L.P. have jointly acquired the assets of the venerable St. Louis construction firm Leonard Masonry, Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed

Wagner Meters introduces the Rapid RH L6 system, an enhanced version of the already popular Rapid RH system, which consolidates many concrete moisture testing features into a simpler process while featuring advanced technology that makes reporting faster, easier, and more reliable, even in concrete with higher relative humidity (RH).

INSTALL, the International Standards and Training Alliance, is in the process of rolling out polished concrete training. In support of this training, Ardex Americas created a polished topping curriculum for INSTALL and implemented the training by providing an instructor. Among the first polished topping training locations were: New Jersey Local 251, Detroit Local 248 and Ohio Local 373.

The previously announced merger of Adenna and NuTrend is complete and will become official April 1, 2019. The intent to merge the two independent companies was announced last September, with the operations of both companies being consolidated under the Adenna name.

International engineering firm Walter P Moore opens its 20th U.S. office in Charlotte, North Carolina, appointing Chuck Cardwell as the Managing Director for the firm’s Structures Group, which encompasses structural engineering, enclosure engineering, construction engineering, secure design, and parking consulting. The Charlotte office officially opened on May 6, 2019.

A fire erupted at a 109-year old wood-framed apartment building in Harlem, claiming the lives of 6 people, including two girls ages 11 and 6 and two boys ages 8 and 3. Three others suffered from smoke inhalation and required hospitalization.

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions from the cement sector is technically and financially possible by 2060 according to the Sectoral Focus published today by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC). This Sectoral Focus presents in more detail the underlying analysis on cement industry decarbonization that fed into the ETC’s integrated report Mission Possible: Reaching net-zero carbon emissions from harder-to-abate sectors by mid-century.