The 45th Edition of ASTM Standards in Building Codes is now available from ASTM International. The Building Codes contain more than 1,300 ASTM construction standards to give contractors the tools they need to design and construct buildings that satisfy requirements established by the International Code Council. Copies of ASTM Standards […]

Building materials manufacturer Lafarge recently completed the purchase of the southeastern Louisiana sand and gravel assets of Texas Industries Inc. The acquisition consists of four sand and gravel pits, allowing Lafarge to enter the southeastern Louisiana aggregates market. The operations will be integrated into Lafarge’s Eastern U.S. Aggregates and Concrete […]

Grace Construction Products and RS Solutions LLC, an independent, privately owned technology company, announced that they have entered into an agreement where Grace will be the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the Ready Slump System to ready-mix concrete producers worldwide. The Ready Slump System is a truckmounted process control […]

W.R. Meadows Inc. has created a brand new AIA-approved continuing education presentation entitled “Concrete Curing Compounds and Sealers Examined, and The New Era of Polished Concrete.” It is being hosted on the AEC Daily Web site. The course provides an overview of differences between concrete curing compounds, cure-and-seals and sealers, […]

With 35,000 square feet of retail, distribution and training space, Decorative Construction Supply, the largest store of its kind in North Texas, officially opened for business June 9 in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Decorative Construction Supply’s principal partners are president Cindy Hamm and vice president Corey Granger. Cindy, […]

Bon Tool Co. has completed its acquisition of Wha-Lite Corp. and the operating assets of the Chicago-based tool company. For more than 60 years, Wha-Lite has manufactured professional-quality tools for plaster and concrete finishing Bon will continue to manufacture select Wha-Lite magnesium products, maintaining Wha-Lite tool specifications as well as […]

Lafarge has announced that it has completed the purchase of a cement terminal in Memphis, Tenn., from Angelle Concrete Products Group LLC, known locally as Memphis Cement. The acquired President’s Island Cement Terminal and its employees will be consolidated into Lafarge Cement’s River Business Unit operations. The addition of the […]

USG has announced that the recycled content of its Levelrock brand SRB sound-reduction board and Levelrock SRM-25 sound-reduction mat can help architects and designers qualify for LEED credits from the U.S. Green Building Council. SRB sound board has a recycled content of 49.7 percent, of which 17 percent is post-consumer […]

The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded 12 programs with its inaugural Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards and Incentive Grants. The awards and grants recognize pre-K through college-level curricula that advance green-building ideals of transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built and operated. Recognition awards honor existing […]

BASF has been recognized by U.S. Concrete Inc. for utilizing U.S. Concrete’s newly launched, environmentally friendly concrete mix designs, called EF Technology, in the construction of a new state-of-the-art resins manufacturing facility. Superior Materials LLC, a U.S. Concrete company, worked closely with admixture supplier BASF’s Admixture Systems business in designing […]