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E-Z Drill has announced a factory expansion. The expansion increases its production capacity by adding more than 7,500 square feet of floor space, roughly 20 percent more room, to its 36,355-square-foot factory. The expansion will house an office and a new shipping and receiving area, as well as make room for E-Z Drill’s growing welding department. The project began in June with setting the concrete foundation and is projected for completion by early fall 2015.
The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) has announced a packed fall 2015 training and certification schedule, with seven hands-on courses planned in three different states.
Lackmond Stone, a leading distributor of professional tools and equipment, has announced the new Lackmond Pro Series Bridge Saw Blade. Lackmond’s new Pro Series Bridge saw blade is manufactured using the latest in diamond pattern technology, where the diamonds are arranged in a specific order resulting in consistent wear and cutting.
Lackmond Stone, a leading distributor of professional tools and equipment, has announced the new Lackmond PRM Series Granite Turbo Blade, designed for cutting granite, marble, engineered stone and other hard natural stone.
Mordor Intelligence released their report on the Global Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) Market. The report elucidates the situation of insulated concrete forms around the world and studies the markets of the insulated concrete forms type which include polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam, cement-bonded wood fiber, cement-bonded polystyrene beads and cellular concrete.
VersaFlex has added Diamond Liners to its training lineup in August 2015.
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Industry announced the results of the 2015 Big Beam Contest, sponsored by Sika Corp. The objective is for teams of students to fabricate and test a precast/prestressed concrete beam with the help of local precast concrete PCI Producer Members.
Watershed Materials, a California-based building materials technology startup, has developed a solution to produce high-strength masonry with a low-carbon footprint using natural mineral-based geopolymers. The technology allows for natural clays found readily all over the planet to be turned into reliable masonry products, and offers a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete masonry. Recent test samples have achieved compressive strengths of 7,000 psi – twice the strength of ordinary concrete -and have demonstrated remarkable resistance to water and chemical erosion.
The PH4000Ri/E is the first Powerhouse portable generator with Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI), which gives it a number of very useful advantages including excellent cold weather starting and hot restarts.
Every commercial flooring contractor knows that getting the floor to the perfect pitch to accommodate drainage is vital to a successful installation. Now Coatings for Industry (CFI), a leading supplier of industrial coating products, is helping flooring professionals make that part of the job a snap.
