The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have announced the renewal of their Alliance to further the safety and health of construction workers in the sawing and drilling industry. The Alliance focuses on issues such as electrical safety, hearing protection, and ladder and scaffold […]

Tindall Corp., headquartered in Spartanburg, S.C., held an official ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony at its new precast, prestressed concrete facility. The state-of-the-art batch plant features 165,000 square feet of precast concrete structures, an automated system to deliver concrete into the production bay, and storage capacity for more than 600 tons […]

The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, held its Decorative Concrete Expo April 3-5 in Phoenix, Ariz. The event featured speakers and demonstrations focused on the decorative concrete industry. A highlight of the Expo was a demonstration of stamping and coloring pervious concrete […]

The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association elected its 2008 officers and board members at the 36th Annual CSDA Convention, held March 4-8, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nev. Elected to serve on the Board until 2010 are Skip Aston, Ohio Concrete Sawing & Drilling Inc., Sylvania, Ohio; Ron Culgin, Pro Cut […]

The Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials, a cement and concrete research center at Northwestern University, is organizing SCC 2008: The Third North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self- Consolidating Concrete. The conference will be held Nov. 10-12, 2008, in Chicago. Leaders in cement and concrete, representing industry, […]

RPM International Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Euclid Chemical Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, has acquired Increte Systems of Odessa, Fla. With sales of approximately $15 million, Increte is a leading manufacturer of decorative concrete systems that economically recreate the look of natural stone, wood, tile, brick […]

Members of the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association have observed, over the last few years, failures when using half-inch drop-in anchors. Since these failures pose a serious hazard to operators, the CSDA sponsored a senior engineering project at the University of Toledo College of Engineering to evaluate the reasons behind […]

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has been approved as a U.S. Green Building Council Education Provider. Its first approved course, “Green Building with Concrete,” will take place Tuesday, July 15, in Silver Spring, Md. The NRMCA’s new “Green Building with Concrete” course will provide detailed instruction on how the […]

Lafarge today signed an agreement with Jamaica Pre-Mix Ltd. to create a new joint venture based in Kingston, Jamaica. The joint venture will be called Jamaica Aggregates Ltd., and it will be owned and operated by both Lafarge and Jamaica Pre-Mix. Jamaica Pre-Mix will contribute its aggregate operations to the […]

During his 34 years in the concrete industry, Brent Coulson has helped many designers and builders use concrete successfully in their construction projects. Now his accomplishments are being recognized by the Pacific Southwest Concrete Alliance, as he has been named its first annual Promoter of the Year. The PSCA, a […]