David Rothberg, Chairman and CEO of LATICRETE—a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry—has been selected as a finalist for an Entrepreneur Of The Year? 2018 Award in the New York Region.

NCCER and Build Your Future (BYF) are excited to announce the fourth annual I Built This! video contest with updated categories and even bigger rewards, including $5,000 in prizes.

Coatings for Industry (CFI) has added two new highly durable, near-zero VOC coatings to its WearCOAT line. The coatings – WearCOAT 2330 Gloss and WearCOAT 2345 Satin – were developed for commercial concrete floor applications where low-odor, quick return-to-service, excellent durability and aesthetics are key in areas of commercial buildings with high-volume foot and wheeled traffic, even heavy tow motors and trucks.

ChemSystems Inc. announces that both the Helix and HBS brands of decorative concrete admixtures have been certified by an independent laboratory to be below the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica.

A precast concrete Superior Walls Xi Plus foundation has been installed as the starting step for the THIS OLD HOUSE 2018 IDEA HOUSE in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Panamint Valley Limestone Inc., announced development of the PVL Lime plant in Trona, California. The site and air emissions credits have been acquired, the Conditional Use Permit process has started, and studies and preliminary engineering have been initiated.

Bon’s new Reversible V-Shaped Asphalt Squeegee is equipped with a bracket that allows the head to lock in place as a push or pull style squeegee.

Industry Safety Leaders Western Specialty Contractors Launches S-T-E-P-P-S to Re-Evaluate Safety on Changing Jobsites Workers reminded to make safe choices during National Construction Safety Week May 7-11.

The American Concrete Institute announces that it has provided the ACI Foundation with an additional one-time contribution of $360,000. These funds will be used by the ACI Foundation in 2018 and beyond to fund much-needed research in collaboration with the work of ACI committees.

Western Specialty Contractors recently presented Joel Sipe, a sophomore and Construction Management major at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), with a scholarship. Western provides the SIUE School of Engineering’s Department of Construction with a scholarship annually. The awarding criteria and recipient of the scholarship is determined by Department of Construction faculty.