Cheng Concrete and Buddy Rhodes Artisan Concrete have announced a first-ever collaboration. They are offering Ultimate Concrete Countertop Training, featuring innovative methods from the two founding fathers of concrete countertops in one week at one destination. The training program will be held Dec. 2-10 in the San Francisco Bay Area. […]

iCrete, makers of the iCrete System, has named John C. Cushman III cochairman of the board of iCrete. Cushman serves on several other boards, including at global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc., where he is the chairman. He has also served as the national president for the […]

The Concrete Industry Management program, a business-intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management, is seeking donations for its fourth annual auction, to be held at the 2009 World of Concrete. Organizers hope the 2009 auction is even bigger than the 2008 […]

The Concrete Countertop Institute has created the first exhaustive stain-testing program for concrete countertop sealers, with a detailed protocol for rigorously testing and comparisons. The detailed protocol includes specific instructions that allow anyone to objectively test and compare the stain and acid resistance of concrete countertop sealers. The protocol includes […]

Holcim Ltd. has announced that Patrick Dolberg has been appointed to the executive committee of parent company Holcim Ltd. and Bernard Terver has been named chief executive officer of Holcim (US) Inc. Dolberg will relocate to Zurich, Switzerland, and assume responsibilities for Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. […]

Bonsal American has expanded its sales efforts in the eastern United States by naming Mike McLawhorn as territory sales manager for ProSpec, its brand of commercial construction products. McLawhorn will be responsible for ProSpec tile installation products in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. He will also handle concrete repair […]

The revised Pervious Concrete Research Compilation from the RMC Research & Education Foundation is now available. The new version includes information on pervious concrete research studies completed and underway since the original compilation was published in June 2006. It includes abstracts of study findings and links to study information on […]

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative, currently cochaired by Lafarge and Taiheiyo Cement, has called on G8 members and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to accelerate the creation of a policy framework that will allow the development of effective sectoral approaches. At a […]

Lafarge North America Inc. and Performance Plants Inc. (PPI), a biotechnology company, have announced a multiyear agreement to grow and develop clean-energy biomass grasses and woods for use as fuel at the Lafarge Cement Plant in Bath, Ontario. Nonfood grass crops were planted in May and June on 25 acres […]

The American Society of Concrete Contractors will hold its Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 11-14. The event, with the theme of “Remember Our Mission,” is comprised of seminars, round-table discussions and demonstrations. There will be activities for spouses for an additional fee. One of the demonstrations will involve […]