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Welcome to CONCRETE CURRENTS, the electronic newsletter from
Concrete Products magazine.
For additional industry news, technology, and highlights from the latest
issue of Concrete Products, please visit www.concreteproducts.com
Submissions for upcoming issues of CONCRETE CURRENTS or Concrete
Products can be directed to Editor Don Marsh, don.marsh@penton.com or
312/840-8483.
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Economy forces Ash Grove to idle nine of 10
plants
CP Staff
The Associated Press reported that Ash Grove Cement, the nation’s
largest independently owned cement manufacturer, indicated plans late
last month to suspend production at nine of its 10 U.S. plants, some
starting the process as soon as mid-November, earlier than the
company’s usual seasonal shutdowns. Companywide, the shutdown will
affect about 500 of the company's 2,800 employees. Click
here for full story
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Inland acquisition boosts Maschmeyer Concrete’s
Florida profile
Sources: Maschmeyer Concrete Co., Lake Park, Fla.; CP
staff
Maschmeyer Concrete has strengthened its role as a leading Sunshine
State independent producer through the purchase of Inland Materials and
Inland Block and Supply. Spanning five sites in the Orlando and Volusia
County marketplace, the transaction positions the buyer with one
concrete block and eight Florida DOT-certified ready mixed plants; a
portable concrete plant business; and, a rebar-fabrication division. Click
here for full story
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MIT, RMC Research, PCA launch Concrete
Sustainability Hub
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Mass.
To accelerate concrete science and engineering breakthroughs and
their transfer to commercial practice, the Concrete Sustainability Hub
(CSH) will fund $10 million in research over the next five years, with
MIT’s School of Engineering, School of Architecture and Planning, and
Sloan School of Management among candidate participants. Click
here for full story
OCTOPUS 303 BP
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"tail tuck" film tail containment. The 303 BP uses Muller's high
strength BP film to securely wrap concrete products with optimal load
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Unions smell rat in climate change
legislation
Sources: CP staff; AFL-CIO, Economic Policy Institute,
Washington, D.C.
In surprisingly pro-business style, organized labor has noted
federal policy observers’ concerns regarding the economic impact of
restricting carbon dioxide emissions. AFL-CIO Blog Now cites an Economic
Policy Institute report, “Climate Change Policy,” proving how poorly
crafted legislation could jeopardize at least 4 million jobs in or
connected to the 10 most energy-intensive manufacturing industries,
where cement ranks ninth.
Click here for full story
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AGC challenges administration’s project
labor agreement affinity
Sources: Associated General Contractors of America,
Washington, D.C.; CP staff
AGC is asking the U.S. Department of Labor to justify its
requirement of a project labor agreement (PLA) for a $10 million Job
Corps Center in Manchester, N.H., contending the decision effectively
shuts out a majority of local contractors. AGC represents nonunion and
union contractors, the latter accounting for 10.9 percent of New
Hampshire’s construction workforce. Click
here for full story
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ABC members flood administration with comments
opposing PLA order
Source: Associated Builders and Contractors, Washington,
D.C.
As of late September, 402 ABC member companies, plus 504 of their
employees, submitted comments to the White House opposing implementation
of President Obama’s Executive Order 13502, encouraging agencies to
consider union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal
construction contracts exceeding $25 million. Click
here for full story
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Heavy equipment veteran joins Spancrete Group as
vice president, COO
Source: The Spancrete Group, Inc., Waukesha,
Wis.
Assigned a strategic role in the company’s growth and continued
success, Alan Antoniewicz has been appointed Spancrete Group vice
president and chief operating officer. He will oversee all operational
aspects, continuing pursuit of improved manufacturing and
administration. Antoniewicz previously served in a variety of executive
leadership roles for Dresser Flow Technologies, Manitowoc Cranes, Grove
Worldwide, and P&H Mining Equipment. Click
here for full story
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DOT’s LaHood advances driver texting bans, cell
phone usage limitations
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington,
D.C.
At the conclusion of last week’s two-day summit on distracted
driving, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a series of
actions his department and the Obama Administration are taking to help
put an end to distracted driving. Timed to the summit, President Obama
last week signed an executive order directing federal employees not to
engage in text messaging while driving government-owned vehicles or
privately owned vehicles while on official government business. Click
here for full story
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AASHTO Committee outlines technical certification
program requirements
Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago;
American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago
A resolution
passed by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials’ Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures at the recent 2009
AASHTO annual meeting recognizes PCI, AISC and related groups’
certification of personnel, production, and other quality processes
related to fabricated structural bridge components. Click
here for full story
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