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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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Global
labor group claims role in Aggregate Industries strike
settlement
Source: International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine
and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), Geneva
Networking ICEM members on both sides of the Atlantic reportedly
factored into negotiations leading to settlement of late-August strikes
at Aggregate Industries Northeast concrete and asphalt operations.
Teamsters Local 25 and 170 members picketed 20 Massachusetts and New
Hampshire plants for 10 days in a contract dispute over proposed benefit
and hour reductions, plus seniority system changes. Click
here for full story.
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Funding
methods temper enthusiam for Obama’s $50 billion infrastructure
plan
Sources: CP staff; Associated General Contractors of
America, Washington, D.C.; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association,
Silver Spring, Md.
Construction interests welcomed a major transportation
infrastructure investment proposal President Obama outlined on Labor Day
in Milwaukee, yet question how it might be funded—through budget
offsets or additional deficit spending—and if it is a stand-alone
measure or part of a prospective authorization succeeding the
(2004-2009) SAFETEA highway legislation. Click
here for full story.
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Borders
takes helm at Tarmac, Johnson named to Titan executive
post
Source: Titan America, Norfolk, Va.
A 13-year Titan America veteran, most recently head of the
Separation Technologies LLC subsidiary, Pat Borders has been named
president of Tarmac America LLC. His promotion was announced along with
the appointment of Hardy Johnson as Chief Government & Public Affairs
Officer, coordinating strategies, plans and actions across the
enterprise. Click
here for full story.
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ASR
diagnosis, mitigation report completes FHWA
series
Sources: Transtec Group, Austin, Texas; Federal Highway
Administration
The FHWA’s second of a two-part Alkali-Silica Reactivity focus,
“Report on the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Mitigation of Alkali-Silica
Reaction (ASR) in Transportation Structures (FHWA Report No.
FHWA-HIF-09-004),” assists state departments of transportation and
other agencies in contending with a deleterious process in concrete
structures. Click
here for full story.
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NRMCA
Fleet Graphics Award entry deadline nears
Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver
Spring, Md.
Now in its tenth year, the Fleet Graphics Award program is accepting
entries submitted to NRMCA by September 15. Conducted once every three
years in conjunction with ConExpo/ConAgg to foster and recognize
industry professionalism and a positive public image, the competition
honors best ready-mixed truck paint and decal schemes. Click
here for full story.
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