The 2016 Precast Show
CPCI Don't miss the 2016 Precast Show being held March 3-5, 2016 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN. The Precast Show is the largest precast-specific trade show in North America and the one place where you can find the industry's most important suppliers and foremost equipment experts under one roof. CPCI will also be holding its annual winter meetings in conjunction with The Precast Show. Click on the following link to view the meeting dates and locations: http://www.cpci.ca/en/about_us/news_events/. The CPCI meetings are open to all CPCI members.
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A Bottom-Up Approach to Sustainability
NPCA Many National Precast Concrete Association members are well on their way down the road of sustainability. Others are just starting or unsure how to even begin. Many company owners and executives understand adopting sustainable practices at their facilities can not only make them better stewards of the environment and better neighbors, but also improves efficiency and saves money. However, between the time it takes to keep up with product demand, sales, safety and maintenance, often no time is left for the creation of a sustainability strategy. The process can be as simple as delegating the task to the right person.
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Local politicians break ground on new addition to the Woodstock Police Station
WOODSTOCK SENTINEL REVIEW They didn't get much dirt on the shovels, but they got them in the ground. The symbolic ground breaking ceremony Friday morning marked the beginning stages of construction on a two-storey addition to the Woodstock Police Station. "We're very excited. It's been a long time coming," said police chief Bill Renton. The addition will allow Woodstock Police to bring all of their operations back under one roof. At present time, some operations are housed off-site.
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Precast concrete products market trends and forecast 2016 – 2021 scrutinized in new research
WHA TECH This is a Professional and in-depth market research on the current state of the Global and China Precast Concrete Products industry. The Global Precast Concrete Products market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status. "deepresearchreports.com distributed research on 2015 Global Precast Concrete Products industry market research report published in Feb 2016 from its Chemicals store."
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Why not recycled concrete?
EUROPEAN COATINGS From paper towels to cups to plastic bottles, products made from recycled materials permeate our lives. One notable exception is building materials. Why can't we recycle concrete from our deteriorating infrastructure for use as material in new buildings and bridges? It's a question that a team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame is examining.
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World of Concrete 2016: 37 Tools form the Event
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Tradesmen and tradeswomen made their way to Las Vegas last week for the annual event, World of Concrete. the event lasted for five days with so much action that it spilled over into the parking lots across the streets from the convention center. Take a look at 37 of the tools that were seen at the event.
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Chattanooga precast concrete plant part of acquisition
TIMES FREE PRESS Nashville-based Sherman-Dixie Concrete Industries, a maker of precast concrete construction materials with a plant in Chattanooga, announced Tuesday that it has been acquired by Irving, Texas-based Forterra Building Products. Forterra company officials said the 20 jobs at Sherman-Dixie's Chattanooga plant, and the plant itself, will not be affected by the acquisition. Sherman-Dixie will continue operating all of its current facilities, and will change over to the Forterra name sometime early this year.
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| | HELSER INDUSTRIES
For over 60 years Helser has engineered and manufactured precise custom steel forms to meet the unique requirements of their customers. Helser's expertise was utilized in the construction of the Las Vegas monorail. Whether your project requires precise architectural detail, structural elements or transportation application, Helser Industries is on track to get it done right and get it done on time!
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BRE Innovation Park to accelerate sustainability
REMI At the Living City Campus at Kortright in Woodbridge, Ontario, roughly 15 kilometres north of Toronto, an innovation park will soon rise to become a ground-breaking environmental demonstration, research and education centre for the Canadian construction industry.
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Using Precast Concrete to Build Taller Wind Farms
SOURCEABLE Engineers in the American Midwest hope to use precast concrete buildings techniques to create taller wind turbine towers as well as facilitate their transportation and construction process. Researchers from Iowa State University's Structural Engineering Research Laboratory believe the use of precast concrete modules for the construction of wind turbine towers could have a profound impact on the installation and usage of renewable energy facilities.
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2016 Most Influential People in Concrete Construction
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Here are our selections for the 2016 Most Influential in Construction featured in the January issue. - Bringing ACMs to Commercial Concrete: Lawrence Sutter, Michigan Technological University
- The Heart of our Industry: Mike Murray, Concrete Cares
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