Tue January 30, 2018
Oldcastle Announces State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility
Jewell, an Oldcastle Company, has announced the opening of a new state-of-art 23,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Burnet, Texas. The new plant will service Central Texas, including the Austin and San Antonio markets, and is located on 15-acres with an onsite quarry providing raw materials....
Mon January 29, 2018
Liebherr 50 M5 XXT Truck Mounted Concrete Pump
Liebherr USA Co. 's 50 M5 XXT truck mounted concrete pump extends the range of truck mounted concrete pumps from Liebherr. The multi-folding five section boom is extremely easy to operate with perfect kinematics and the alternating pipework close to the boom ensures uniform movements over the construction site....
Fri January 26, 2018
Minnich Manufacturing Celebrates 50 Years of Commitment to the Industry
In 1968, Roger Minnich and two employees began building concrete vibrators at a gas station in Mansfield, Ohio. From those humble beginnings, Minnich Manufacturing has become the industry leader in vibrators, vibrator monitoring systems and concrete dowel pin drills....
Wed January 24, 2018
Terex Advance Charger Series of Front Discharge Mixer Trucks Targets Urban Concrete Delivery
The Terex Advance Charger front discharge mixer truck series is the company's first true city-class truck, designed and built specifically for delivering concrete in urban areas. Starting from a fresh design slate, the new Charger truck is lighter, shorter and offers the same tight turning radius characteristics of traditional Terex Advance front discharge mixers, meeting the expectations of concrete producers delivering concrete in densely populated cities....
Wed January 24, 2018
Minnich Manufacturing Launches Stinger Flex Shaft Vibrator
Minnich Manufacturing's Stinger electric flex shaft concrete vibrator is a 14.5 lb. (6.5 kg) universal motor that can drive the full line of Minnich vibrator shafts and heads from ¾ to 2½ in....
Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018
Self-Healing Concrete? Researchers Say It's Possible
Researchers at Binghamton University, SUNY, have developed a new kind of self-healing concrete that could help prevent damage to infrastructure across the U.S. According to Congrui Jin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton, big concrete infrastructure issues usually begin with the smallest of cracks, Science Daily reported....
Vincent West - Tue January 02, 2018
How Technology is Driving Trends in the Construction Industry
Construction is single-handedly the largest branch of manufacturing in the economy of the United States, contributing as much as 4.7 percent to the country's gross national product. It's only normal for such an important field to undergo massive changes and progress over the years....
Wed December 27, 2017
Video: Major Concrete Placement Completed for Vogtle Unit 4
Significant progress continued the week of Dec. 18 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Ga., with the placement of nearly 1,300 cu. yds. of concrete inside the Unit 4 containment vessel....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 18, 2017
Concrete Salvaged From Wildfire Damaged Repurposed For New Roads
Burned concrete salvaged from the recent fires in Sonoma County, Calif., is being repurposed to create new roads. Dump trucks are in the process of delivering the damaged concrete to the Stony Point Rock Quarry, where it will be crushed and recycled, Aggregates Manager reported....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Wed December 06, 2017
Cellulose-Infused Concrete Is One Step Closer to Reality
On a sunny summer day at Oregon State University, before an audience of researchers and representatives from the construction industry, a Knife River-owned ready-mix cement truck poured a batch of concrete....
