Author: Concrete Decor Staff

Cemstone fills new sales manager position

Cemstone Products Co., a Midwest supplier, has promoted Jason Fritz to the position of sales manager, Cemstone Contractor Supply. In this newly created position, Fritz will be responsible for strategic planning, sales, marketing and branding for all products and services distributed through Cemstone Contractor Supply. In addition, he will supervise […]

ASTM releases new edition of Standards in Building Codes

The 45th Edition of ASTM Standards in Building Codes is now available from ASTM International. The Building Codes contain more than 1,300 ASTM construction standards to give contractors the tools they need to design and construct buildings that satisfy requirements established by the International Code Council. Copies of ASTM Standards […]

Lafarge buys sand and gravel pits

Building materials manufacturer Lafarge recently completed the purchase of the southeastern Louisiana sand and gravel assets of Texas Industries Inc. The acquisition consists of four sand and gravel pits, allowing Lafarge to enter the southeastern Louisiana aggregates market. The operations will be integrated into Lafarge’s Eastern U.S. Aggregates and Concrete […]

Grace agrees to market slump measurement system

Grace Construction Products and RS Solutions LLC, an independent, privately owned technology company, announced that they have entered into an agreement where Grace will be the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the Ready Slump System to ready-mix concrete producers worldwide. The Ready Slump System is a truckmounted process control […]

New curing and sealing course available at AEC Daily Web site

W.R. Meadows Inc. has created a brand new AIA-approved continuing education presentation entitled “Concrete Curing Compounds and Sealers Examined, and The New Era of Polished Concrete.” It is being hosted on the AEC Daily Web site. The course provides an overview of differences between concrete curing compounds, cure-and-seals and sealers, […]

Bon Tool acquires Wha-Lite Corp.

Bon Tool Co. has completed its acquisition of Wha-Lite Corp. and the operating assets of the Chicago-based tool company. For more than 60 years, Wha-Lite has manufactured professional-quality tools for plaster and concrete finishing Bon will continue to manufacture select Wha-Lite magnesium products, maintaining Wha-Lite tool specifications as well as […]

USGBC awards 12 programs

The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded 12 programs with its inaugural Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Awards and Incentive Grants. The awards and grants recognize pre-K through college-level curricula that advance green-building ideals of transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built and operated. Recognition awards honor existing […]