Blastrac has offered an optional accessory kit (CP-10676) for dust collector models BDC-112EU and BDC-1216. This wand package is included with model BDC-1114-PKG, model also includes HEPA Filter.

Pecora Corp., American manufacturer of architectural weatherproofing products, announced the launch of their new Sealants and Coatings Calculator App. This popular estimating tool has been on Pecora’s website and now has made the leap to mobile devices.

Dow Coating Materials has introduced a new acrylic binder designed to improve hardness in low-VOC architectural coatings. The Rhoplex 800h Acrylic Binder provides coatings manufacturers with increased formulation flexibility, the company said.

Carter Machinery has launched a new website specially designed to meet the changing needs of those in the construction industry. The backbone of the new CarterMachinery.com was constructed to include specific features identified via independent research as being critical to user experience within the industry today and into the coming years:

Bosch Speed Clean bits are built around an internal dust channel that’s milled to Bosch specifications to deliver reduced dust in a lightweight concrete bit featuring 25 percent greater speed. The dust extraction bit system saves time, saves money and produces less dust than traditional drilling methods.

On Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, the American Concrete Institute presented six awards and delivered the next presentation of the Katharine and Bryant Mather Commemorative Lecture Series during The Concrete Convention and Exposition.

Concrete Surfaces magazine announced the winners of its fifth annual Polished Concrete Awards.

A proposed new ASTM International standard will help minimize confusion in quantifying the texture value of a concrete surface. The standard — WK49335, Test Method for Concrete Micro Surface Texture — will be used to determine the smoothness/roughness of concrete surfaces as measured by a contact stylus instrument called a profilometer.

Green Seal, the nation’s first independent non-profit certifier of sustainable products and services, has introduced a revised version of its GS-11 Standard that is expanded to cover most types of architectural coatings on the market today.